Final environmental impact statement Red Dog Mine project, northwest Alaska
US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service. 1984. Final environmental impact statement Red Dog Mine project, northwest Alaska. EPA 910/9-84-122a, EPA 910/9-84-122b//EPA-10-AK-Wulik-NPDES-84. US Environmental Protection Agency. Seattle, WA
This is the 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Red Dog Mine project. The proposed site is located on Red Dog Creek, just west of Deadlock Mountain in the DeLong Mountains of the western Brooks Range. The mine and all associated facilities would be located on private land owned by NANA Regional Corporation and would be developed in partnership with Cominco Alaska, Inc. The FEIS describes impacts as they relate to vegetation and wetlands, wildlife, water quality, fish resources, oceanography, air quality, visual resources, cultural resources, subsistence, socioeconomics, recreation, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument. Three action alternatives and a no-action alternative for the project are described. The preferred alternative would require a road open year-round along the southern corridor to a port site at VABM 28 on private NANA land within the boundaries of Cape Krusenstern National Monument.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- US Environmental Protection Agency; US Department of the Interior; National Park Service; Bureau of Land Management; US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Date of Issue
- 1984
- Publisher
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- Units
- ARCN , CAKR , NOAT , WRD
- Keywords
- Arctic, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Development, Development Impacts, Environmental Impact Statement, Land Use, Lead, Mining, Natural Resources, No Keyword, Park Management, Recreation, Red Dog Creek, Red Dog Mine, wilderness concerns, wilderness values, WRBIB, Zinc