Reading Room

The reading room contains articles on topics of interest about Smoky Canyon.

General Documents - new and updated documents about Smoky Canyon.

Final Environmental Impact Statement - October 2007 - Final EIS makes significant changes to the Draft document including a large number of Appendixes to explore areas not originally contained in the draft. The executive summary is in HTML and the supporting documents are by chapter and appendix in Portable Document format linked for the FEIS index page.

Draft Environmental Impact Statement – December 2005 document looks at the impacts and alternatives for the operation of Panels F and G for Smoky Canyon. This documents is summarized by section and uses web optimized Portable Document Format files for easy reading and printing.

Remediation programs and projects – Documents involved in site surveys and CERCLA actions that relate to current or ongoing actions at Smoky Canyon. Includes efforts to contain selenium contamination and updates on the Pole Creek Diversion project.

Reclamation programs – Documents and plans for the ongoing reclamation and restoration efforts for areas that have been mined, overburden disposal areas, ponds, stream and roads.

Selenium - Documents on selenium and efforts to correct the problem. See also the selenium factsheet in the newsroom for additional background information.

US phosphate Operations - a summary of data on the industry with recent production figures.