Environmental Assessment Completed

Stillwater Mining Company's Benbow Exploration Portal & Support Facilities Plan of Operations

Custer Gallatin National Forest Stillwater, Montana Custer Gallatin National Forest All Units

Stillwater Mining Company has proposed constructing an exploration portal connected to an underground decline and related surface support facilities on National Forest System lands in the Benbow area approximately 4 miles southwest of Dean, MT

Location

Approximately 4 miles southwest of Dean, Montana in Stillwater County. It is geographically located within the Little Rocky Creek drainage, a tributary to the Stillwater River.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/05/2014
2
Comment Period
03/25/2015
3
Objection Period Start
05/27/2015
4
Decision
08/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Stillwater Mining Company's Benbow Exploration Portal & Support Facilities Plan of OperationsDecision Signed Date: 08/31/2015
ForestsCuster Gallatin National Forest
DistrictsBeartooth Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 5 South, Range 16 East, Montana PMM
Minerals and geology