The Forest Service is proposing to authorize Thunder Basin Coal Company’s Black Thunder Mine (BTM) to occupy National Forest System (NFS) lands for the purpose of constructing and storing topsoil and overburden stockpiles.
Location
Black Thunder Mine approximately 9 miles east of HWY 59 and HWY 450 Junction
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/14/2011
2
Comment Period
12/17/2011
3
Decision
10/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
12/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Forest Service Energy Implementation Plan |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | W½, Section 22, W½, Section 27,T. 43 N., R. 71 W., Campbell County, Wyoming, 6th P.M. |