Operations at the Kensington Mine Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Region of the U. S. Forest Service is hosting a virtual public hearing Thursday evening regarding the request by the Kensington Mine to expand its tailings disposal area.
James King is the agency s Recreation, Lands and Minerals Director. He said the hearing is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. He said information is available at www.kensingtonseis.com
King says they re working to extend the public comment period. December 14 is the deadline for now and we re working hard to extend that to January 4. I encourage people to put their comments in before the 14th just in case we don t get approval to extend it.