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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL)
Natural Gas Development Project
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared the
NPL Final Environmental Impact
Statement (Final EIS) for the NPL
project in the BLM Pinedale and Rock
Springs Field Offices.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: The NPL Final EIS is
available for public review at the BLM
Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine
Street, Pinedale, 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 document
may also be reviewed online at https://
tinyurl.com/hloulms.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kellie Roadifer, NPL EIS Project
Manager, BLM Pinedale Field Office, PO
Box 768, Pinedale, WY 82941, (307)
367–5309, kroadife@blm.gov. Persons
who use telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS 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: The NPL
project is located immediately south
and west of the existing Jonah Gas Field
in Sublette County, Wyoming. The
project area lies within the BLM
Wyoming High Desert District (HDD)
and spans the Pinedale Field Office
(PFO) in the north and Rock Springs
Field Office (RSFO) to the south.
The project encompasses
approximately 141,000 acres of public,
State, and private lands. Approximately
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administered public lands. Within the
NPL project area, there are both unitized
and non-unitized development areas.
Jonah Energy LLC, the current
operator after purchasing Encana Oil
and Gas Inc.’s leasehold interest in the
project, is proposing up to 3,500
directionally drilled wells (depth range
from 6,500 to 13,500 feet) over a 10-year
period. Under Jonah Energy’s proposal,
most wells would be co-located on
multi-well pads, with no more than four
well pads per 640 acres in areas outside
of Greater Sage-grouse Priority Habitat
Management Areas (PHMA). There
would be only one disturbance per 640
acres inside PHMA. On average, each
well pad would be 18 acres in size.
Regional gathering facilities would be
utilized instead of placing compressors
at each well pad. Associated access
roads, pipelines, and other ancillary
facilities would be co-located where
possible to further minimize surface
disturbance.
There are approximately 48,036 acres
of PHMA, 27,292 acres of Greater Sagegrouse Winter Concentration Area
(WCA), and 1,259 acres of Sagebrush
Focal Areas (SFAs) within the NPL
project area. All of the SFA is within the
Rock Springs Field Office.
Cooperating agencies for this EIS
include the State of Wyoming, with
active participation from many state
agencies including the Wyoming Game
and Fish Department, State Historic
Preservation Office, the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality
and the Wyoming Department of
Agriculture. Local cooperating agencies
include Sweetwater, Lincoln and
Sublette Counties, and the Sublette
County Conservation District.
The Notice of Intent to prepare the
EIS was published on April 12, 2011 (70
FR 20370), initiating a 30-day formal
public scoping period. Public scoping
meetings were held in Pinedale, Rock
Springs, and Marbleton, WY. Public
scoping comments were used to identify
issues that informed the formulation of
alternatives and framed the scope of
analysis for the NPL EIS.
A total of 1,238 scoping comments
were received, with 29 resource issues
identified. Key issues identified during
scoping informed the formulation of
alternatives and framed the scope of
analysis for the NPL Final EIS. The
issues include:
D Air Quality: Potential project and
cumulative impacts on air quality,
including air quality-related values.
D Regulatory Setting: Permits,
authorization, conformance with other
plans, laws, policies and guidance.
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D Social and Economic impacts: Jobs,
housing, Federal mineral royalties, and
quality of life.
D Mitigation (including Compensatory
Mitigation): When and how it applies to
individual resource protection
measures.
D Reclamation and Monitoring: The
effect of currently used practices
including seed mixes, revegetation, use
of reference sites including ecological
site descriptions.
D Wildlife Habitat, particularly
Greater sage-grouse and pronghorn
antelope: The project’s potential to
further fragment wildlife habitats and
diminish the value of those habitats for
many species.
In response to the scoping comments
received, the BLM developed three
alternatives to the Proposed Action: The
No Action Alternative, utilizing existing
standard stipulations and examining the
project area under the historical rate of
development of around three wells per
year; Alternative A, utilizing a phased
approach moving through existing
leased oil and gas units and responding
to identified wildlife issues; and
Alternative B, which addressed a broad
range of resource concerns in response
to issues identified during scoping.
Alternatives A and B each analyzed
the same rate of development as the
Proposed Action, as well as the use of
regional gathering facilities. However, in
addition to varying resource protection
measures, each alternative analyzed
differing densities of development
between one to four well pads per 640
acres, depending on the resource
considerations of the project area.
Additionally, Alternative A analyzed
the merits of developing the project area
in three geographically defined phases,
occurring sequentially, and taking into
consideration existing oil and gas units.
Interim and final reclamation
activities would be implemented under
all alternatives to return the landscape
to its previous condition in
conformance with the NPL Reclamation
Plan and the relevant Resource
Management Plans (RMP).
All alternatives conform to the
Pinedale Field Office Resource
Management Plan Record of Decision
(2008) and the Rock Springs Field Office
Green River Resource Management Plan
Record of Decision (1997), as amended
by the Record of Decision and Approved
Resource Management Plan
Amendments for the Rocky Mountain
Region, Including the Greater SageGrouse Sub-Region of Wyoming (2015).
The Draft EIS Notice of Availability
was published on July 7, 2017 (129 FR
31628), opening a 45-day public
comment period. Public meetings were
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held on July 25, 2017 in Pinedale, and
July 26, 2017 in Rock Springs. Over
1,000 individual comment letters were
received. Comments included identified
issues associated with each alternative,
including feasibility and 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 is consistent with the
BLM’s obligations under the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 40 CFR
1506.10.
Mary Jo Rugwell,
BLM Wyoming State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWYD0100000 L13140000.NB0000 18X]
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) Natural Gas
Development Project
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared the
NPL Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the NPL
project in the BLM Pinedale and Rock Springs Field Offices.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a
minimum of 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: The NPL Final EIS is available for public review at the BLM
Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street, Pinedale, 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 document may also be reviewed online at https://tinyurl.com/hloulms.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kellie Roadifer, NPL EIS Project
Manager, BLM Pinedale Field Office, PO Box 768, Pinedale, WY 82941,
(307) 367-5309, [email protected]. Persons who use telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business
hours. The FRS 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: The NPL project is located immediately south
and west of the existing Jonah Gas Field in Sublette County, Wyoming.
The project area lies within the BLM Wyoming High Desert District (HDD)
and spans the Pinedale Field Office (PFO) in the north and Rock Springs
Field Office (RSFO) to the south.
The project encompasses approximately 141,000 acres of public,
State, and private lands. Approximately 96% of the project area is on
BLM-administered public lands. Within the NPL project area, there are
both unitized and non-unitized development areas.
Jonah Energy LLC, the current operator after purchasing Encana Oil
and Gas Inc.'s leasehold interest in the project, is proposing up to
3,500 directionally drilled wells (depth range from 6,500 to 13,500
feet) over a 10-year period. Under Jonah Energy's proposal, most wells
would be co-located on multi-well pads, with no more than four well
pads per 640 acres in areas outside of Greater Sage-grouse Priority
Habitat Management Areas (PHMA). There would be only one disturbance
per 640 acres inside PHMA. On average, each well pad would be 18 acres
in size. Regional gathering facilities would be utilized instead of
placing compressors at each well pad. Associated access roads,
pipelines, and other ancillary facilities would be co-located where
possible to further minimize surface disturbance.
There are approximately 48,036 acres of PHMA, 27,292 acres of
Greater Sage-grouse Winter Concentration Area (WCA), and 1,259 acres of
Sagebrush Focal Areas (SFAs) within the NPL project area. All of the
SFA is within the Rock Springs Field Office.
Cooperating agencies for this EIS include the State of Wyoming,
with active participation from many state agencies including the
Wyoming Game and Fish Department, State Historic Preservation Office,
the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Wyoming
Department of Agriculture. Local cooperating agencies include
Sweetwater, Lincoln and Sublette Counties, and the Sublette County
Conservation District.
The Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was published on April 12,
2011 (70 FR 20370), initiating a 30-day formal public scoping period.
Public scoping meetings were held in Pinedale, Rock Springs, and
Marbleton, WY. Public scoping comments were used to identify issues
that informed the formulation of alternatives and framed the scope of
analysis for the NPL EIS.
A total of 1,238 scoping comments were received, with 29 resource
issues identified. Key issues identified during scoping informed the
formulation of alternatives and framed the scope of analysis for the
NPL Final EIS. The issues include:
[ssquf] Air Quality: Potential project and cumulative impacts on
air quality, including air quality-related values.
[ssquf] Regulatory Setting: Permits, authorization, conformance
with other plans, laws, policies and guidance.
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[ssquf] Social and Economic impacts: Jobs, housing, Federal mineral
royalties, and quality of life.
[ssquf] Mitigation (including Compensatory Mitigation): When and
how it applies to individual resource protection measures.
[ssquf] Reclamation and Monitoring: The effect of currently used
practices including seed mixes, revegetation, use of reference sites
including ecological site descriptions.
[ssquf] Wildlife Habitat, particularly Greater sage-grouse and
pronghorn antelope: The project's potential to further fragment
wildlife habitats and diminish the value of those habitats for many
species.
In response to the scoping comments received, the BLM developed
three alternatives to the Proposed Action: The No Action Alternative,
utilizing existing standard stipulations and examining the project area
under the historical rate of development of around three wells per
year; Alternative A, utilizing a phased approach moving through
existing leased oil and gas units and responding to identified wildlife
issues; and Alternative B, which addressed a broad range of resource
concerns in response to issues identified during scoping.
Alternatives A and B each analyzed the same rate of development as
the Proposed Action, as well as the use of regional gathering
facilities. However, in addition to varying resource protection
measures, each alternative analyzed differing densities of development
between one to four well pads per 640 acres, depending on the resource
considerations of the project area. Additionally, Alternative A
analyzed the merits of developing the project area in three
geographically defined phases, occurring sequentially, and taking into
consideration existing oil and gas units.
Interim and final reclamation activities would be implemented under
all alternatives to return the landscape to its previous condition in
conformance with the NPL Reclamation Plan and the relevant Resource
Management Plans (RMP).
All alternatives conform to the Pinedale Field Office Resource
Management Plan Record of Decision (2008) and the Rock Springs Field
Office Green River Resource Management Plan Record of Decision (1997),
as amended by the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management
Plan Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region, Including the Greater
Sage-Grouse Sub-Region of Wyoming (2015).
The Draft EIS Notice of Availability was published on July 7, 2017
(129 FR 31628), opening a 45-day public comment period. Public meetings
were held on July 25, 2017 in Pinedale, and July 26, 2017 in Rock
Springs. Over 1,000 individual comment letters were received. Comments
included identified issues associated with each alternative, including
feasibility and 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 is consistent with the BLM's obligations under the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 40 CFR 1506.10.
Mary Jo Rugwell,
BLM Wyoming State Director.
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