Environmental Assessment Completed

Tub Run Abandoned Coal Mine Restoration

Monongahela National Forest Tucker, West Virginia Cheat Ranger District

Authorize WV DEP to do restoration work on abandoned coal mine. Work includes reshaping land, covering acidic spoils, and planting herbaceous vegetation.

Location

The project is located about 4 miles southwest of Thomas, in Tucker County, West Virginia, above the northern rim of Blackwater Canyon on the Cheat Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/25/2011
2
Comment Period
11/20/2012
3
Decision
01/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
04/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityAbandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Watershed Improvements
Tub Run Abandoned Coal Mine RestorationDecision Signed Date: 01/07/2013 Legal Notice Date: 01/08/2013
ForestsMonongahela National Forest
DistrictsCheat Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTucker County, WV; Cheat Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest
Minerals and geologyWatershed management