Yosemite National Park will also be opening the 30-day public comment period on this project, which will be open from November 20 to December 19, 2019.
The purpose of the Curry Former Waste Disposal Site Project is to:
- Cleanup 1.8 acres of land inside Yosemite Valley that has been designated as a wilderness trailhead parking lot under the Merced Wild and Scenic River Final Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Merced River Plan).
- This former dump site, located east of Curry Village, includes a main disposal area of 78,300 square feet, with an average waste thickness of 12.2 feet deep.
- Yosemite National Park will present 4 alternative actions the park is considering taking to cleanup the former dump site, including the park’s preferred alternative based on an analysis of costs and benefits.