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Bureau of Land Management offices post News Releases to share news or let you know upcoming plans for their area. Below are the ten most recent news releases sorted by date. If you have questions regarding a specific News Release, contact information is at the top of each News Release. Please feel free to contact the OR/WA Office of Public Affairs with your questions or comments, at 503-808-6002 or by email.

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Apr 30 2008BLM Rejects Hardrock Lease Application near Mount St. Helens
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Apr 29 2008Geothermal Lease Sale Postponed
Apr 28 2008Recreation RAC Meeting Postponed
Apr 25 2008Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled for May 8 and 9
Apr 24 2008BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed OHV Route for Lakeview Ranch
 

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BLM Rejects Hardrock Lease Application near Mount St. Helens

Date: 4/30/08

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office announced that it has decided to move forward with the “No Action” alternative in the March 2007 Environmental Assessment (EA), and reject the hardrock lease application. After careful consideration of the application, findings of the EA, and public comments, BLM concluded that it is not possible at this time to determine if leasing, even with a contingent right stipulation, would, over the long term, result in mineral development activities that would be compatible with the purpose for which the lands were re-acquired by the Federal Government.

General Moly (formerly Idaho General Mines, Inc.), a Lakewood, Colorado-based firm, applied for a fractional interest hardrock mining lease for 217.3 acres, in March 2005, and a fringe acreage lease for the adjoining 682.2 acres in the vicinity of Goat Mountain and the headwaters of the Green River, approximately 12 miles northeast of the Mount St. Helens volcanic crater. The lease application area was outside the legislated National Volcanic Monument boundaries. Even without the lease, GMI will continue to own an undivided 50 percent interest in the mineral estate within the 217.3 acre parcel.

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