Legal Notices

Federal Register Notice of Availability

EIS No. 20250085, Final, USFS, AZ, Resolution Copper Project & Land Exchange, Review Period Ends: 07/21/2025

Federal Register Notice of Availability

EIS No. 20190189, Draft, USFS, AZ, Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange, Comment Period Ends: 11/07/2019

The Forest Service held workshops to 1) update the public on the status of the EIS process 2) describe the alternatives development process, and 3) solicit input on the criteria being used to evaluate alternative tailings storage facility locations.

Based on requests from individuals and organizations for a scoping period extension and additional meetings, the TNF Forest Supervisor has decided to accommodate these requests by extending the public scoping period through July 18, 2016 and holding one additional public scoping meeting on June 9, 2016.

Public open house meetings will be held as follows. Each meeting will take place from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.; a presentation will take place at 5:30, followed by a brief question and answer period.

Notice is hereby given that the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of Interior are evaluating the exchange of land with Resolution Copper Mining LLC, as directed by the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act.

PUBLIC NOTICE - Opportunity to Object to the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange and Project-Specific Forest Plan Amendment. The Tonto National Forest has prepared a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) and a draft Record of Decision (ROD) for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange near Superior, Arizona. The FEIS document discloses the potential environmental effects considered, including the mining proposal and all connected actions, the project- specific plan amendment, and the land exchange.