Environmental Assessment Cancelled

MORELAND MINES RECLAMATION

Sequoia National Forest Kern, California Kern River Ranger District

Closure of mine openings and removal of structures, old equipment, and trash, from nine (9) abandoned mines.

Location

Located in the Alaska Flat area of the Piute Mountains, on Kern River Ranger District.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/09/2008

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Species Habitat Improvements; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up
ForestsSequoia National Forest
DistrictsKern River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 17, 18, 19, & 20, T.28S., R.34E., MDM. Kern County, CA.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsMinerals and geologyWatershed management