Tucson Field Office
| Contacts: | Kristen Lenhardt | , 520-258-7266 |
BLM Extends Huachuca Concrete Environmental Assessment Public Comment Period
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tucson Field Office is extending the Huachuca Concrete - Ocotillo Pit Expansion unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and supporting Environmental Assessment (EA) public comment period, now ending on July 21, 2009.
The EA analyzes the potential environmental impacts and feasibility of Huachuca Concrete, Inc.’s proposal to expand the Ocotillo Pit quarry by 21 acres in order to access federal minerals. The site of the proposed quarry expansion is split estate land where Huachuca Concrete owns the surface estate and the subsurface minerals are owned by the federal government.
The BLM is now proposing to sign the FONSI, indicating the BLM’s determination that no significant impacts to the human environment would occur if the expansion took place. However, the FONSI will not be signed until public comment is received and analyzed.
The unsigned FONSI and supporting EA is available by visiting the BLM website at: www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/az/pdfs/nepa/projects/tucson/09.Par.81282.File.dat/EA-020-09-0032-Huachuca-Concrete-FONSI.pdf. Copies will also be available at the Tucson Field Office.
Comments may be submitted to Daniel Moore; Tucson Field Office; 12661 East Broadway; Tucson, AZ 85748-7208, or by e-mail at hcop@blm.gov. Comments received will be available to be viewed by the public once the EA is finalized. Therefore, to withhold your name, number or e-mail address from the final document, please state this request along with the comment.
For more information, please contact Kristen Lenhardt at 520-258-7200.
The BLM manages more land - 256 million acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.