Environmental Assessment Completed

Cumo Exploration Project (previously listed as Cumo 2007 Project)

Boise National Forest Boise, Idaho Idaho City Ranger District

Locatable minerals exploration. Proposal to drill 256 new exploratory holes to retrieve core samples. Project will involve construction of about 13.3 miles of new temporary road and use of about 4.7 miles existing unauthorized road as temporary road

Location

Three miles northeast of Grimes Pass in Boise County Idaho.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/31/2013
2
Comment Period
08/19/2013
3
Objection Period Start
05/29/2015
4
Decision
09/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
CuMo Exploration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/11/2011 Legal Notice Date: 02/16/2011
Supplemental Decision Notice and FONSI Cumo Exploration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/30/2015
ForestsBoise National Forest
DistrictsIdaho City Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT8N R6E, Sections 7,8,17,18,19 and 20
Minerals and geology