Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Public Meetings; Montana, Wyoming

Zusammenfassung

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, with concurrence from the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes to withdraw, for 20 years, approximately 22,000 acres of Federal mineral estate, and any non-Federal minerals that may be acquired in the future, from location and entry under the mining laws. This mineral withdrawal is being proposed to protect the watersheds within the drainages of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone, Soda Butte Creek, and the Stillwater River, and the water quality and fresh water fishery resources within Yellowstone National Park. Based on comments received during the earlier public scoping period and preliminary analysis of environmental impacts, the BLM and FS will jointly prepare an EIS that displays the effects of the proposed mineral withdrawal in Park County, Montana.