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Milestone Extension: Mine Plan of Operations (DOI-BLM)

Submitted by georgeann.smal… on

1. BLM and NRC

2. BLM has communicated with the project sponsor. Also, to align with NRC milestones

Action
Project Name:
Dewey Burdock ISR Uranium Project
Responsible Agency:
Bureau of Land Management
Agency Status: Cooperating under FAST-41
Cooperating under NEPA
Status:
In Progress
POC Name:
Christopher Rye
POC Title:
Geologist
POC Email:
crye@blm.gov

Milestones:

Initial Mine Plan of Operations received (Applicant Action)
Completed Date:
Completeness determination for Mine Plan of Operations (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Issuance of decision for Mine Plan of Operations (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Financial assurance received (Applicant Action)
Current Target Date:


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Milestone
Financial assurance received (Applicant Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

PROJECT WEBSITE: https://deweyburdock.info/

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
05/29/2026

1 out of 6

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Mining

SECTOR
Mining

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

LEAD AGENCY
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

View FAST-41 Postings by Agencies

Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Description:

The Dewey Burdock In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Uranium Project is a proposed uranium production facility located in Fall River and Custer Counties, South Dakota. The project will recover uranium from subsurface sandstone ore bodies through ISR technology, which involves the injection of a lixiviant solution into production wellfields to dissolve uranium minerals in place and pump the uranium-bearing solution to a central processing plant for recovery. The use of ISR technology allows for minimal surface disturbance compared to conventional open-pit or underground uranium mining. The project consists of wellfield areas, a central processing plant, supporting infrastructure and environmental protection systems. The project has been licensed by the NRC (Source Material License SUA-1600) and is progressing toward final state and federal authorizations required to begin commercial production.

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Furthest out
Original Target Date: 05/15/2026
Milestone: Issuance of decision for Mine Plan of Operations (Agency Action)

Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:

Financial assurance received (Applicant Action) extended by 31
From: 05/15/2026
To: 06/15/2026
Approver Comments
IPA worked with BLM to limit their milestone shifts for both EA and MPO actions to 30-days. Changes were needed to align with NRC Sec 106 timeline.
During that coordination, the IPA indicated this change to the EA milestone was acceptable, though the shift from 5/15/26 to 6/15/26 is 31 days, not 30 days. The EA milestone needed to move to 5/15, not 5/14 (which would have conformed to the 30-day limit) because the 106 final milestone is 5/15/26.
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
Original Milestone
Financial assurance received (Applicant Action)
Current Target Date:
Furthest Original Target Date Milestone
Issuance of decision for Mine Plan of Operations (Agency Action)
Current Target Date: