Project Reaches Next Milestone as BLM Issues Right-of-Way Grant Offers for Dry Creek Trona Mine
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KEMMERER, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management has issued right-of-way grant offers to Pacific Soda LLC for the Dry Creek Trona Mine Project in Sweetwater County, marking a key milestone toward development of a new trona mine in southwestern Wyoming.
The grants include a notice to proceed that is contingent upon approval of the mine permit by Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division, and acceptance of the required reclamation bond before construction activities may begin. The grant offers authorize infrastructure necessary to support the project on BLM-administered public land and represent the next step following approval of the project in 2025.
The Dry Creek Trona Mine project is expected to employ up to 2,000 workers during construction and create approximately 300 full-time jobs during operations. Pacific Soda estimates the project area contains around 117 million tons of recoverable trona resources capable of producing soda ash and baking soda used in a variety of industrial and consumer products.
The project was approved in May of 2025, following completion of an environmental impact statement and record of decision. The approved project authorizes Pacific Soda to construct mine well fields, processing facilities, storage ponds, transportation infrastructure, pipelines and powerlines to access underground trona deposits approximately 2,300 feet below the surface.
Wyoming contains the world’s largest know trona reserves and is the nation’s leading producer of soda ash, a key ingredient used in glass manufacturing, baking soda, detergents, chemicals and other products.
Additional information, including the 2025 approved final environmental assessment and decision record, is available at the BLM National NEPA Register. For more information, contact the BLM Kemmerer Field Office, at [email protected].
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