Decision Memo Completed

Rainbow Millsite Sampling project

Tonto National Forest Gila, Arizona Payson Ranger District

Payson Ranger District received a Plan proposing a project to collect soil samples on National Forest System lands to explore for locatable minerals

Location

Project location is approximately three miles south of the community of Payson in Section 29 of Township 10 North, Range 10 East, north of the community of Ox Bow Estates

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/25/2022
2
Decision
05/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Rainbow Millsite Sampling projectDecision Signed Date: 05/31/2022
ForestsTonto National Forest
DistrictsPayson Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology