Northern Arizona proposed withdrawal

The final environmental impact statement (EIS) documents the analysis of potential environmental impacts of the Secretary of the Interior's proposed 20-year withdrawal of approximately 1,010,776 acres of federal mineral estate in northern Arizona from the location and entry of new mining claims under the General Mining Law of 1872 [30 United States Code 22-54]. This federal mineral estate includes approximately 626,354 [acres] of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip Field Office, 360,349 acres of National Forest System lands managed by the Kaibab National Forest, 4,284 acres administered by the Arizona State Land Department, and 19,789 acres of private land. The Notice of Intent to prepare this EIS was published in the Federal Register on August 26, 2009.