81 FR 22628 - Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project, Wyoming
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 74 (April 18, 2016)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 74 (April 18, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 22628-22630] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-09010] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWYD03000 16XL13100000.DM0000] Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project, Wyoming AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field Office has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project (CD-C) in Rawlins, Wyoming, and by this notice announces its availability. DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a minimum of 30 days of the date that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes this notice in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: The CD-C Final EIS is available for public review at the BLM Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third Street, Rawlins, Wyoming; the BLM High Desert District Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming; and the BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Final EIS may also be reviewed online at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/documents/rfo/cd_creston.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fleuret, Project Manager, at (307) 328-4314; 1300 North Third [[Page 22629]] Street, Rawlins, WY 82301; or [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BP America Production Company (BP) and 20 other companies propose to expand development of natural gas resources and condensate (oil) within the existing Continental Divide/Wamsutter II and Creston Blue Gap natural gas fields. More than 4,700 wells have been drilled in the project area since the 1950s under previous authorizations. Existing surface disturbance from natural gas and oil development in the project area is approximately 49,218 acres, including nearly 8,500 acres of long-term disturbance. The CD-C project would drill and develop up to 8,950 additional natural gas wells (some of which would also produce condensate (oil)), including 100 to 500 coalbed methane wells, using a combination of vertical and directional drilling techniques over an estimated 15-year period. The total estimated life of the project is 30 to 40 years and includes approximately 47,200 additional acres of disturbance. Planned facilities would include well pads, gas, condensate and water collection pipelines, compressor stations, water disposal systems, an access road network, and an electrical distribution system. All surface facilities would be removed when the project is completed and the land would be re-contoured to near pre-disturbance condition and re- vegetated with native plant communities. The project is located in the following area: Sixth Principal Meridian T. 14 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 6, 7, secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, and secs. 29 to 32, inclusive. T. 18 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive, secs. 15 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 32, inclusive. T. 19 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 1 to 23, inclusive, and secs. 26 to 34, inclusive. T. 20 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31. T. 21 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, secs. 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive. T. 22 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, secs. 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive. T. 23 N., R. 91 W., Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, secs. 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive. T. 14 N., R. 92 W., T. 15 N., R. 92 W., Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive, secs. 14 to 23, inclusive, and secs. 25 to 36, inclusive. T. 16 N., R. 92 W., Secs. 4 to 8, inclusive, secs. 18, 19, and secs. 29 to 33, inclusive. T. 17 N., R. 92 W., Secs. 1 to 23, inclusive, and secs. 27 to 34, inclusive. Tps. 18 to 23 N., R. 92 W. T. 14 N., R. 93 W., Secs. 1, 2, secs. 11 to 14, inclusive, secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, secs. 35 and 36. T. 15 N., R. 93 W., Secs. 1, 2, 3, secs. 10 to 15, inclusive, secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, secs. 34, 35, and 36. Tps. 16 to 23 N., R. 93 W. T. 16 N., R. 94 W., Secs. 1 to 14, inclusive, secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, secs. 35 and 36. Tps. 17 to 23 N., R. 94 W. T. 16 N., R 95. W., Secs. 1, 2, and 3. Sec. 4, E\1/2\. Secs. 10, 11, and 12. T. 17 N., R. 95 W., Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, secs. 34, 35, and 36. Tps. 18 to 24 N., R. 95 W. Tps. 18 to 24 N., R. 96 W. T. 19 N., R. 97 W., Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and secs. 9 to 16, inclusive; those portions of secs. 17, 19, and 20 lying south of the right-of-way granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company by the United States, serial number WYE-05871; Secs. 21 to 36, inclusive. T. 20 N., R. 97 W., Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive, secs. 9 to 16, inclusive, secs. 21 to 28, inclusive, and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive. T. 22 N., R. 97 W., Secs. 1, 2, 3, and secs. 10 to 15, inclusive. T. 23 N., R. 97 W., Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive, secs. 9 to 16, inclusive, secs. 21 to 28 inclusive, and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive. T. 24 N., R. 97 W., Sec. 8, SE\1/4\; Sec. 9, S\1/2\; Sec. 10, S\1/2\; Sec. 11, S\1/2\; Sec. 12, S\1/2\; Secs. 13 to 16, inclusive; Sec. 17, E\1/2\; Sec. 