Regulation
Custer Gallatin National Forest-Yellowstone Ranger District-Stillwater Mining Company, East Boulder Mine Amendment 004 Expansion EIS
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Custer Gallatin National Forest has received a proposal from Stillwater Mining Company to amend the East Boulder Plan of Operations. Stillwater Mining Company proposes to expand the currently approved plan of operations boundary to provide their East Boulder Mine with additional storage for tailings and waste rock disposal and operational changes for continued operations. This notice informs the public that the Custer Gallatin National Forest intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to assess the Plan of Operations Amendment and provides supporting information to the public on the purpose and need for Forest Service Action, a brief summary of the proposed action, preliminary impacts, and upcoming public scoping and comment opportunities.