Environmental assessment [for] Golden Sunlight Mines, Inc. open pit mine and vat leach mill

6 Pages·1993·0.13 MB·English

by  Montana. Department of State Lands

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622.31
ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT
STATEDOCUMENTSCOLLECTION
TYPEOFOPERATION: Openpitmineandvatleachmill-seesectiononPlan 1 11993
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EVA.C :?2-18-93
Date
POTENTIALIMPACTS
A B C LONG SHORT AMPLIFICATION
TERM TERM
PHYSICALENVIRONMENT
1. TOPOGRAPHY X
2. GEOLOGY:Stability X
3. SOILS;Quality,Distribution X
h. "AicK, uuaiitv.uuantity: X
Distribution
5. AIR;Quality X
6. UNIOUE.ENDANGERED.FRA- X
GILE,orLIMITEDenvironmental • 1
resources
BIOLOGICALENVIRONMENT
1. TERRESTRIAL,AVIAN,and X
AOUATIC:speciesandhabitats
2. VEGETATION;quantity,quality, X
species
3. AGRICULTURE:grazing,crops X
production
HUMANENVIRONMENT
1. SOCIAL:structuresandmores X
2. CULTURALuniqueness,diversity X
3. POPULATION;quantityand X
diversity
4. HOUSING:quantityand X
distribution
5. HUMANHEALTH&SAFETY X
6. COMMUNITY&PERSONAL X
INCOME
7. EMPLOYMENT:quantityand X
distribution
. .1
POTENTIALIMPACTS
A B c LONG SHORT AMPLIFICATION
TERM TERM
8. TAXBASE:localandstatetax X
revenue
9. GOVERNMENTSERVICES: X
demand
10.INDUSTRIAL.COMMERCIAL X
andAGRICULTURALactivities
11.HISTORICALand X
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
12.AESTHETICS X
13.ENVIRONMENTALPLANSand X
GOALS:localandregional
14.DEMANDSonENVIRON- X
MENTALRESOURCESofland,
water,airandenergy
15.TRANSPORTATION:networks X
andtrafficflows
CUMMULATTVEEFFECTS: Theenvironmentalimpactsofthisproposalarewithinthescooeoftheenvironmental
assessmentforamendment008completedin1990.
PUBLICINVOLVEMENT:Thepublicnoticesandmeetingconductedforamendment008in1989and1990disclosed
impactsanddisturbancearea. Thisbuildingiswithintheanalyzeddisturbancearea.
ALTERNATIVESCONSIDERED: Denialofproposal,however,thedisturbanceisaccountedforandthe$37.000.000
bondisadequate. AirandwaterQualityandreclamationfeasibilityarenotaffected.
COMPLIANCESTATUS: Thecompanyhasnooutstandingnoncompliances.
RECOMMENDATIONSCONCERNINGPREPARATIONOFANEIS: Notnecessaryatthislevelofdisturbance.
OTHERGROUPSORAGENCIESCONTACTEDORWHICHMAYHAVEOVERLAPPINGJURISDICTION:
BureauofLandManagement
INDIVIDUALSORGROUPSCONTRIBUTINGTOTHISEA:PatPlantenberg(DSD
A: SignificantUnavoidableImpacts
B: Insignificantasaresultofconditionedmitigation
C: Insignificantasproposed
Signature (y

PLANFORDRILLCORESTORAGEBUILDING
Theproposalistobuilda36ft.x120ft.metaldrillcorestoragebuildingwith10footwalls. Reclamationwill
beremovalasstatedforbuildingsinthepreviouslyapprovedreclamationplan.
TheproposedsiteisonBLMland. TheBLMconsiderstheproposaltobewithinthescopeoftheenviron-
mentalanalysisandapprovalisnotnecessary. TheDSLwillsendanapprovalletteraftertwoweeksofcirculationof