Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Bell Island Geothermal Leases SPEIS

Tongass National Forest Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District

The proposed action is for a consent determination for the BLM to issue three leases in the Tongass National Forest (TNF) and for the BLM to issue the leases to the geothermal lease applicant.

Location

Bell Island, 43 miles north of Ketchikan

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
05/25/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/18/2012
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/22/2013
4
Decision
11/2012 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Record of Decision Bell Island Geothermal LeasesDecision Signed Date: 11/29/2012 Legal Notice Date: 04/03/2013
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT68S R89E Sec 36, T68S R90E Sec 12-15 21-22 -28-31, T68S R91E sec 7
Minerals and geology