Montanore Project Supplemental Draft EIS released
Comments due by November 11, 2011
by Kootenai National Forest
September 25, 2011
The Kootenai National Forest (KNF) and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have issued the Montanore Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS).
The Montanore Project is a proposed copper and silver underground mine located about 18 miles south of Libby near the Cabinet Mountains of northwestern Montana. In response to public comment received on the 2009 Draft EIS, the agencies revised the agencies’ mine alternatives (Alternatives 3 and 4) and transmission line alignments (Alternatives C, D, and E). Public comment is solicited on these changes.
The Notice of Availability will be published on or about September 30, 2011.
A copy of the SDEIS can be downloaded from the Forest Service’s web page (www.fs.usda.gov/goto/kootenai/minerals) or the DEQ’s web page (www.deq.mt.gov/eis.mcpx). Written comment can be submitted to: Forest Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest, 31374 U.S. 2, Libby, MT 59923-3022, or by facsimile to (406) 283-7709, or email your comments to: r1_montanore@fs.fed.us or deqmontanoreEIS@mt.gov.
For further information on the project or to request a copy of the SDEIS, contact the Project Coordinators: Lynn Hagarty (KNF) (406) 283-7642 or lhagarty@fs.fed.us, or Bonnie Lovelace (DEQ) (406) 444-1760 or blovelace2@mt.gov.
A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 in the Ponderosa Room at the Libby City Hall, 952 E. Spruce St., Libby, MT. The meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. with an open house, followed by a public hearing at 6:30 p.m.
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