WHERE ARE WE IN THE NEPA PROCESS?

 

We are about halfway through the NEPA process.  The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Stibnite Gold project was issued in August of 2020. 

The hundreds of public comments including ones from the EPA and 264 pages of comments from SSFS and its coalition partners forced the Forest Service and Perpetua to prepare a new Supplementary Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS).  That document is due out in August 2022.  There will be a public comment period which we hope will be extended to 120 days.  SSFS and our coalition are preparing for analysis of and comments on the SDEIS By securing expert technical help.  We will also be holding workshops so that we can all work together to draft the most substantive comments and participate fully in making sure all laws and regulations protecting the public’s health and the health and vitality of the South Fork ecosystem are followed