Decision Memo Completed

Section 31 Coal Exploration Well Plug and Abandon

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Gunnison, Colorado Paonia Ranger District

Plug and reclaim historic, unsecured coal exploration well associated with coal activity in the 1960s on the White River National Forest.

Location

Wellbore is near Robert's Creek on the Paonia Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/12/2023
2
Decision
04/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityAbandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Roadless Area Management
Section 31 Coal Exploration Well Plug and AbandonDecision Signed Date: 04/15/2024
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsPaonia Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT10S, R89W, Section 31, 6th PM
Minerals and geology