off-channel sluice operation... 1 trench, 24 days/year for up to 5 years...portable tanks for settling ponds... less than .5 acres of total disturbance... no road building
Location
3 miles northeast of Lower Stanley, Idaho
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/01/2019
2
Decision
01/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
02/2020 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Au Diggin Placer | Decision Signed Date: 01/29/2020 |
| Forests | Salmon-Challis National Forest |
| Districts | Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | section 27, T11N, R13E, Boise Prime Meridian, Custer County, Idaho |