This project will protect the health and safety of forest visitors by conducting specialist surveys to appropriately mitigate mine safety hazards present at two (2)AML sites located in both the White and the Inyo Mountains of the Inyo National Forest
Location
Jean Blanc Mines: Quad Name: Laws Meridian MDBM, Township 6South, Range 33East, Section 12 Black Canyon Mines Quad Name: Westgard Pass Meridian MDBM, Township 7South, Range 34East, Section 34
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/02/2017
2
Decision
09/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(1) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up |
| Inyo NF Abandoned Mine Lands Safety Project: Black Canyon Mines and Jean Blanc Mines | Decision Signed Date: 09/05/2017 |
| Forests | Inyo National Forest |
| Districts | White Mountain Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Jean Blanc Mines: Quad Name: Laws Meridian MDBM, Township 6South, Range 33East, Section 12 Black Canyon Mines Quad Name: Westgard Pass Meridian MDBM, Township 7South, Range 34East, Section 34 |