Environmental Impact Statement Cancelled

Sand Lick Fork Watershed Restoration

Daniel Boone National Forest Powell, Kentucky Cumberland Ranger District

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 AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Harzardous Waste Compliance Actions; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Watershed Improvements
ForestsDaniel Boone National Forest
DistrictsCumberland Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNational 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
Road managementMinerals and geologyWatershed management