Up to three test holes would be dug with a rubber-tired backhoe at an unvegetated area in a disperesed campsite. Samples would be processed using gold pans. Process water would be discharged to a test hole.
Location
Ninemile Ranger District
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/27/2011
2
Comment Period
04/27/2011
3
Decision
02/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| T & L No.2 Placer Claim (a/k/a Tom Tracey) | Decision Signed Date: 02/06/2012 |
| Forests | Lolo National Forest |
| Districts | Ninemile Ranger District |