The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received a Multi-Agency Application for Permits to Mine in Alaska - APMA F20212476 for Mining, Reclamation, & Cross Country Winter Travel in the Koyukuk Mining District near the town of Wiseman. The mining related activity is located within Township 027N, Range 017W, Fairbanks Meridian. The USGS 1:250,000 Quadrangle is Wiseman. APMA forms include applications for Miscellaneous Land Use Permits (MLUPs), Approved Plan of Operations, and Reclamation Plan Approvals for a mining operation.

The Mining Section of the Division of Mining, Land and Water proposes to issue a [MLUP/POO] pursuant to [11 AAC 96.010] or [11 AAC 86.800] for mining and/or exploration activity as well as reclamation approval on state lands. Winter cross country travel on state lands not within state mining locations may also be authorized.

State land use beyond the mining locations will be adjudicated by DNR separately.

 A copy of the application may be obtained from DNR.  Contact Dave Charron by phone at (907) 451-2736, by fax at 451-2703, by email at dnr.fbx.mining@alaska.gov, or by mail to 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709.  

This is a courtesy notice provided to the public. Your comments about this activity will receive consideration even though this is a courtesy notice provided they are received within 14 days from the posting date of this notice. Your comments on the MLUP or Plan of Operations should be submitted to the same contacts listed in the preceding paragraph.

Other State Agencies which use or review the APMA application include the Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Fish and Game (ADF&G) and Revenue (DOR). Federal Agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) also reviews this application. These agencies adjudicate or review this application for the permits they may require for mining related activities. Their adjudication may include additional separate notice. Mining Fact Sheets about the Agencies which receive the application can be found at http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/factsht/mine_fs/apmathru.pdf and http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/factsht/mine_fs/fed_permits.pdf. A more detailed discussion of the agencies that use this application is given in the application itself http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/forms/19apma/index.cfm

DNR reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication