Environmental Assessment Completed

2012 Surface Exploration Plan of Operations, Bokan Mountain REE Project, Prince of Wales Island, AK

Tongass National Forest Prince of Wales-Outer, Alaska Craig Ranger District

This project is the NEPA review of the 2012 Surface Exploration Plan of Operations, for the Bokan Mountain Rare earth Element (REE) Project on Prince of Wales Island, AK.

Location

Prince of Wales Island between the West Arm of Kendrick Bay and the South Arm of Moira Sound.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/19/2013
2
Comment Period
01/19/2013
3
Decision
07/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Secretary/Undersecretary Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations; Roadless Area Management
DN/FONSI UCore Bokan Mountain Mining Plan of OperationsDecision Signed Date: 07/08/2013 Legal Notice Date: 07/10/2013
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsCraig Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionCopper River Meridian: T80S, R88E, Sections 5, 8, 9, 14-17, 20-36; T80S, R89E, Sections 30, 31; T81S, R89E, Sections 2, 3, 6
Minerals and geology