SWCA Environmental Consultants
The purpose of this memorandum is to screen the Copper Creek Project for inclusion in the cumulative effects analysis and assess any cumulative effects with the Resolution Copper Project.
SWCA and TNF have completed reviews and analysis to determine whether reinitiation of Section 7 consultation under the ESA is warranted, and this technical memorandum outlines the various changes that could potentially warrant reinitiation of Section 7 consultation with the USFWS.
Nothing submitted with this correspondence represented new information that had not already been considered during the NEPA process. The purpose of this process memorandum (process memo) is to detail the disposition of the items submitted.
The purpose of this process memorandum is to provide a consistent acreage, broken down by project component or facility, alternative, and ownership (private, state, federal).
This memorandum documents a review of the Action Alternatives contained in the 2025 Final EIS (FEIS) for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange (Resolution) for consistency with the December 2023 Tonto National Forest Land Management Plan (forest plan).
The purpose of this addendum is to update the process memorandum dated October 28, 2020, titled “Cumulative Effects Analysis Overview and Screening by Resource” (Newell et al 2020). The original process memo served to outline the methods and screening results used for the analysis of cumulative effects within the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared for the Resolution Copper Project by disclosing:Approach for addressing past and present actions in the EIS.
The purpose of this process memorandum is to address several measures related to wildlife that are included as required mitigation in appendix J of the final environmental impact statement.
The purpose of this addendum is to update the process memorandum dated October 28, 2020, titled “Cumulative Effects Analysis Overview and Screening by Resource.” The original process memo served to outline the methods and screening results used for the analysis of cumulative effects within the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared for the Resolution Copper Project by disclosing:
In June 2022, the Forest Service received additional comments from a review of the January 2021 rescinded FEIS conducted by three Bureau of Land Management water specialists. These comments expressed understanding for the approach described above but suggested expanding the analysis to include the total number of wells impacted. The purpose of this process memo is to provide that analysis.
In June 2022, the Forest Service received a technical review of the January 2021 rescinded FEIS analysis of water resources, conducted by three water resource specialists with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This review was requested as part of re-initiation of tribal consultation. The BLM reviewers reiterated the concern over the Cutter Basin and added that impacts to water quality could also drive regional water users to seek other supplies.
