Improve water quality and reduce soil loss by plugging abandoned oil wells, removing flowing lines, restoration of stream channels and associated floodplains, and managing /maintaining the many open roads in the Sand Lick Fork area.
Location
Sand Fork watershed (Hydrologic Unit Code # 05100204-140-090)
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
09/11/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/2015 (Estimated)
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/2015 (Estimated)
4
Objection Period Start
06/2015 (Estimated)
5
Decision
10/2015 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
11/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Harzardous Waste Compliance Actions; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Daniel Boone National Forest |
| Districts | Cumberland Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | National Forest System Lands in Powell County, Kentucky bounded on the east by Natural Bridge State Resort Park. Includes lands in Sand Lick Fork, Barker Branch, Pot Hollow, and Sand Cave Branch |