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SWCA Environmental Consultants. 2024b. Resolution Copper Project Consistency with the Tonto National Forest Plan. Process memorandum to file. Phoenix, Arizona: SWCA Environmental Consultants. December.

SWCA Environmental Consultants. 2025a. Disposition of Information Received Outside of Public Comment Period. Process memorandum to file. Phoenix, Arizona: SWCA Environmental Consultants. April 15.

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