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Environmental Assessment (EA)

Project Name: Responsible Agency:
Bureau of Land Management
Agency Status: Cooperating under FAST-41
Cooperating under NEPA
Status:
Complete
POC Name:
Melanie Peterson
POC Title:
Bristlecone Field Manager
POC Email:
Action Outcome:
Issuance of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

Description:

White Pine Waterpower, LLC is proposing to drill three monitoring and two test wells to be followed a week later by two tests. The first, an eight-hour step test would estimate each test well’s discharge rate and determine the optimal pumping rate for the second test. The second, a 72-hour constant rate test would estimate the wells’ hydrogeologic parameters, identify hydraulic boundaries, and approximate operating conditions of the proposed production wells. The constant rate test would pump approximately 950,000 gallons of water from each test well. The water would be piped to a series of sprinklers for dispersal. Dispersal locations would be rotated to limit soil saturation and control surface water runoff. The three monitoring wells would track groundwater response to pumping. Testing would take about nine days at each test well after which the drill pads would be restored and reclaimed.

Milestones:

Determination to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Issuance of a Draft EA / Release for Public Review (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Issuance of a Final EA (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
EA Process Concluded (Agency Action)
Completed Date: