Environmental Assessment Completed

Red Butte Cinder Pit Expansion

Deschutes National Forest Deschutes, Oregon Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District

The purpose of this project is for FS to respond to ODOTs request to expand the pit to utilize cinders to accommodate their 10-year Mineral Materials Contract and provide a long-term source.

Location

Located on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District in Deschutes County approximately 5 miles west of Bend, Oregon off of the Cascade Lakes Scenic Highway (Forest Service Road 46)

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/16/2013
2
Comment Period
02/23/2015
3
Decision
04/2015 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Red Butte Cinder Pit ExpansionDecision Signed Date: 04/01/2015
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT18S, R11E, Section 28
Minerals and geologySpecial use management