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FAST-41 Missed Date:Section 106 Review: Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action)

Submitted by Anonymous on

Agency Milestone Date of 04/07/2026 for Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days

Action
Milestone
Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

PROJECT WEBSITE: Bear Lodge Project

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
03/20/2028

0 out of 5

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Mining

SECTOR
Mining

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Department of Agriculture

LEAD AGENCY
Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service

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Description:

The Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project proposes to utilize the planned Bull Hill Mine, located near the town of Sundance in northeastern Wyoming, which is comprised of several disseminated deposits and characterized by a distribution of critical magnet rare earth elements (REEs), specifically neodymium-praseodymium (Nd/Pr), and other essential REEs. The Project includes the Bull Hill Mine (pit, ore hauling, waste rock storage, ore stockpile, ore crushing and loading, pit dewatering, and site management), grid supplied power, and access/transportation into and out of federal lands.

The project encompasses mining a USGS-recognized REE resource at the Bear Lodge deposit on Black Hills National Forest lands that will become feed material for a commercial processing facility to serve as a supply to downstream partners for permanent magnet manufacturing which are essential to defense and high-tech industries. The processing facility will be located on private land, approximately 40 miles from the mine area.
 

 

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Agency Milestone Date of 04/07/2026 for Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
Approver Comments
Administrative error. Milestone should have been marked complete at the time the permitting timetable was published.
Previous Action Status
Planned
New Action Status
Planned
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
New Milestone
Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Response Date
Reporting Agency
US Forest Service