Environmental Assessment Completed

Abandoned Mine Lands Safety Restoration

Daniel Boone National Forest Clay; Jackson; Laurel; Leslie; McCreary; Owsley; Pulaski; Rockcastle; Whitley, Kentucky Daniel Boone National Forest All Units

Abandoned mining sites with features, such as portals, adits, shafts, subsidence, structures, and equipment that are either environmental or safety hazards would be restored to other productive uses.

Location

On abandoned coal mine sites on London, Stearns and Redbird Ranger Districts

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/13/2013
2
Comment Period
04/21/2014
3
Decision
06/2014 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityAbandoned Mine Land Clean-Up
Abandoned Mine Lands Safety Restoration Decision Notice and FONSIDecision Signed Date: 06/23/2014
ForestsDaniel Boone National Forest
DistrictsLondon Ranger District; Stearns Ranger District; Redbird Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology