To protect public health and safety, remove rotting timbers and then seal openings to the abandoned Benita and Van Epps Mines using polyurethan foam plugs. All work will be completed using winches and hand tools.
Location
Pickwick and Benita Mines, near Van Epps Pass, upper Cle Elum River watershed.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/16/2012
2
Comment Period
06/16/2012
3
Decision
07/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up |
| Abandoned Mine Lands 2012: Closure of Pickwick and Benita Mines | Decision Signed Date: 07/27/2012 Legal Notice Date: 07/28/2012 |
| Forests | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest |
| Districts | Cle Elum Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Secs. 15 and 16, T. 23 N., R. 15 E.; W.M. |