Casper Field Office
| Contacts: | Lesley A. Elser |
BLM Casper Releases Finding of No Significant Impact and
Decision Record for Pinnacle Materials Douglas Quarry
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Casper Field Office has released a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record (DR) for the environmental assessment (EA) for the Pinnacle Materials Douglas Quarry expansion project which is located approximately 7 miles southwest of Douglas, Wyo., in Converse County.
Pinnacle Materials, Inc. proposes to expand mining, processing, and hauling of 4.6 million tons crushed aggregate from split-estate land (private surface/federal minerals). The quarry has been operational since 2005, producing at a rate of up to 280,000 tons per year from a 10-acre mining site. The expansion would increase production up to one million tons per year from a 40-acre mining site.
Electronic copies of the FONSI, DR, and EA are available by visiting the BLM website at:
www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/documents/cfo/Douglas_Quarry.html.
The Bureau of Land Management, Casper Field Office in accordance with the Materials Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 68 1; 30 U. S. C. et seq.) as regulated by 43 CFR Part 3600, will be offering for sale by sealed bids 4,600,000 tons of mineral material for aggregate and rip rap from the quarry site at a future date. BLM will advertise the sale by publishing a sale notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the material is located, on the same day once a week for two consecutive weeks.
For more information, please contact BLM Geologist Tom Foertsch at (307) 261-7630.
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.
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