Environmental Assessment Completed

Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company 2017-2021 Surface Exploration

Tongass National Forest Juneau, Alaska Admiralty Island National Monument

Admiralty Island National Monument has received a five-year surface exploration Plan of Operations from Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company for mineral exploration activities on the Tongass National Forest.

Location

Admiralty Island, Alaska

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/07/2016
2
Comment Period
12/14/2016
3
Objection Period Start
02/17/2017
4
Decision
04/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Secretary/Undersecretary Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company 2017-2021 Surface ExplorationDecision Signed Date: 04/14/2017
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsAdmiralty Island National Monument
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology