Follow-up Alternatives Information
Resolution Copper is providing some additional information related to the nature and characteristics of underground hard rock mineral deposits and how the characteristics of the deposits define the mining methods that are used with a particular focus on selective methods such as cut and fill and unselective methods such as block caving as the two methods that have been used by mines in and around the Copper Triangle for the last century.
Resolution Copper. 2017a. Follow-up Alternatives Information. Letter from Victoria Peacey, Senior Manager, Permitting and Approvals, Resolution Copper to Mary Rasmussen, U.S. Forest Server. Superior, Arizona: Resolution Copper. August 14.
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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
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