Improve safety by blocking access to abandoned mines. Activities will include install bat gates, culverts, and fences in and around mine openings, and filling in shafts with polyurethane foam and/or backfill to permanently close the shafts.
Location
Near Bishop, California in Inyo County and near Lee Vining, California in Mono County.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/14/2018
2
Decision
02/2019 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
02/2019 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up |
| AML Safety Projects - Robbie Hoyt Memorial, Lemont Group, Aeroplane and X-ray Mines | Decision Signed Date: 02/12/2019 |
| Forests | Inyo National Forest |
| Districts | Mono Ranger District; White Mountain Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T2S, R26E, Sec 10&15; T7S,R34E, Sec.9; T7S, R31E, Sec.7 |