Decision Memo Completed

Moab-Monticello Ranger Districts DOE Defense-related Uranium Mine Abandoned Mine Lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest Grand; San Juan; Montrose, Colorado; Utah Manti-La Sal National Forest All Units

The Manti-La Sal National Forest is proposing actions to mitigate physical safety risks posed by abandoned mine features such as adits, shafts, stopes, breakdown portals, subsidence portals, unstable rock, and historical mining structures.

Location

Moab and Monticello Ranger Districts of the Manti-La Sal National Forest

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/24/2023
2
Decision
09/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.12 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityAbandoned Mine Land Clean-Up
Decision Decided Date09/11/2023
ForestsManti-Lasal National Forest
DistrictsMoab Ranger District; Monticello Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology