Notice of Availability of the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendments for 9 BLM-Wyoming Resource Management Plans, 21453-21454 [2020-08117]
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thence South 87°56′03″ East, 98.68 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 656.97 feet, along the
arc of a 57170.78 foot radius curve to the
right, the central angle of which is
00°39′30″ and the long chord of which
bears South 87°35′43″ East, 656.97 feet;
thence North 02°43′59″ East, 50.00 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 381.31 feet, along the
arc of a 57175.09 foot radius curve to the
right, the central angle of which is
00°22′56″ and the long chord of which
bears South 87°04′30″ East, 381.31 feet;
thence South 41°44′32″ East, 197.74 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 166.38 feet, along the
arc of a 57080.78 foot radius curve to the
right, the central angle of which is
00°10′01″ and the long chord of which
bears South 86°39′39″ East, 166.38 feet;
thence North 47°24′34″ East, 125.00 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 303.34 feet, along the
arc of a 57170.78 foot radius curve to the
right, the central angle of which is
00°18′14″ and the long chord of which
bears South 86°20′18″ East, 303.34 feet;
thence North 03°48′47″ East, 25.00 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 252.15 feet, along the
arc of a 57195.78 foot radius curve to the
right, the central angle of which is
00°15′09″ and the long chord of which
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thence South 85°56′01″ East, 247.54 feet;
thence South 04°03′59″ West, 5.00 feet;
thence South 85°56′01″ East, 40.00 feet;
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thence South 85°56′01″ East, 273.58 feet;
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arc of a 34477.47 foot radius curve to the
left, the central angle of which is 01°14′09″
and the long chord of which bears South
86°33′04″ East, 743.67 feet;
thence South 00°19′33″ East, 127.79 feet;
thence South 85°56′06″ East, 25.00 feet;
thence South 00°19′33″ East, 105.00 feet;
thence North 87°43′34″ West, 728.33 feet;
thence South 02°25′27″ West, 768.43 feet;
thence South 87°34′33″ East, 171.00 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 23.56 feet, along the
arc of a 15.00 foot radius curve to the right,
the central angle of which is 90°00′00″, and
the long chord of which bears South
42°34′33″ East, 21.21 feet;
thence South 02°25′27″ West, 71.32 feet;
thence South 87°34′33″ East, 66.49 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 106.26 feet, along the
arc of a 200.00 foot radius curve to the
right, the central angle of which is
30°26′33″, and the long chord of which
bears South 72°21′17″ East, 105.02 feet;
thence South 57°08′00″ East, 46.71 feet;
thence Southeasterly, 53.13 feet, along the
arc of a 100.00 foot radius curve to the left,
the central angle of which is 30°26′33″, and
the long chord of which bears South
72°21′17″ East, 52.51 feet;
thence South 87°34′33″ East, 641.17 feet, to
a point on the East Line of said Section 2
and the POINT OF BEGINNING
Subject to the Right-of-Way of Lautner Road
over the Easterly 33 feet thereof.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWY925000.L13400000.PQ0000 20X]
Notice of Availability of the Wyoming
Pipeline Corridor Initiative Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Resource Management Plan
Amendments for 9 BLM-Wyoming
Resource Management Plans
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 a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and Draft Resource Management Plan
(RMP) Amendment for the proposed
Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative
(WPCI) within the BLM Cody, Worland,
Buffalo, Casper, Lander, Pinedale,
Kemmerer, Rawlins and Rock Springs
field offices.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMP
Amendment and Draft EIS within 90
days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings
and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media releases,
and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the DEIS during comment period on
the WPCI ePlanning website at https://
go.usa.gov/xpCM. Requests for
information regarding the Draft EIS may
be emailed to:
• Mail: Heather Schultz, WPCI EIS
Project Manager, hschultz@blm.gov.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
on the project website at: https://
go.usa.gov/xpCMr.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Schultz, Project Manager,
telephone 307–775–6084; address 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne Wyoming;
email hschultz@blm.gov. Contact Ms.
Schultz to add your name to our mailing
list. Persons who use a
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
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above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State
of Wyoming is proposing a pipeline
corridor network reserved for the use
and the transport of carbon dioxide
(CO2), enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
products and other compatible uses to
be designated on BLM-managed lands in
Wyoming through the land use planning
process. The amendments would
designate new corridors reserved for the
transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses, that may support
future Carbon Capture Storage and
Utilization (CCUS) projects in the State
of Wyoming. The State of Wyoming
proposes that approximately 2,000 miles
and 25 segments of pipeline corridors be
designated on BLM-managed lands and
in those associated RMPs. The proposed
WPCI corridors are divided into
segments based on proposed width and
the regions they will service. The BLM
plans to analyze the State’s proposal by
preparing an EIS. Based on the findings
of the EIS process, the BLM may amend
the nine RMPs containing lands
proposed for pipeline corridors to
designate those corridors. If the BLM
were to receive a right-of-way
application for CO2 or EOR product
pipelines or related facilities in the
future, project specific NEPA would be
completed separately at that time. The
purpose of this public comment process
is to determine if relevant issues are
addressed in the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process.
The BLM is analyzing four
alternatives:
Alternative A: No Action Alternative:
Under the no action alternative no new
corridors would be designated, no
Resource Management Plans would be
amended, and management of existing
corridors would remain the same.
Alternative B: Proposed Action:
Designates new corridors reserved for
the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Portions (200 ft
or 300 ft wide) of existing corridors
would be reserved for pipelines and
facilities associated with CO2, EOR
products and other uses as outlined in
the State of Wyoming Proposal.
Additional corridors would be
designated both in Sage Grouse Priority
Habitat Management Areas (PHMA) and
outside of PHMA as proposed by the
state of Wyoming.
Alternative C: Maintain Existing
Management in Existing Corridors and
creates new corridors reserved for CO2,
EOR products and other compatible
uses. Routes would be modified or
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eliminated from the Proposal to avoid
resource conflicts, Sage Grouse PHMA,
pre-existing rights, existing uses and
infrastructure. Use of existing corridors
would be maximized. Management of
existing corridors would remain the
same and would not be reserved for the
transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Additional new
corridors (200 ft or 300 ft wide) would
be created for the transport of CO2, EOR
products, and other compatible uses.
Additional Corridors would be not be
created in Sage Grouse PHMA.
Alternative D: Alternative D is the
agency preferred alternative and
dedicates portions of existing corridors
and creates new corridors reserved for
the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Routes would be
modified or eliminated from the
Proposal to avoid resource conflicts,
Sage Grouse PHMA, pre-existing rights,
existing uses and infrastructure.
Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of
existing corridors would be reserved for
the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Additional
Corridors would be not be created in
Sage Grouse PHMA.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
persons who submit comments will be
available for public review and
disclosure at the above address during
regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2
Duane Spencer,
BLM Wyoming State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCOF02400.L16100000.DQ0000.
LXSSC0100000.20X]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Resource Management Plan and
Associated Environmental Impact
Statement for the Browns Canyon
National Monument, Colorado
Bureau of Land Management.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, and the National Forest
Management Act of 1976, as amended,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Royal Gorge Field Office (RGFO), Can˜on
City, Colorado, and U.S. Forest Service
(USFS), Pike-San Isabel National Forests
and Comanche-Cimarron National
Grasslands (PSICC), Pueblo, Colorado,
have prepared a Proposed Resource
Management Plan (RMP) and Forest
Plan (FP) amendment, supported by an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
for the Browns Canyon National
Monument, and by this notice are
announcing its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state
that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the
regulations may protest the BLM’s
Proposed RMP. The USFS has waived
its objection procedures and instead
adopted the BLM’s administrative
review process (36 CFR 219.59). A
person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must file the protest
within 30 days of the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register The EPA
publishes its NOAs in the Federal
Register weekly, usually on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: The Proposed RMP–FP
amendment and Final EIS is available
on the BLM ePlanning project website at
https://go.usa.gov/xn2eC. Click the
Documents and Reports link on the left
side of the screen to find the electronic
versions of these materials. Hard copies
of the Proposed RMP–FP amendment
and Final EIS are also available for
public inspection by appointment at the
BLM RGFO, 3028 E. Main St., Can˜on
City, CO 81212, and at the PSICC Salida
Ranger District, 5575 Cleora Road,
Salida, CO 81201.
All protests must be in writing and
filed with the BLM Director, either as a
hard copy or electronically via the
BLM’s ePlanning project website listed
previously. To submit a protest
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electronically, go to the BLM ePlanning
project website and follow the protest
instructions highlighted at the top of the
home page. If submitting a protest in
hard copy, it must be mailed to one of
the following addresses:
Regular Mail: Director (210), Attn:
Protest Coordinator, P.O. Box 261117,
Lakewood, CO 80226.
Overnight Delivery: Director (210),
Attn: Protest Coordinator, 2850
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Vieira, Project Manager,
telephone 719–246–9966; address 5575
Cleora Road, Salida, CO 81201; email
blm_co_brownscanyon@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339 to contact Mr. Vieira during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
BCNM was established by Presidential
Proclamation 9232. The BLM and USFS
have prepared the Proposed RMP–FP
amendment and Final EIS for BCNM to
evaluate the management strategy for
monument resources, objects, and
values, including resource uses and
special designations within the BCNM.
The planning area is located in Chaffee
County, Colorado, and encompasses
approximately 21,600 acres. The BCNM
RMP–FP amendment will determine
management for approximately 9,790
acres of BLM-administered surface land
and approximately 11,810 acres of
USFS-administered national forest. The
monument also includes a portion of the
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, a
cooperatively managed area along the
Arkansas River administered by the
BLM, the USFS, and Colorado Parks and
Wildlife (CPW).
Major planning issues considered in
the Proposed RMP–FP amendment and
Final EIS are conserving and protecting
monument resources, objects or values
including bighorn sheep, peregrine
falcon, terrestrial and avian wildlife
habitat, cultural and historical
resources, geological features and
riparian values; maintaining monument
values and settings; understanding and
addressing tribal values including
religious and other significant sites;
addressing existing uses such as
livestock grazing; and managing for
sustainable outdoor recreation, visitor
growth and visitor enjoyment. The
Proposed RMP–FP amendment and
Final EIS also considers BLM decisions
regarding wild and scenic rivers, areas
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWY925000.L13400000.PQ0000 20X]
Notice of Availability of the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor
Initiative Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management
Plan Amendments for 9 BLM-Wyoming Resource Management Plans
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 a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Draft Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the proposed Wyoming Pipeline
Corridor Initiative (WPCI) within the BLM Cody, Worland, Buffalo,
Casper, Lander, Pinedale, Kemmerer, Rawlins and Rock Springs field
offices.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS within 90
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes
its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media
releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the DEIS during comment period on
the WPCI ePlanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xpCM. Requests for
information regarding the Draft EIS may be emailed to:
Mail: Heather Schultz, WPCI EIS Project Manager,
[email protected].
Copies of the Draft EIS are available on the project website at:
https://go.usa.gov/xpCMr.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Schultz, Project Manager,
telephone 307-775-6084; address 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne
Wyoming; email [email protected]. Contact Ms. Schultz to add your name
to our mailing list. Persons who use a 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 State of Wyoming is proposing a pipeline
corridor network reserved for the use and the transport of carbon
dioxide (CO2), enhanced oil recovery (EOR) products and other
compatible uses to be designated on BLM-managed lands in Wyoming
through the land use planning process. The amendments would designate
new corridors reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses, that may support future Carbon Capture Storage
and Utilization (CCUS) projects in the State of Wyoming. The State of
Wyoming proposes that approximately 2,000 miles and 25 segments of
pipeline corridors be designated on BLM-managed lands and in those
associated RMPs. The proposed WPCI corridors are divided into segments
based on proposed width and the regions they will service. The BLM
plans to analyze the State's proposal by preparing an EIS. Based on the
findings of the EIS process, the BLM may amend the nine RMPs containing
lands proposed for pipeline corridors to designate those corridors. If
the BLM were to receive a right-of-way application for CO2 or EOR
product pipelines or related facilities in the future, project specific
NEPA would be completed separately at that time. The purpose of this
public comment process is to determine if relevant issues are addressed
in the scope of the environmental analysis, including alternatives, and
guide the planning process.
The BLM is analyzing four alternatives:
Alternative A: No Action Alternative: Under the no action
alternative no new corridors would be designated, no Resource
Management Plans would be amended, and management of existing corridors
would remain the same.
Alternative B: Proposed Action: Designates new corridors reserved
for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and other compatible uses.
Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of existing corridors would be
reserved for pipelines and facilities associated with CO2, EOR products
and other uses as outlined in the State of Wyoming Proposal. Additional
corridors would be designated both in Sage Grouse Priority Habitat
Management Areas (PHMA) and outside of PHMA as proposed by the state of
Wyoming.
Alternative C: Maintain Existing Management in Existing Corridors
and creates new corridors reserved for CO2, EOR products and other
compatible uses. Routes would be modified or
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eliminated from the Proposal to avoid resource conflicts, Sage Grouse
PHMA, pre-existing rights, existing uses and infrastructure. Use of
existing corridors would be maximized. Management of existing corridors
would remain the same and would not be reserved for the transport of
CO2, EOR products, and other compatible uses. Additional new corridors
(200 ft or 300 ft wide) would be created for the transport of CO2, EOR
products, and other compatible uses. Additional Corridors would be not
be created in Sage Grouse PHMA.
Alternative D: Alternative D is the agency preferred alternative
and dedicates portions of existing corridors and creates new corridors
reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and other compatible
uses. Routes would be modified or eliminated from the Proposal to avoid
resource conflicts, Sage Grouse PHMA, pre-existing rights, existing
uses and infrastructure. Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of existing
corridors would be reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Additional Corridors would be not be created in
Sage Grouse PHMA.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2
Duane Spencer,
BLM Wyoming State Director.
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