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Montanore Draft SEIS available for public review by Kootenai National Forest June 24, 2019 The Kootenai National Forest (KNF) has completed the Montanore Evaluation Project Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS). A No Action Alternative, the Proposed Action, and two action alternatives (Alternatives 3 and 4) are analyzed in the Draft SEIS. During the Evaluation Project, Montanore Minerals Corporation, would use an existing evaluation adit on private land in upper Libby Creek to drill into and evaluate a copper and silver ore body; would conduct surface monitoring activities, including some in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness; and, in Alternatives 3 and 4 only, would complete geotechnical and hydrologic studies on National Forest System lands between Little Cherry Creek and Poorman Creek. Alternative 3 is the KNF’s preferred alternative. The Draft SEIS can be downloaded in digital formal (.pdf) on the Forest Service’s website: http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/kootenai/landmanagement/projects (click on "View/Download the Documents") An open house will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., July 23rd 2019, at the KNF Supervisor’s Office, 31374 US Highway 2, Libby, Montana. Reasonable accommodations to participate in the open house will be provided upon request for people with disabilities. Please submit comments to Craig Towery, KNF, Supervisor’s Office, 31374 US Highway 2, Libby, MT 59923-3022, or by email to: sm.fs.r1monteval@usda.gov. Please include "Montanore Evaluation Project" in the subject line. Comments can also be faxed to (406) 283-7709, hand-delivered to the KNF between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or given to a KNF staff member at the open house. Comments must be postmarked or received 45 days from the date the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft SEIS is published in the Federal Register; the NOA was published on June 21st. For further information on the project, to request a physical copy of the Draft SEIS (bound paper or compact disc), or to request reasonable accommodation, contact Craig Towery at (406) 293-6211 or craig.towery@usda.gov.

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