Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 18.09.1996

Steward Mining Operation, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon

The Forest Service, USDA, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the purpose of approving a Plan of Operations to conduct mining operations in the City Creek Watershed. The EIS will document the environmental analyses and effects of a range of alternatives, including a no-action alternative. The EIS will analyze at least three alternatives: (1) The no action alternative; (2) the proposed action, as submitted by the operator; and (3) a modification to the proposed action, which includes appropriate mitigation measures. Under the 1872 mining law, the no-action alternative is not a viable alternative. It is required by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations and serves as a baseline to measure the environmental effects of other alternatives. Additional alternatives and/or revisions to the above alternatives will be evaluated in the EIS. This approval is in accordance with direction set forth in the Umpqua National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (September 1990), as amended, which provides for mining operations within applicable standards, guidelines, and management prescriptions. The agency invites written comments on the scope of this project. In