Decision Memo Completed

Bluebird, Powerline, and Sterile Tanks Project

Tonto National Forest Gila, Arizona Payson Ranger District

The Tonto National Forest proposes to authorize the permittee to construct three new tanks on the Bar X allotment. All the tanks will be adjacent to existing system roads and will collect run-off from the roadways

Location

The project is located on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest on the Bar X allotment, north of Young, Arizona.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/15/2015
2
Decision
05/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (9), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(9)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management; Grazing Structural Improvements
Bluebird, Powerline, and Sterile Tanks ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/23/2016
ForestsTonto National Forest
DistrictsPayson Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionThe legal location of the project is T10N, R14E, Sec. 35 and T10N, R15E, Sec. 5, 8 of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian.
Grazing management