20, E\1/2\; Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive; Sec. 29, E\1/2\; Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive. T. 19 N., R. 98 W., Those portions of secs. 23 and 24 lying south of the right-of- way granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company by the United States, serial number WYE-05871; Sec. 25; Those portions of secs. 26 to 31, inclusive, lying south of the right-of-way granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company by the United States, serial number WYE-05871; Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive. The CD-C project area includes about 1.1 million acres, or 1,672 square miles, in Carbon and Sweetwater counties, Wyoming. Approximately 626,932 acres (58.6 percent) are administered by the BLM Rawlins Field Office, approximately 48,684 acres (4.5 percent) are State of Wyoming owned and approximately 394,470 acres (36.9 percent) are privately- owned. The project area is bisected by Interstate 80 and extends from 25 miles west of Rawlins, Wyoming, to 50 miles east of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Cooperating agencies for this EIS include the State of Wyoming, with active participation from many state agencies including the State Planning Office, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, State Historic Preservation Office, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Regional cooperating agencies include Sweetwater and Carbon counties and the Little Snake River and Sweetwater County conservation districts. The Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was published on September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53381), and again on March 3, 2006 (71 FR 10989). Public scoping meetings were held in Rawlins, Wyoming, on October 13, 2005, and on April 6, 2006. Fifty comment letters, faxes and emails were received during the extended scoping period. Key issues identified during scoping include:Air quality: Potential project and cumulative impacts on air quality, including air quality-related values. Cultural resources: The impact on the historical trails and historical travel routes in the project area. Hydrology: Potential degradation of surface and/or groundwater quality by project construction and drilling activities. Land ownership: The majority of the project area is in the checkerboard pattern of mixed public and private land ownership, complicating landscape scale mitigation on public lands where adjacent sections are nonpublic lands not subject to BLM regulations and requirements. Non-native, invasive plant species: The effect of current and projected infestations of non-native, invasive species. Rangeland management: Loss of livestock forage and the impact of project-associated hazardous conditions to area livestock operators. Special-status species: The impact from project activities upon threatened and endangered and sensitive wildlife species. Socioeconomics: The impact of the project on traditional socioeconomic indicators. [[Page 22630]] Surface disturbance/reclamation: The extent of existing and proposed surface disturbance and its effect on all resources in the project area; and Wildlife habitat: The project's potential to further fragment wildlife habitats and diminish the value of those habitats for many species. In response, the BLM developed five alternatives to the Proposed Action, which were analyzed in the Draft EIS: Alternative A, 100-Percent Vertical Drilling--This alternative assumes that all natural gas wells would be drilled from single-well pads, and that no directional drilling would occur; Alternative B, Enhanced Resource Protection--This alternative identifies those resources that may be most at risk from mineral development, defines areas within the CD-C project area where those resource risks are likely to occur, and describes the enhanced protection and mitigations that could diminish those risks; Alternative C, Surface Disturbance Cap, Core and Non-Core Areas--This alternative places a cap on unreclaimed surface disturbance caused by mineral development, a 60-acre cap in areas that have seen the greatest mineral development to date and a 30-acre cap in the rest of the project area. The cap is expressed in terms of acres per 640- acre section; Alternative D, Directional Drilling--This alternative requires that all future natural gas wells on Federal mineral estate be drilled from multi-well pads, one new multi-well pad per section; and Alternative E, No Action--NEPA regulations require that the EIS alternatives analysis ``include the alternative of no action'' (40 CFR 1502.14(d)). For the analysis in the Draft EIS, this means that the development activities on Federal lands proposed by the CD-C operators would not be approved or authorized. Lease rights on Federal lands or mineral estate granted by the BLM would remain in effect and other, additional or supplemental proposals to develop leased resources, such as oil and/or gas, could be received and would be considered by the BLM as appropriate. The Draft EIS Notice of Availability was published on December 7, 2012 (77 FR 73049), opening a 90-day public comment period. A public meeting was held on January 15, 2013, and the public comment period closed on March 7, 2013. Over 8,000 individual comment letters were received and identified issues such as the lack of a preferred alternative and concerns associated with each of the alternatives, including feasibility, sufficiency of the analysis and impacts to specific resources as a result of each alternative. Comments were considered and incorporated as appropriate into the Final EIS; however, the analysis of the alternatives and the identified impacts did not significantly change. The Final EIS differs from the Draft EIS by: Dropping Alternative A, 100-Percent Vertical Drilling, from consideration due to public comments on feasibility and the magnitude of total disturbance; Amending Alternative D, 100-Percent Directional Drilling, to recognize the impact the restrictions in that alternative would have on well density; as a result, this alternative now analyzes a 20- percent decrease in total wells drilled; Redefining the No Action Alternative to include an analysis of impacts associated with development on state and private mineral estate in addition to potential development on Federal mineral estate; and Including Alternative F, Agency-Preferred Alternative-- This alternative responds to Draft EIS scoping concerns and comments by limiting development to eight wellpads per square mile section, requiring that wellpads be placed in the most environmentally suited areas, and creating a CD-C consultation and coordination group to response to evolving energy issues and concerns relating to the project. This alternative is a reconfiguration of elements of alternatives that were analyzed in the Draft EIS. The CD-C consultation and coordination group and protection measures of Alternative F were originally analyzed in the DEIS under Alternative B; and the emphasis on directional drilling was analyzed in Alternative D. The Final EIS includes potential landscape scale mitigation strategies. Consistent with Secretarial Order No. 3330 and the BLM's obligations under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, BLM Wyoming drafted a landscape-scale mitigation appendix, Appendix S, for inclusion in the Final EIS. The appendix has been reviewed by the Washington Office and the cooperating agencies. Upon conclusion of the 30-day public availability period following the date the EPA publishes the NOA in the Federal Register, the BLM will prepare and sign the record of decision (ROD) to announce its final decision on the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project. Availability of the ROD will be announced to the local media and the project mailing list, and the ROD itself will be posted on the project Web page. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10. Mary Jo Rugwell, Acting BLM Wyoming State Director. [FR Doc. 2016-09010 Filed 4-15-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-22-P
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ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to Interior, and will contain the following do so. Only written comments
the BLM Field Manager, Las Vegas Field reservations to the United States: submitted to the Field Manager, BLM
Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las 1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches Las Vegas Field Office, will be
Vegas, Nevada 89130. or canals constructed by the authority of considered properly filed. Any adverse
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis the United States, Act of August 30, comments will be reviewed by the BLM
Rodriguez, 702–515–5069, email: 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945); and Nevada State Director, who may sustain,
lrodriguez@blm.gov. Persons who use a 2. All minerals shall be reserved to vacate, or modify this realty action. In
telecommunications device for the deaf the United States, together with the the absence of any adverse comments,
(TDD) may call the Federal Information right to prospect for, mine, and remove the decision will become effective on
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 such deposits from the same under June 17, 2016. The lands will not be
to contact the above individual during applicable law and such regulations as available for lease and conveyance until
normal business hours. The FIRS is the Secretary of the Interior may after the decision becomes effective.
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, prescribe.
Any lease and/or conveyance will Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.
to leave a message or question with the
also be subject to valid existing rights, Vanessa L. Hice,
above individual. You will receive a
will contain any terms or conditions Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands.
reply during normal business hours.
required by law (including, but not [FR Doc. 2016–08895 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Clark
limited to, any terms or conditions
County submitted the parcel of land required by 43 CFR 2741.4), and will
BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P
legally described as: contain an appropriate indemnification
Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada clause protecting the United States from DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
T. 22 S., R. 60 E., claims arising out of the lessee’s/
Sec. 18, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4 patentee’s use, occupancy, or operations Bureau of Land Management
NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 on the leased/patented lands. It will also
SW1⁄4,E1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and E1⁄2 contain any other terms and conditions [LLWYD03000 16XL13100000.DM0000]
SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4. deemed necessary and appropriate by Notice of Availability of the Final
The area described contains 17.5 acres, the Authorized Officer.
more or less, in Clark County. Environmental Impact Statement for
Any lease and conveyance will also
The parcel is located in the southwest part the Continental Divide-Creston Natural
be subject to all valid and existing
of the Las Vegas Valley. Gas Development Project, Wyoming
rights.
