[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4699-4700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2108]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-078-99-1310-00]
Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) on Oil and Gas Leasing in the Glenwood Springs
Resource Area
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to sec. 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations in CFR
1610.5-5, BLM proposes to amend the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for
its Glenwood Springs Resource Area (GSRA). As described in a Notice of
Intent published on April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19349), BLM has prepared a
supplemental EIS on the impacts of oil and gas development in the GSRA.
On March 17, 1998, an additional Notice of Intent (63 FR 13068)
expressed BLM's intent to include lands in the Naval Oil Shale Reserves
(NOSR) in the SEIS and the RMP amendment. On June 18, 1998, a Notice of
Availability of the Draft supplemental EIS was published (63 FR 33385).
Review of the Draft continued through November 23, 1998. The Final SEIS
is now available.
Copies of the Final SEIS will be available at the following BLM
offices: the Glenwood Springs Resource Area Office, 50629 Highway 6 &
24, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81602; the Grand Junction District
Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81506; and the Colorado
State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado, 80215.
DATES: Comments will be accepted until March 1, 1999. Should you choose
to comment, please indicate whether BLM is free to release copies of
your comment for public review. BLM planning regulations provide for
administrative review by the BLM Director for those who participated in
the planning process and who would be adversely affected by selection
of the Preferred Alternative and approval of the Proposed RMP
Amendment. Those who wish to protest to the BLM Director must do so my
March 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Area Manager, Glenwood
Springs Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 1009,
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602, ATTN: Oil and Gas SEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Moore, (970) 947-2824.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare a supplemental
EIS on oil and gas leasing and development in the GSRA was published on
April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19349). The EIS process indicated that some
changes in the leasing decisions are necessary and that an RMP
amendment will be required. After publication of that notice, the
Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1998 (November 18, 1997)
transferred management authority for the Naval Oil Shale Reserves
(NOSR) from the Department of Energy to BLM. In addition to
transferring management authority to BLM, the Act directs BLM to lease
approximately 10,000 acres in the NOSR for oil and gas development by
November 18, 1998. On March 17, 1998, BLM published an additional
Notice of Intent (63 FR 13068) expressing its intent to include lands
in the Naval Oil Shale Reserves (NOSR) in the oil and gas leasing SEIS
and RMP amendment. On June 18, 1998, a Notice of Availability of the
Draft supplemental EIS was published (63 FR 33385). Review of the Draft
continued through November 23, 1998.
Mark T. Morse,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-2108 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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