This project will analyze ten mining Plans of Operations submitted to the Cle Elum Ranger District of the OWNF to fulfill responsibilities established by the 1872 Mining Law as amended and the Forest Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Location
Claims are located in the Swauk Creek drainage.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/18/2019
2
Comment Period
07/30/2019
3
Objection Period Start
09/15/2022
4
Decision
01/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2023 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Swauk Mining final Decision Notice | Decision Signed Date: 01/11/2023 |
| Forests | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest |
| Districts | Cle Elum Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Multiple Sections T.20N., R.17E., Sections 1, 3, 10, 11 12; T.20N., R.18E., Section 6, 13, 34; T.21N., R.17E., Sections 13, 23, 24, 33; T.21N., R.18E. Sections 19, 30; W.M. |