In accordance with the R&PP Act, Upon publication of this notice in the AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Clark County has filed an application in Federal Register, the land described Interior.
which it proposes to develop the above- above will be segregated from all other ACTION: Notice of availability.
described land as a community park forms of appropriation under the public
with children’s playground area, land laws, including the general mining SUMMARY: In accordance with the
perimeter walking path, picnic shade laws, except for lease and conveyance National Environmental Policy Act of
areas, restroom facilities, athletic under the R&PP Act, leasing under the 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the
facilities, and ancillary equipment. mineral leasing laws and disposals Federal Land Policy and Management
Additional detailed information under the mineral material disposal Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
pertaining to this application, plan of laws. Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field
development, and site plan is located in Interested parties may submit written Office has prepared a final
case file N–80613, which is available for comments on the suitability of the land environmental impact statement (EIS)
review at the BLM Las Vegas Field for a public park in the Enterprise area. for the proposed Continental Divide-
Office at the above address. Clark Comments on the classification are Creston Natural Gas Development
County is a political subdivision of the restricted to whether the land is Project (CD–C) in Rawlins, Wyoming,
State of Nevada and is therefore a physically suited for the proposal, and by this notice announces its
qualified applicant under the R&PP Act. whether the use will maximize the availability.
Subject to limitations prescribed by future use or uses of the land, whether DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
law and regulation, prior to patent the use is consistent with local planning decision on the proposal for a minimum
issuance, the holder of any right-of-way and zoning, or if the use is consistent of 30 days of the date that the
grant within the lease area may be given with State and Federal programs. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
the opportunity to amend the right-of- Interested parties may also submit publishes this notice in the Federal
way grant for conversion to a new term, written comments regarding the specific Register.
including perpetuity, if applicable. use proposed in the application and
The land identified is not needed for plan of development, and whether the ADDRESSES: The CD–C Final EIS is
any Federal purpose. The lease and BLM followed proper administrative available for public review at the BLM
conveyance is consistent with the BLM procedures in reaching the decision to Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third
Las Vegas Resource Management Plan lease and convey under the R&PP Act. Street, Rawlins, Wyoming; the BLM
dated October 5, 1998, and would be in Before including your address, phone High Desert District Office, 280
the public interest. Clark County has not number, email address, or other Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,
applied for more than the 640 acre personal identifying information in your Wyoming; and the BLM Wyoming State
Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road,
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limitation for public purpose uses in a comment, you should be aware that
year and has submitted a statement in your entire comment—including your Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Final EIS may
compliance with the regulations at 43 personal identifying information—may also be reviewed online at
CFR 2741.4(b). be made publicly available at any time. www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/
The lease and conveyance, when While you can ask us in your comment documents/rfo/cd_creston.html.
issued, will be subject to the provisions to withhold your personal identifying FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of the R&PP Act and applicable information from public review, we Jennifer Fleuret, Project Manager, at
regulations of the Secretary of the cannot guarantee that we will be able to (307) 328–4314; 1300 North Third
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• Surface disturbance/reclamation: result of each alternative. Comments Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.
The extent of existing and proposed were considered and incorporated as Mary Jo Rugwell,
surface disturbance and its effect on all appropriate into the Final EIS; however,
Acting BLM Wyoming State Director.
resources in the project area; and the analysis of the alternatives and the
• Wildlife habitat: The project’s identified impacts did not significantly [FR Doc. 2016–09010 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am]
potential to further fragment wildlife change. BILLING CODE 4310–22–P
habitats and diminish the value of those The Final EIS differs from the Draft
habitats for many species. EIS by:
In response, the BLM developed five • Dropping Alternative A, 100- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
alternatives to the Proposed Action, Percent Vertical Drilling, from
which were analyzed in the Draft EIS: consideration due to public comments National Park Service
• Alternative A, 100-Percent Vertical on feasibility and the magnitude of total [NPS–PWR–PWRO–17327; PPPWLAKER6/
Drilling—This alternative assumes that disturbance; PPMRSNR1Z.Y00000]
all natural gas wells would be drilled • Amending Alternative D, 100-
from single-well pads, and that no Percent Directional Drilling, to Record of Decision for Development
directional drilling would occur; recognize the impact the restrictions in Concept Plans for Cottonwood Cove
• Alternative B, Enhanced Resource that alternative would have on well and Katherine Landing, Lake Mead
Protection—This alternative identifies density; as a result, this alternative now National Recreation Area, Nevada and
those resources that may be most at risk analyzes a 20-percent decrease in total Arizona
from mineral development, defines wells drilled; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
areas within the CD–C project area • Redefining the No Action
where those resource risks are likely to Alternative to include an analysis of ACTION: Notice of availability.
