Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact and the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Selected Actions for Mining Claim Use and Occupancy in Arizona

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In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws regulations (43 CFR 3715), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) that evaluates the impacts of typical mining claim and/or millsite occupancies. This EA describes and analyzes the proposed action, consisting of seven typical occupancy scenarios, and the no action option. The BLM provided a 30-day comment period. Analysis and response to the comments received have been incorporated into the present document and the final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).