Environmental Assessment Completed

La Sal Mines Complex

Manti-La Sal National Forest San Juan, Utah Monticello Ranger District

Denison Mines submitted a Plan of Operations Amendment for four underground uranium mines, known as the La Sal Mines Complex, to the BLM and Forest Service for approval. The BLM will act as lead agency with the Forest Service as a cooperating agency

Location

Located approximately 3 miles east of La Sal.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/22/2011
2
Comment Period
02/22/2011
3
Objection Period Start
11/20/2014
4
Decision
02/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
02/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNepa Document Prepared By Another Federal Agency
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
La Sal Mines ComplexDecision Signed Date: 02/23/2018
ForestsManti-Lasal National Forest
DistrictsMoab Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSection 5, T29S R 25E
Minerals and geology