The draft decision notice and finding of no significant impact (DN/FONSI) and environmental assessment (EA) for the Discovery Day Mine Project are now available for public review. The Klamath National Forest has received a proposed Plan of Operations (Plan), submitted by Discovery Day Mine, LLC for operations involving the surface use and occupancy of National Forest System lands associated with the Discovery Day Mine gold mining operation. The purpose of this project is to analyze the proposed use of the Discovery Day Mine as proposed in the Plan for impacts to surface resources. The project site is located about three miles southeast of Forks of Salmon in Siskiyou County, California. The legal description for the project site is Township (T) 9 North (N), Range 7 East (E), Sections 1 and 12; and T 9N R 8E Section 6 and 7, Humboldt Base Meridian. The Discovery Day LLC holds claims within a boundary of about 950 acres within the Knownothing Creek watershed. However, within the project area, activities are only proposed within a footprint of about 13.5 acres and consist of a road, three working pads, and underground tunnels located on the southeast side of a ridge between the east and west fork drainages of Knownothing Creek. The draft DN/FONSI and EA and supporting documents are available on the Klamath National Forest’s project webpage at: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=52448.
This proposed decision is subject to objection pursuant to 36 CFR 218, Subparts A and B. Objections will only be accepted from those who submitted project-specific written comments during scoping or another designated comment period. Issues raised in objections must be based on previously submitted comments unless based on new information arising after the designated comment period(s).
Objections, including attachments, must be filed with the reviewing officer, Jennifer Eberlien, Regional Forester, within 45 days following the publication of this legal notice in the Siskiyou Daily News. The publication date of this legal notice is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection. Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframes provided by any other source. It is the objector’s responsibility to ensure evidence of timely receipt in accordance with 36 C.F.R. § 218.9. Hard copy objections may be faxed to (707) 562-9229. Electronic objections, in common (.doc, .pdf, .rtf, .txt) objections-pacificsouthwest-regional-office@usda.gov with “Discovery Day Mine Project” in the subject line.
Objections must include: 1) name, address and telephone; 2) signature or other verification of authorship; 3) identification of a single lead objector when applicable; 4) project name, Responsible Official name and title, and name of affected National Forest(s) and/or Ranger District(s); 5) reasons for, and suggested remedies to resolve, your objections; and, 6) description of the connection between your objections and your prior comments (36 CFR 218.8(d)). Incorporate documents by reference only as provided for at 36 CFR 218.8(b).
For additional information about how to object, contact Brad Barrett at Bradley.barrett@usda.gov.
Gay Baxter