occur, and describes the enhanced impacts associated with development SUMMARY: The National Park Service has
protection and mitigations that could on state and private mineral estate in prepared and approved a Record of
diminish those risks; addition to potential development on Decision for the Final Environmental
• Alternative C, Surface Disturbance Federal mineral estate; and Impact Statement for the Development
Cap, Core and Non-Core Areas—This • Including Alternative F, Agency- Concept Plans (DCP) for Katherine
alternative places a cap on unreclaimed Preferred Alternative—This alternative Landing and Cottonwood Cove.
surface disturbance caused by mineral responds to Draft EIS scoping concerns
Approval of the DCP concludes an
development, a 60-acre cap in areas that and comments by limiting development
extensive conservation planning and
have seen the greatest mineral to eight wellpads per square mile
environmental impact analysis effort
development to date and a 30-acre cap section, requiring that wellpads be
that began during 2008.
in the rest of the project area. The cap placed in the most environmentally
ADDRESSES: Those wishing to review the
is expressed in terms of acres per 640- suited areas, and creating a CD–C
consultation and coordination group to Record of Decision may obtain a copy
acre section;
• Alternative D, Directional Drilling— response to evolving energy issues and by request to the Superintendent, Lake
This alternative requires that all future concerns relating to the project. This Mead National Recreation Area, 601
natural gas wells on Federal mineral alternative is a reconfiguration of Nevada Way, Boulder City, Nevada
estate be drilled from multi-well pads, elements of alternatives that were 89005 or via telephone request at (702)
one new multi-well pad per section; and analyzed in the Draft EIS. The CD–C 293–8978.
• Alternative E, No Action—NEPA consultation and coordination group FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
regulations require that the EIS and protection measures of Alternative Michael Boyles, Acting Chief, Resource
alternatives analysis ‘‘include the F were originally analyzed in the DEIS Management and Visitor Services, (702)
alternative of no action’’ (40 CFR under Alternative B; and the emphasis 293–8978.
1502.14(d)). For the analysis in the Draft on directional drilling was analyzed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
EIS, this means that the development Alternative D. National Park Service has prepared and
activities on Federal lands proposed by The Final EIS includes potential approved a Record of Decision for the
the CD–C operators would not be landscape scale mitigation strategies. Final Environmental Impact Statement
approved or authorized. Lease rights on Consistent with Secretarial Order No. for the DCP for Cottonwood Cove and
Federal lands or mineral estate granted 3330 and the BLM’s obligations under Katherine Land. This process was
by the BLM would remain in effect and the Federal Land Policy and conducted pursuant to the National
other, additional or supplemental Management Act, BLM Wyoming Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
proposals to develop leased resources, drafted a landscape-scale mitigation U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the
such as oil and/or gas, could be received appendix, Appendix S, for inclusion in implementing regulations promulgated
and would be considered by the BLM as the Final EIS. The appendix has been by the Council on Environmental
appropriate. reviewed by the Washington Office and Quality (40 CFR part 1505.2). The
The Draft EIS Notice of Availability the cooperating agencies. requisite no-action ‘‘wait period’’ was
was published on December 7, 2012 (77 Upon conclusion of the 30-day public initiated on November 14, 2014, with
FR 73049), opening a 90-day public availability period following the date the Environmental Protection Agency’s
comment period. A public meeting was the EPA publishes the NOA in the Federal Register announcement of the
held on January 15, 2013, and the public Federal Register, the BLM will prepare filing of the Final EIS.
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comment period closed on March 7, and sign the record of decision (ROD) to Three alternatives, all including
2013. Over 8,000 individual comment announce its final decision on the mitigation measures, were evaluated
letters were received and identified Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas during the DCP process. The ‘‘agency
issues such as the lack of a preferred Development Project. Availability of the preferred’’ Alternative 3 Enhance Visitor
alternative and concerns associated with ROD will be announced to the local Experience and Park Operations has
each of the alternatives, including media and the project mailing list, and been selected as the approved DCP. All
feasibility, sufficiency of the analysis the ROD itself will be posted on the primary project components of the
and impacts to specific resources as a project Web page. selected alternative will be
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| Contact | Jennifer Fleuret, Project Manager, at (307) 328-4314; 1300 North Third Street, Rawlins, WY 82301; or [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. | |
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