The Custer Gallatin AML program proposes to close four abandoned mine features across the Gardiner Ranger District in 2021. These sites consist of open adits and shafts that pose a physical safety hazard to the general public on NFS administered land
Location
Two features in T8S, R13E - Sections 9 & 10; two features in T9S, R14E - sections 24 & 25
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/21/2021
2
Decision
08/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up |
| 2021 Hazardous Mine Closures - Gardiner District | Decision Signed Date: 08/04/2021 |
| Forests | Custer Gallatin National Forest |
| Districts | Gardiner Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T8S, R13E - Sections 9 & 10; T9S, R14E - sections 24 & 25 |