Environmental Assessment Completed

USGS Glacier Peak Seismic Monitoring Stations

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Snohomish, Washington Darrington Ranger District

This project would issue a 30-year permit for USGS to install and maintain four seismic monitoring stations around Glacier Peak.

Location

All project sites are located in Glacier Peak Wilderness, 4 to 8 miles from the top of Glacier Peak.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/15/2015
2
Comment Period
07/20/2018
3
Objection Period Start
01/14/2022
4
Decision
06/2022 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Glacier Peak Seismic Monitoring Project - USGSDecision Signed Date: 06/14/2022
ForestsMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
DistrictsDarrington Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT30N, R14E, Sections 24 and 29, and T30N, R12E, Section 5 and T31N, R15E, Section 5
Special use management