Resolution Copper Project NEPA Air Quality Impacts Analyses
This Modeling Report includes a description of the methods and datasets used in the air quality modeling analyses to estimate the Resolution Project’s air quality impacts relative to the applicable Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS) for criteria pollutants and to Air Quality Related Values (AQRV) in the near-field domain (Class I Superstition Wilderness Areas [SWA], White Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern [WC ACEC], Class II Needle’s Eye Wilderness Area [NEWA]) and in several Class I Wilderness Areas in the far-field domain (Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area [SAWA], Mazatzal Wilderness Area [MWA], Galiuro Wilderness Area [GWA], and Saguaro National Park [SNP). These analyses for the EIS are technically consistent with and in addition to the analyses prepared to demonstrate compliance with the applicable Pinal County Air Quality Control District (PCAQCD) and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), as required by the permit application requirements in applicable PCAQCD rules.
Air Sciences Inc. 2019b. Resolution Copper Project NEPA Air Quality Impacts Analyses. Prepared for Tonto National Forest. Project No. 262. Golden, Colorado: Air Sciences Inc. February.
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Email Address Created for Land Exchange Questions
The Southwestern Region Office of Lands and Minerals Management is overseeing and administering the land exchange and appraisal process which includes the 2,422-acre Oak Flat Federal Parcel. All questions about the land exchange and appraisal process should be emailed to SM.FS.rcexinfo@usda.gov
Objection Period Ends March 1
Interested parties who previously submitted formal comments about the project have until March 1 to file an objection to the Tonto’s proposed decision.
For more info, view TNF News Release.
Programmatic Agreement Info
To comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Tonto National Forest developed a Programmatic Agreement (PA) and included it in Volume 5, Appendix O of the final EIS. The PA was created in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the State Historic Preservation Office, tribes and other consulting parties. The PA contains an agreed upon process for identifying, evaluating and addressing adverse effects to historic properties associated with this undertaking.
To review Volume 5 and the PA, Download Vol 5 PDF, 27 MB.
Forest Service Point of Contact
John Scaggs
Tonto National Forest
john.scaggs@usda.gov
Apache Leap Special Management Area
Apache Leap SMA website