The Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company plans to continue its surface exploration program in 2012 and proposes limited or minimal tree cutting in the Greens Creek IRA to provide safe helicopter landings and drill pads.
Location
Admiralty National Monument
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/02/2011
2
Comment Period
04/04/2012
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Ira - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Secretary/Undersecretary Approval |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| 2012 Hecla Greens Creek Surface Exploration Drill Plan of Operations | Decision Signed Date: 05/11/2012 Legal Notice Date: 06/13/2012 |
| Forests | Tongass National Forest |
| Districts | Admiralty Island National Monument |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |