The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is scheduled for publication during April 2010. At that time, a ninety-day public comment period will begin, complete with public meetings, including hearings. Complete information about the DEIS comment period will be published on this website at a later date.
For updated information about the DEIS comment period:
The following search tools are still in "beta" version. In other words, this search tool is still undergoing development. A new graphical user interface and other improvements will be available soon.
More than 11,000 submissions were received during the scoping comment period. From those submissions, more than twenty thousand unique comments were identified. This tool allows anyone to search all comments gathered during the scoping comment period by keyword, commenter name, and comment ID. Please help us test it at
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Public meetings will be scheduled as part of the 90-day public comment process for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), currently scheduled for publication during April 2010. The date, time, and location of these meetings has not yet been determined. When that information is available, it will be published on this page.
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The Coronado National Forest is exploring the possibility of using live or recorded webcasts to disseminate important information about the proposed Rosemont Copper Project. The schedule for any future webcasts will be published here.
For current information about webcasts:
Forest Service line officers issue many resource management decisions each year, some of which are accompanied by National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents (i.e. Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, and Categorical Exclusions). These decisions may be subject to an administrative appeal by individuals or organizations. The public's rights and responsibilities to file an appeal are defined in specific appeal regulations. READ MORE