South Dakota Field Office
| Contacts: | Contact Mark Jacobsen 406-233-2831 |
BLM Environmental Assessment Available
The BLM Environmental Assessment for the Wharf Resources Inc. surface gold mine proposal is now available for a 30-day public comment period.
The proposal is to mine and reclaim .12 acres of the .74 acres of BLM-administered surface within the 528-acre Wharf Mine expansion project. The project area is located approximately 2.5 miles west of Lead, in Lawrence County, S.D.
The EA may be viewed on the BLM South Dakota Field Office website: http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/south_dakota_field.html.
Comments on the environmental assessment must be postmarked by May 17, 2012 and mailed to Jon David, Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301-7000, or emailed to jdavid@blm.gov. For more information contact Mr. David at (406) 233-3665.
Please be advised before including your personal-identifying-information; that your entire comment, including personal-identifying-information, may be made publicly available at any time. You may ask in your comment to have your personal-identifying-information withheld from public review; however the BLM cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. 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.
South Dakota Field Office 310 Roundup Street Belle Fourche, SD 57717