Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC Clinker Mining Addition

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Campbell, Wyoming Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District

The Forest Service is proposing to authorize Thunder Basin Coal Company to acquire an adequate supply of aggregate construction material to support required maintenance and changes in infrastructure necessary for mining activities.

Location

South Hilight

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
06/17/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/17/2013
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/27/2013
4
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityForest Service Energy Implementation Plan
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC Clinker Mining Addition ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/25/2013 Legal Notice Date: 09/27/2013
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsDouglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Minerals and geology