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March 2010
Minor Changes Made to Website Navigation
In an ongoing effort to help users find content on this website, some minor changes have been made to the top level navigation links located on the green bar at the top of each page. Changes include:
- The "About the Project" link was retitled "Project Description." Select this link for an overview of the proposed Rosemont Copper Project, the Mine Plan of Operation, location maps, and the current EIS schedule.
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- A top level navigation link to "Technical Reports" was added. Select this link to find in-depth scientific, engineering, social, and economic data and findings arranged by subject area.
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Agenda - 02/18/2010
Rosemont Copper Project EIS
Cooperating Agency Coordination Meeting 2/18/2010
Agenda
| Location: | Federal Building, 300 West Congress, Tucson, Arizona, Room 4B | ||
| Facilitator: | Teresa Ann Ciapusci, Cooperating Agency Liaison | ||
| AGENDA | |||
| 09:30 – 09.40 | Welcome | Ciapusci | |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | DEIS Rollout Process | Ciapusci | |
 | Distribution and Notice | ||
| Communication Plan | ||
| Comments from Agencies and the Public | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Public Involvement Toolbox | Schewel | |
| Government Briefings | ||
| Public Meetings and Testimony Hearings | ||
| Media Information | ||
| Web-based Social Media | ||
| 10:30 – 10:45 | BREAK | ||
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Cooperating Agency Roles | Ciapusci | |
| Joint Public Involvement Processes | ||
| Agency Contacts | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Responding to Comments Process | Ciapusci | |
| Content Analysis | ||
| FEIS | ||
| Invited Cooperating Agencies | |||
| Tribes: | Tohono O’odham Nation | ||
| Federal: | Force, Army COE, BLM, Smithsonian Whipple Observatory | ||
| State of Arizona: | AZDEQ, AZMMR, AZDWR, AZGF, AZGS, AZSMI, AZSLD, AZSP, ADOT | ||
| Local: | Pima County, City of Tucson, Town of Sahuarita | ||
| Invited Guests | |||
| Consultants: | Cheniae & Associates | ||
Transcribed Attendance - 02/18/2010
Rosemont Copper Project
Cooperating Agency Meeting
February 18, 2010
Attendance Record
Cooperating Agencies | Participant(s) |
| Tohono O’odham Nation | Addison Smith Rosalynde Alexander |
| Air Force, 162d Fighter Airwing | LTC Mark Harting |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Unavailable – advance notice |
| USDI BLM | Dan Moore |
| Smithsonian Institution | |
| AZ Dept of Environmental Quality | Dennis L. Turner |
| AZ Dept of Mines and Mineral Resources | Madan M. Singh |
| AZ Department of Transportation | |
| AZ Dept of Water Resources | Laura Grignano |
| AZ Game and Fish Department | John Windes Linda Pollack (Arizona Attorney General’s Office) |
| AZ Geological Survey | Jon Spencer |
| AZ State Land Department | David Jacobs |
| AZ State Mine Inspector | |
| AZ State Parks | |
| City of Tucson | |
| Pima County | Nicole Fyffe Loy Neff Julia Fonseca |
| Town of Sahuarita | Joe Marques |
Gurest | Affliation |
| G.L. Cheniae | GL. Cheniae and Associates |
Meeting Notes - 02/18/2010
Rosemont Copper Project EIS
Cooperating Agency Coordination Meeting 02/18/2010
Meeting Notes
| Welcoming Remarks | Teresa Ann Ciapusci | ||
| DEIS Roll-Out Process | Teresa Ann Ciapusci | ||
| Discussion: | |||
 | Overview of the Forest Service’s legal notice requirements for public review and comment on a draft environmental impact statement
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| Forest Service distribution formats and process | ||
| Forest Service Communication Plan | ||
| Commenting on the draft environmental impact statement
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| Question and Answer period | ||
| Public Involvement Toolbox | Heidi Schewel Teresa Ann Ciapusci | ||
| Discussion: | |||
| Description and overview of some potential public involvement tools currently under consideration in the Forest Service Communication Plan:
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| Cooperating Agency Roles | Teresa Ann Ciapusci | ||
| Discussion: | |||
| Forest Service requested cooperating agency assistance in developing frequently asked questions (FAQs) and Questions and Answers (Q&As)
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| Forest Service polled participants to learn which agencies may have coordination needs for joint public involvement processes. The Forest Service will follow-up with the following cooperating agencies for this aspect of public involvement planning:
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| Forest Service requested that cooperating agencies provide Teresa Ann with an e-mail containing contact information for their agency’s primary public involvement staff to expedite future coordination on joint roll-out and public involvement needs. | ||
| Responding to Public Comments | Teresa Ann Ciapusci | ||
| Discussion: | |||
| Forest Service informed cooperating agencies of its intention to use the Forest Service Content Analysis Enterprise Team as the collection point for public comments on the Rosemont Copper Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement:
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| Final Environmental Impact Statement Response to Comments – brief overview of how and why comments are incorporated into the content of a draft environmental impact statement to produce a final environmental impact statement. | ||
