Removal of and/or abandonment-in-place of approximately 9,693 feet of out-of-service pipeline located on three separate sites within Missoula and Sanders Counties on the Missoula and Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger Districts
Location
Site 1: NW of Missoula in OKeefe Creek (Missoula County); Site 2: 6.5 miles west of Plains (Sanders County); Site 3: islands in the Clark Fork River east of Thompson Falls (Sanders County)
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/22/2013
2
Comment Period
02/13/2019
3
Objection Period Start
09/18/2019
4
Decision
11/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2020 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Yellowstone Pipe Line Pipe Abandonment | Decision Signed Date: 11/14/2019 |
| Forests | Lolo National Forest |
| Districts | Missoula Ranger District; Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |