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Dear Mr. Smay:
I received the July 15,2008 appeal you filed on behalf of Ashley Creek Properties, LLC, Ashley
Creek Phosphate Company and John D. Archer regarding the decision by Caribou-Targhee
Forest Supervisor Larry Timchak set forth in the Record of Decision (ROD) and Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Smoky Canyon Mine Panels F & G Project.
Your appeal claims that the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Forest Service (FS)
decision to authorize off-lease roads and utilities for the Smoky Canyon Mine violates the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEP A) by failing to consider all reasonable alternatives as
required under 40 CFR 1502.14. Specifically, the appeal claims that the EIS should have
considered the alternative of mining phosphate on property in Utah instead of allowing
development of a phosphate mine at Smoky Canyon.
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-- Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008
