Environmental Assessment Completed

Drake Cement LLC Overburden Storage Project

Prescott National Forest Yavapai, Arizona Chino Valley Ranger District

The Prescott National Forest is proposing to approve a supplement to Drake Cement LLC's plan of operations to allow the use of 80 acres of National Forest System land to deposit overburden from its limestone mining operation.

Location

Adjacent to the Drake Cement plant off Highway 89 approximately 5 miles north of Paulden.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/23/2016
2
Comment Period
12/09/2016
3
Objection Period Start
02/03/2017
4
Decision
03/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Drake Overburden Storage ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/29/2017
ForestsPrescott National Forest
DistrictsChino Valley Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 18 N, R 1 W, Sect 56 and T 19 N, R 1 W, Sects 31,32
Minerals and geology