Environmental Assessment Completed

Winter Supplemental Plan of Operations

Chugach National Forest Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Seward Ranger District

The Plan proposes cutting 15 to 20 small diameter trees in preparation of processing placer gravels and use and maintenance of approximately 500 feet of new access road to access upper benches of Quartz Creek for exploration.

Location

Approximately Mile 40 of the Sterling Highway on Quartz Creek near Cooper Landing Alaska

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/05/2013
2
Comment Period
09/05/2013
3
Objection Period Start
04/02/2014
4
Decision
04/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Chief's Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Winter Supplemental Plan of Operations Decision NoticeDecision Signed Date: 04/02/2014 Legal Notice Date: 04/02/2014
ForestsChugach National Forest
DistrictsSeward Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 5 North, Range 2 West, portions of sections 9 and 10, Seward Meridian
Minerals and geology