Purpose of the Scoping Meeting

Provide information on the project

Identify public issues • to be analyzed in the EIS• to assist with alternative development

Dewey Conveyor Right of Way Project EIS

GCC Dacotah, Inc. seeks a 100-foot wide right-of-way across one and one-half miles of National Forest and about one mile of lands administered by BLM.

GCC Dacotah proposes to construct an elevated and enclosed, seven-mile long conveyor belt to transfer limestone from a new quarry site to a proposed rail load-out facility along an existing rail line near Dewey SD. Most of the proposed alignment is on private land owned by GCC Dacotah.

Issues to be Evaluated

• American Indian Considerations (Nat’l Historic Preservation Act)

• Cultural Resources• Sound Considerations• Visual Quality• Public Safety• Land Use• Fish and Wildlife

• Air Quality• Geology, Soils and

Minerals• Water, quality &

quantity• Vegetation• Social and Economic

Values• Threatened and

Endangered Species

These photos were provided by the conveyor manufacturer as examples of the conveyor and construction.