Project Description
Wishbone Hill Mine, Permit Numbers 01-89-796 & 02-89-796 is owned and operated by Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. (UCM), P.O. Box 1000, Healy, Alaska 99743. The Project is a surface coal mining and export development proposal for a bituminous coal resource located in the Matanuska Coal Field of South-central Alaska, approximately 40 miles northeast of Anchorage and 10 miles northeast of Palmer, Alaska, near the Buffalo/Soapstone Community.
Preliminary Decision Documents
Project Documents
- Preface PDF
- Part A: Application and Mine Site Identification PDF
- Part B: Legal, Financial and Compliance Information PDF
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Part C: Environmental Resource Information
PDF (277 mb)
*Part C is a very large pdf document. It is broken out by chapters below for optimal viewing.- Part C Title Page PDF
- Chapter I Cultural and Historical Information PDF
- Chapter II Geology PDF
- Chapter III Overburden and Interburden Assessment PDF
- Chapter IV Hydrogeology PDF
- Chapter V Surface Water Hydrology PDF
- Chapter VI Surface and Groundwater Rights and Uses PDF
- Chapter VII Climatological and Air Quality Information PDF
- Chapter VIII Vegetation PDF
- Chapter IX Fish and Aqautic Resources PDF
- Chapter X Wildlife PDF
- Chapter XI Soil Resources PDF
- Chapter XII Land Use Information PDF
- Chapter XIII Subsistance Use of Resources PDF
- Chapter IV Wetlands Evaluation PDF
- Part D: Operation and Reclamation Plan PDF
- Part D: Appendices PDF
- Part E: Special Categories of Mining PDF
- Transmittal Letters PDF
Contact:
Russell Kirkham
Coal Regulatory Program Manager
Division of Mining, Land & Water
550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 920
Anchorage, AK 99501-3577
(907) 269-8650
Email: Russell Kirkham