Reclamation (closure) of an abandoned mine that is hazardous to the public. The adit (opening) will be blocked and the surface will be recontoured and revegetated. To begin summer or fall of 2022 with completion before end of the year.
Location
Project area is located approximately 5 miles south of Riverside, Wyoming.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/01/2021
2
Decision
06/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2022 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Purgatory Gulch Abandoned Mine Adit Closure | Decision Signed Date: 06/05/2022 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Section 31, T. 14 N., R. 83 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County, Wyoming |