2009 June 18 - Agenda

 

Rosemont Copper Project
Cooperating Agency

Coordination Meeting

6/18/2009
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Federal Building
300 West Congress
Tucson, Arizona

Conference Room 4B

---

Meeting Called by: Jeanine Derby, Forest Supervisor Facilitator: Teresa Ann Ciapusci, Cooperating Agency Liaison Type of Meeting: Information Sharing

---

Agenda

---

09:30 – 09:45  Welcome Reta Laford, Deputy Forest Supervisor 09:45 – 10:45  Project Website John Able, Project Webmaster 10:45 – 11:15  Update Reta Laford, Deputy Forest Supervisor 11:15 – 12:00  Open Discussion Teresa Ann Ciapusci, Cooperating Agency Liaison

---

Invited Attendees:

Cooperating Tribes
Tohono O’odham Nation

Cooperating Federal Agencies
Air Force, 162d Fighter Airwing
Army Corps of Engineers
USDI Bureau of Land Management

Cooperating State Agencies
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona Geological Survey
Arizona State Land Department
Arizona State Mine Inspector
Arizona State Parks

Cooperating Local Governments
City of Tucson
Pima County
Town of Sahuarita

---

Meeting Notes

---

Attendees:

Note:
Checked box ( ) indicates agency representative in attendance

Cooperating Tribes
Tohono O’odham Nation

Cooperating Federal Agencies
Air Force, 162d Fighter Airwing
Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Regulatory Division
USDA Forest Service, Coronado National Forest
USDI Bureau of Land Management

Cooperating State Agencies
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona Geological Survey
Arizona State Land Department
Arizona State Mine Inspector
Arizona State Parks

Cooperating Local Governments
Pima County
City of Tucson
Town of Sahuarita

Project Website			John Able
	Discussion:
	Discussion:  Website developed to serve 3 audiences (interdisciplinary team, cooperating agencies, and public)
	Demonstration of β-test version of www.RosemontEIS.us website navigation, functions, and demonstration content
	Demonstration of β-test version of searchable comments database navigation, functions, and demonstration content
	Discussion of web-based social media considerations and opportunities
	Cooperating agencies requested inclusion of a blog forum that would be for the exclusive use of cooperating agencies
	Cooperating agencies requested the Reclamation Plan be posted to the website with a cross reference to/from the “Technical Reports” sub-tab
	Action items:
	1.	Requested cooperating agencies access and test functionality of website and searchable comments database and report findings (positive and negative), desired changes and modifications, additions, deletions, and any other comments to the webmasters (John Able and Barbara Schneider) via “John Able’s Blog” on the home page of the website
	2.	Requested cooperating agencies not share access to the website with other members of their agencies or the public before the Forest Service releases the website to public access in July 2009
	3.	Requested cooperating agencies that need additional access accounts for the website notify the Forest Service Cooperating Agency Liaison with the name and e-mail address for each additional account
EIS Status			Teresa Ann Ciapusci
	Discussion:
	Overview of interdisciplinary team progress to date
	Reminder that schedule for milestones remains unchanged
Open Discussion			Teresa Ann Ciapusci
	Suggested topics for future Coordination Meetings:
	Field trip to view examples of successful reclamation efforts Alternative routes for utility corridors, particularly electrical transmission routes Discussion of lessons learned in previous large-scale mining proposals that could improve efficiency Share permitting and other regulatory roles of cooperating agencies to further mutual understanding of decision space and roles of the various agencies Training for cooperating agencies on the NEPA process Discussion of the assumptions used in determining the types of technical studies that underlay the environmental analysis and how those assumptions are documented in the Administrative Record