Decision Memo Completed

Blind Bull Abandoned Mine Remediation

Bridger-Teton National Forest Lincoln, Wyoming Greys River Ranger District

WY Dept of Environmental Quality, Abandoned Mine Land Division, has proposed remediation work at the Blind Bull Mine, to include closure of an adit under FS Road 10123,removal of surface coal slack piles from the drainage bottom and burial onsite.

Location

Near top of Wyoming Range on the west slope above Greys River, accessed by Blind Bull Road, FS 10123.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/20/2021
2
Decision
03/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2023 (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 ActivityAbandoned Mine Land Clean-Up
Decision Memo Blind Bull Abandoned Mine RemediationDecision Signed Date: 03/01/2023
ForestsBridger-Teton National Forest
DistrictsGreys River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT34N, R116W, S6
Minerals and geology