Environmental Assessment Completed

Big Creek Road Plan of Operation Project

Payette National Forest Valley, Idaho Krassel Ranger District

The Big Creek Road Plan of Operation Project would authorize the use of roads to conduct exploration and development of locatable mineral claims by the minerals operator.

Location

The roughly 36,206 acre project area is located principally in the Big Creek, Smith Creek, and Logan Creek drainages on the Payette National Forest, approximately 7 miles north and east of Yellow Pine

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/21/2014
2
Comment Period
05/26/2016
3
Objection Period Start
11/17/2016
4
Decision
04/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Big Creek Road Plan of Operation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/05/2017
ForestsPayette National Forest
DistrictsKrassel Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology