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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–1310–DB]
Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the LaBarge Platform Project, Sublette
County and Lincoln County, WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Field Office,
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Pinedale, WY, intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and to solicit public comments pursuant
to section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 and in response to a proposal filed
by EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) regarding
issues and resource information for the
proposed LaBarge Platform Project,
Sublette County and Lincoln County,
Wyoming. The project is primarily a
natural gas exploration and
development project.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process. The BLM can best use
public input if comments and resource
information are submitted within 45
days from publication of this notice.
To provide the public with an
opportunity to review the proposal and
project information, the BLM will host
public meetings in Pinedale, LaBarge,
Big Piney, and Kemmerer, Wyoming.
The BLM will announce the dates,
times, and locations for these meetings
at least 15 days prior to the event.
Announcements will be made by news
release to the media, individual letter
mailings, and posting on the project,
Web site listed below.
https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/
NEPA/pfodocs/labarge_platform.html.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria related
to the LaBarge Platform Project EIS by
any of the following methods:
• Web Site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/
st/en/info/NEPA/pfodocs/labarge_
platform.html.
• E-mail: LaBarge_Platform_
WYMail@blm.gov.
• Fax: (307) 367–5329.
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
Pinedale Field Office, Attn: LaBarge
Platform Project Manager, P.O. Box 768,
Pinedale, WY 82941.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Pinedale Field
Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information or to add your name to the
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project mailing list, contact Lauren
McKeever, Project Leader, Telephone
307–367–5300; e-mail
lauren_mckeever@blm.gov.
The
LaBarge Platform Project is generally
located between Townships 26 and 31
North, Ranges 111 through 114 West,
6th Principal Meridian, Sublette, and
Lincoln Counties, Wyoming. The project
area is located within 3 miles of Big
Piney, Wyoming, within 1 mile of La
Barge, Wyoming and 60 miles northwest
of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The project
area covers approximately 218,000 acres
of mixed Federal, State, and private
lands. The BLM Pinedale Field Office
and Rock Springs Field Office manage
the Federal lands in the project area.
The Pinedale Field Office will serve as
the lead office.
The proposed action is in
conformance with the Pinedale
Resource Management/Final
Environmental Impact Statement and
Record of Decision (ROD), 2008, and the
Green River Resource Management Plan
and its ROD, 1997.
The LaBarge Platform Project is
located in an area of existing oil and gas
development, some of which dates back
to the 1920s. The project area is
comprised of 70 percent public lands
administered by the BLM, 5 percent
lands managed by the State of Wyoming
and 24 percent private lands.
Approximately 74 percent of the
subsurface resources are Federal
mineral estate. In April 2008, EOG
submitted to the BLM a proposal to
expand oil and natural gas exploration
and development operations that would
result in further development and
additional wells in the existing LaBarge
Platform and East LaBarge fields which
have been in production since the
1920s.
The purpose of the proposed project
is to explore, extract, and recover oil
and natural gas. EOG proposes to
develop up to approximately 605 new
oil and gas wells from an estimated 455
well pads as infill, exploratory, or stepout wells to all productive formations
including but not limited to: Baxter,
Frontier, and Mesa Verde. Associated
facilities in the proposal include roads,
well pads, and gathering pipelines. No
additional ancillary facilities are
included as part of the proposal nor
considered as part of this analysis.
The estimated life-of-project would be
about 40–50 years. Depending on the
geological characteristics of the target
formation, wells would be drilled using
a combination of vertical, directional,
and horizontal drilling techniques. The
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proposal calls for a 10-year construction
and drilling period.
A number of other operators within or
near the EOG project area expect to drill
and develop approximately 175 natural
gas wells within the reasonably
foreseeable future. These possible wells
would be analyzed in a separate
alternative and addressed in the
cumulative effects portion of this EIS
document.
During the preparation of the EIS,
interim exploration and development
will be subject to development
guidelines and decisions made in
applicable NEPA documents, including
but not limited to: Coordinated Activity
Plan for the Big Piney/LaBarge Area,
and ROD, 1991; Enron Oil & Gas
Company East LaBarge Infill Drilling
Project Environmental Assessment (EA),
Finding of No Significant Impact and
Decision Record 1992; the Green River
Resource Management Plan and Final
EIS and ROD, 1997; and the Pinedale
Resource Management Plan/Final EIS
and ROD, 2008.
The LaBarge Platform Project area is
adjacent to the project area considered
in the South Piney Natural Gas Project
Draft EIS (2005). The proponent of the
South Piney Project has not submitted
any revised proposals nor has the BLM
been contacted about continuing any
further NEPA process. Therefore, the
BLM has concluded its NEPA process
and no further environmental
documents will be prepared for the
South Piney Project proposal.
The EIS for the LaBarge Platform
Project will analyze the environmental
consequences of implementing the
proposed action and alternatives to the
proposed action, including a No Action
alternative. Other alternatives that may
be considered in detail include drilling
surface densities and pace of
development different from those of the
proposed action.
Your input is important and will be
considered in the environmental
analysis process. All comment
submittals must include the
commenter’s name and street address.
Comments including the names and
addresses of the respondent will be
available for public inspection at the
above offices during normal business
hours, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or any other personal identifying
information in your comment, be
advised that your entire comment,
including your personal identifying
information may be publicly available at
any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold from public
review your personal identifying
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information, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Dated: May 22, 2009.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-100-1310-DB]
Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the LaBarge Platform Project, Sublette County and Lincoln
County, WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office, Pinedale,
WY, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and to
solicit public comments pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and in response to a proposal
filed by EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) regarding issues and resource
information for the proposed LaBarge Platform Project, Sublette County
and Lincoln County, Wyoming. The project is primarily a natural gas
exploration and development project.
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process. The BLM can
best use public input if comments and resource information are
submitted within 45 days from publication of this notice.
To provide the public with an opportunity to review the proposal
and project information, the BLM will host public meetings in Pinedale,
LaBarge, Big Piney, and Kemmerer, Wyoming. The BLM will announce the
dates, times, and locations for these meetings at least 15 days prior
to the event. Announcements will be made by news release to the media,
individual letter mailings, and posting on the project, Web site listed
below.
https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/pfodocs/labarge_platform.html.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria
related to the LaBarge Platform Project EIS by any of the following
methods:
Web Site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/pfodocs/labarge_platform.html.
E-mail: LaBarge_Platform_WYMail@blm.gov.
Fax: (307) 367-5329.
Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Field Office,
Attn: LaBarge Platform Project Manager, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, WY
82941.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the
Pinedale Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information or to add your name to
the
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project mailing list, contact Lauren McKeever, Project Leader,
Telephone 307-367-5300; e-mail lauren_mckeever@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LaBarge Platform Project is generally
located between Townships 26 and 31 North, Ranges 111 through 114 West,
6th Principal Meridian, Sublette, and Lincoln Counties, Wyoming. The
project area is located within 3 miles of Big Piney, Wyoming, within 1
mile of La Barge, Wyoming and 60 miles northwest of Rock Springs,
Wyoming. The project area covers approximately 218,000 acres of mixed
Federal, State, and private lands. The BLM Pinedale Field Office and
Rock Springs Field Office manage the Federal lands in the project area.
The Pinedale Field Office will serve as the lead office.
The proposed action is in conformance with the Pinedale Resource
Management/Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision
(ROD), 2008, and the Green River Resource Management Plan and its ROD,
1997.
The LaBarge Platform Project is located in an area of existing oil
and gas development, some of which dates back to the 1920s. The project
area is comprised of 70 percent public lands administered by the BLM, 5
percent lands managed by the State of Wyoming and 24 percent private
lands. Approximately 74 percent of the subsurface resources are Federal
mineral estate. In April 2008, EOG submitted to the BLM a proposal to
expand oil and natural gas exploration and development operations that
would result in further development and additional wells in the
existing LaBarge Platform and East LaBarge fields which have been in
production since the 1920s.
The purpose of the proposed project is to explore, extract, and
recover oil and natural gas. EOG proposes to develop up to
approximately 605 new oil and gas wells from an estimated 455 well pads
as infill, exploratory, or step-out wells to all productive formations
including but not limited to: Baxter, Frontier, and Mesa Verde.
Associated facilities in the proposal include roads, well pads, and
gathering pipelines. No additional ancillary facilities are included as
part of the proposal nor considered as part of this analysis.
The estimated life-of-project would be about 40-50 years. Depending
on the geological characteristics of the target formation, wells would
be drilled using a combination of vertical, directional, and horizontal
drilling techniques. The proposal calls for a 10-year construction and
drilling period.
A number of other operators within or near the EOG project area
expect to drill and develop approximately 175 natural gas wells within
the reasonably foreseeable future. These possible wells would be
analyzed in a separate alternative and addressed in the cumulative
effects portion of this EIS document.
During the preparation of the EIS, interim exploration and
development will be subject to development guidelines and decisions
made in applicable NEPA documents, including but not limited to:
Coordinated Activity Plan for the Big Piney/LaBarge Area, and ROD,
1991; Enron Oil & Gas Company East LaBarge Infill Drilling Project
Environmental Assessment (EA), Finding of No Significant Impact and
Decision Record 1992; the Green River Resource Management Plan and
Final EIS and ROD, 1997; and the Pinedale Resource Management Plan/
Final EIS and ROD, 2008.
The LaBarge Platform Project area is adjacent to the project area
considered in the South Piney Natural Gas Project Draft EIS (2005). The
proponent of the South Piney Project has not submitted any revised
proposals nor has the BLM been contacted about continuing any further
NEPA process. Therefore, the BLM has concluded its NEPA process and no
further environmental documents will be prepared for the South Piney
Project proposal.
The EIS for the LaBarge Platform Project will analyze the
environmental consequences of implementing the proposed action and
alternatives to the proposed action, including a No Action alternative.
Other alternatives that may be considered in detail include drilling
surface densities and pace of development different from those of the
proposed action.
Your input is important and will be considered in the environmental
analysis process. All comment submittals must include the commenter's
name and street address. Comments including the names and addresses of
the respondent will be available for public inspection at the above
offices during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or any other personal identifying information in your comment,
be advised that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information may be publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
inspection in their entirety.
Dated: May 22, 2009.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
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