Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Resurrection Creek Restoration Phase II

Chugach National Forest Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Seward Ranger District

Approve a supplement to a mining plan of operations and new mining operations. Restore Resurrection Creek's channel, floodplain, and streamside vegetation to pre-mining conditions and enhance fish and riparian wildlife habitat.

Location

Seward Ranger District, Resurrection Creek

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
01/28/2008
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/23/2010
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/18/2015
4
Objection Period Start
03/25/2015
5
Decision
07/2015 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
07/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Secretary/Undersecretary Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Resurrection Creek Phase II:Stream Restoration & Hope Mining Co Plan of OpsDecision Signed Date: 07/30/2015
ForestsChugach National Forest
DistrictsSeward Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geologyWildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management