Decision Memo Completed

WY DOT Highway 59 Special Use Permit & Mineral Materials Contract

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

The Forest Service is proposing to authorize the WY DOT to mine and remove approximately 45,000 cubic yards of material from National Forest System lands, over a period of 2 years. There is a need for a source of materials for road construction.

Location

Spring Creek

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/01/2011
2
Decision
07/2011 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Decision Memo Wyoming DOT Contract for Sale of Mineral MaterialsDecision Signed Date: 07/28/2011
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsDouglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 54 N, R 70 W, Sec. 31; T 54 N, R 71 W, Sec. 24, SE 1/4, SW 1/4; T 54 N, R 71 W, Sec. 24, SW 1/4, SE 1/4
Special use management