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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.