The project includes improving public safety & watershed condition by removing structures and abandoned mining property, eradicating noxious weeds by using mechanical methods & stabilizing sections of an open trench, and road decommissioning.
Location
The Sweetwater Mine is located approximately 3 miles northwest of the Jerseydale Fire Station off Forest Road 5S24.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/11/2014
2
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Species Habitat Improvements; Heritage Resource Management; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Noxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements |
| Final DM for the Sweetwater Mine AML Project Revised 08192014 | Decision Signed Date: 08/19/2014 |
| Forests | Sierra National Forest |
| Districts | Bass Lake Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Range 19 East, Township 4 South,Sections 17 and 20; MDB&M (protracted) |