USDA Forest Service
NEWS RELEASE
Alaska Region
Ray Massey W 907.586.7876
rmassey@xxxxxxxxx C 907.209.2094
February 29, 2012
EDITORS: SEE NEW 3RD GRAPH & LAST GRAPH WITH NEPA CORRECTION
Greens Creek Exploratory Drilling to go Forward in Roadless
JUNEAU, Alaska- In a statement issued today, U.S. Forest Service Alaska Region Forester Beth Pendleton said an exploratory drilling project in an inventoried roadless area on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska has been approved to go forward.
"The Forest Service has approved exploratory drilling in an inventoried roadless area for the Greens Creek Mine," said Pendleton. "This approval will allow Greens Creek to continue drilling to locate additional resources that could extend the life of the mine."
The approval came shortly after the Department of Agriculture re-delegated authority to the Forest Service to make a NEPA-based decision and implement the 2012 Greens Creek Mine Exploration Drilling Project.
"Helicopters will transport the drilling rigs, no roads will be constructed or reconstructed and site reclamation will be completed after drilling operations are done," said Pendleton.
The Greens Creek exploratory drilling will be conducted approximately 20 miles southwest of Juneau within the Admiralty Island National Monument and the Greens Creek Inventoried Roadless Area. The drilling will take place on 11 drill platform sites and the total area affected by the drill pads is 1.25 acres.
NEPA analysis is expected to be complete by mid-March.
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