Decision Memo Completed

Quartz Hill Access Road - Reissue Special Use Permit

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

Reissuance of SUP for an 8.54-mile access road to a patented mining claim. Permit includes a warehouse at the base (salt water) of the road. The road has been permitted since 1982.

Location

The Quartz Hill access road is located approximately 40 miles east of Ketchikan, Alaska, within the Misty Fiords National Monument (Non-Wilderness).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/12/2011
2
Decision
12/2011 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (15)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Quartz Hill Access RoadDecision Signed Date: 12/02/2011
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionCopper River Meridian, T.74 S., R. 97 E., sec. 36, T. 75 S., R 97 E., secs. 1, 12, 13 and 14, T. 74 S., R 98 E., secs. 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34
Special use management