Press Release
☷BLM seeks public input on proposed trona mining project in Sweetwater County
Bureau of Land Management ( By Press Release office)
Apr 30,2022
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KEMMERER , Wyo . – The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office is seeking public comment before beginning a draft environmental impact statement to analyze resource concerns associated with the proposed Dry Creek Trona Mine Project , located in Sweetwater County , Wyoming . In April 2021 , Pacific Soda , LLC and Atlantic Soda , LLC submitted a project proposal to the BLM to construct mining facilities and employ solution mining technologies to mine trona on leased BLM - administered land . The proposed project area would include about 6 , 000 acres south of the town of Green River , Wyoming . Mining would occur on each section for 9 to 10 years , lasting a total of 25 years . Trona is a mineral used to make baking soda as well as soda ash , which is a component of lithium batteries and glass used for solar energy . Mined trona would be refined to produce approximately 5 . 5 million metric tons of marketable soda ash and 400 , 000 tons per year of baking soda per year . The 30 - day public scoping period will end on May 31 , 2022 . You can find more information about the project on the BLM’s ePlanning website at https://eplanning . blm . gov/eplanning - ui/project/2016395/510 . Please submit comments electronically through the ePlanning website linked above or by mail to the Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office , Attn: Kelly Lamborn , 430 North Highway , Kemmerer , WY 83101 . All comments , including personal identifying information , may be made publicly available at any time . While those commenting may ask that their identifying information be withheld from public review , the BLM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so . For more information , contact Kelly Lamborn at 307 - 828 - 4505 or klamborn@blm . gov . The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states , including Alaska , on behalf of the American people . The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub - surface mineral estate throughout the nation . Our mission is to sustain the health , diversity , and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations .
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