Environmental Assessment Completed

Coeur Alaska's Kensington Mine 5-year Exploration Project

Tongass National Forest Juneau, Alaska Juneau Ranger District

Juneau Ranger District has received a five-year surface exploration Plan of Operations from Coeur Alaska for mineral exploration on the Tongass National Forest.

Location

Juneau-Skagway Icefield Inventoried Roadless Area (IRA #301). Vicinity of the Kensington Mine located 48 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/18/2017
2
Comment Period
12/21/2017
3
Objection Period Start
02/14/2018
4
Decision
04/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Chief's Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Coeur Alaska's Kensington Mine 5-year Exploration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/06/2018
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsJuneau Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology