Environmental Assessment Completed

Emigrant Crevice Locatable Mineral Withdrawal

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

USFS has filed an application with BLM requesting that the Secretary of Interior withdraw for a 20-year term approx 30,370 acres of NFS lands from location and entry under US mining laws.

Location

Emigrant Gulch and Crevice Mountain areas located in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Park County, Montana.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/31/2017
2
Comment Period
03/30/2018
3
09/21/2018
4
Decision
10/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityLand Use Adjustments
Public Land Order No. 7875; Emigrant Crevice Mineral WithdrawalDecision Signed Date: 10/12/2018
ForestsCuster Gallatin National Forest
DistrictsGardiner Ranger District; Yellowstone Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSee description at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-22/pdf/2016-28052.pdf
Land management planningMinerals and geology