These abandoned mines currently pose a safety and health risk to the public. There are open adits and shafts surrounded by unstable rock and trash at some sites. The purpose is to improve the health, safety, and resource condition of these sites.
Location
Abandoned mining claims in Butte, Plumas, and Yuba Counties
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/28/2017
2
Decision
10/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2018 (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 |
| FRRD Abandoned Mine Closures - 2017 | Decision Signed Date: 10/27/2017 |
| Forests | Plumas National Forest |
| Districts | Feather River Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |