Closure of 58 mine features, including shafts, tunnels, and open cuts using bat gates and cupolas, polyurethane foam, and fencing, to secure the workings against threats to human and wildlife safety.
Location
Various locations across the Nogales Ranger District.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
07/10/2019
2
Decision
06/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2020 (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 | Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up |
| Abandoned Mine Closures | Decision Signed Date: 06/24/2020 |
| Forests | Coronado National Forest |
| Districts | Nogales Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T21S R12E Sec 35; T22S R10E Sec 5,8,22,26,27,36; T22S R11E Sec 31; T23S R10E Sec 13; T23S R11E Sec 6,7,17,19,20,30; T23S R12E Sec 34,35; T24S R12E Sec 2,3. |