00-45. Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Sublette County, WY  

  • [Federal Register Volume 65, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2000)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 307]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 00-45]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Bureau of Land Management
    [WY-040-00-1310-EJ]
    
    
    Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development 
    Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Sublette County, 
    WY
    
    AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
    
    ACTION: Notice: Comment period extension.
    
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    SUMMARY: Notices of Availability (NOA) of the Pinedale Anticline 
    Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project Draft Environmental 
    Impact Statement (DEIS) were published in the Federal Register by the 
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (64 FR 66474) and the Bureau of 
    Land Management (BLM) (64 FR 66194-66195) on November 26, 1999, 
    providing 60 days for the public to review and comment on the DEIS. BLM 
    is extending that review and comment period 10 days. A letter regarding 
    the extension of time has been sent to all parties receiving the DEIS.
    
    DATES: Comments on the DEIS will now be due on February 4, 2000. The 
    formal public hearing will still be held at 7 p.m. on January 12, 2000, 
    at the Pinedale High School Auditorium, 101 E. Hennick, Pinedale, WY. 
    The purpose of the hearing will be to afford the public the opportunity 
    to verbalize their comments on the proposed natural gas exploration and 
    development DEIS.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments on the DEIS should be sent to the Bureau of Land 
    Management, Bill McMahan (Project Coordinator), 280 Highway 191 North, 
    Rock Springs, WY 82901, or they can be e-mailed to 
    bill__mcmahan@blm.gov.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wyoming BLM State Director received 
    requests from the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Wyoming Wildlife 
    Federation, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and the Wyoming Outdoor 
    Council for a 30-day extension of time to review and comment on the 
    DEIS. After carefully considering the request for extension of the 60-
    day public comment period provided for this DEIS, the Wyoming BLM State 
    Director decided to extend the comment period for 10 days rather than 
    30 days for the following reasons: The Council on Environmental Quality 
    regulations, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1506, require 
    that agencies provide at least 45 days for the public to comment on 
    DEISs. The 60-day comment period provided already allows the public an 
    additional 15 days to review and comment on this DEIS.
        Public comment periods under those regulations commence upon the 
    date that EPA publishes a NOA of the draft in the Federal Register. 
    EPA's NOA for this DEIS was published on November 26, 1999. BLM mailed 
    all copies of the DEIS, and the Technical Report, to interested parties 
    on or before November 19, 1999, to insure that they would have the 
    document in hand for the full 60-day review and comment period.
        The DEIS, along with the Technical Document, are a substantial 
    work, but are comparable to other Wyoming BLM EIS's such as Continental 
    Divide/Wamsutter II Natural Gas Project, the Wyodak Coalbed Methane 
    Project, and other major statements BLM has prepared. We acknowledge 
    that holiday activities and obligations, along with concurrent review 
    timeframes of other environmental documents, may affect interested 
    parties' ability to review them. However, we do not believe those are 
    compelling reasons to extend the comment period more than 10 days.
    
        Dated: December 28, 1999.
    Alan R. Pierson,
    State Director.
    [FR Doc. 00-45 Filed 1-3-00; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
01/04/2000
Department:
Land Management Bureau
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice: Comment period extension.
Document Number:
00-45
Dates:
Comments on the DEIS will now be due on February 4, 2000. The formal public hearing will still be held at 7 p.m. on January 12, 2000, at the Pinedale High School Auditorium, 101 E. Hennick, Pinedale, WY. The purpose of the hearing will be to afford the public the opportunity to verbalize their comments on the proposed natural gas exploration and development DEIS.
Pages:
307-307 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
WY-040-00-1310-EJ
PDF File:
00-45.pdf