Copyright (c) 2013 Utah State University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact Recent documents in Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY) en-us Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:00:37 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/24 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/24 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:34:25 PDT This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) assesses the environmental consequences of a proposed natural gas development project in eastern Sweetwater and southwestern Carbon Counties, Wyoming. This FEIS incorporates by reference most of the material presented in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Continental Divide/Wamsutter II Natural Gas Project and is designed to be used with the DEIS.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/23 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/23 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:45:04 PDT This Final Environment Impact Statement (FEIS) assesses the environmental consequences of a federal decision to offer two federal coal tracts in southeastern Campbell County, Wyoming for lease at separate, competitive, sealed bid sales, subject to standard and special lease stipulations. The Powder River Lease By Application (LBA) Tract as applied for by Powder River Coal Company includes approximately 4,020 acres containing approximately 515 million tons of federal coal. Powder River coal company operates the adjacent North Antelope and Rochelle Mines. The Thundercloud LBA Tract, which is located approximately 9 miles north of the Powder River LBA Tract, was applied for by Kerr-McGee Coal Company, the operator of the adjacent Jacobs Ranch Mine. It includes approximately 3,400 acres containing about 427 million tons of federal coal as applied for. This FEIS describes the physical, biological, cultural, historic, and socioeconomic resources in and surrounding the project area. The focus for impact analysis was based upon resource issues and concerns identified during public scoping. Potential concerns related to development include impacts to groundwater, air quality, and wildlife and cumulative impacts related to ongoing surface coal mining and other proposed development in the Powder River Basin of wyoming.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/22 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/22 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:06:38 PDT Enclosed is the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Newcastle Field Office. This document presents the Proposed RMP for managing the public lands and resources in the Newcastle area. The proposed RMP is a refinement of the preferred alternative presented in the draft EIS published in March 1998.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/21 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/21 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:05:27 PDT This Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assesses the environmental consequences of a federal decision to offer a federal coal tract located in southeastern Campbell County and northeastern Converse County, Wyoming for lease at a competitive, sealed bid sale, subject to standard and special lease stipulations. The Horse Creek Lease By Application (LBA) Tract as applied for by Antelope Coal Company includes approximately 2,840 acres containing approximately 356.5 million tons of federal coal. Antelope Coal Company operates the adjacent Antelope Mine and proposes to mine the Horse Creek LBA Tract as a maintenance tract for the existing mine, if a lease sale is held and they acquire the lease. This Final EIS describes the physical, biological, cultural, historic, and socioeconomic resources in and surrounding the project area. The focus for impact analysis was based upon resource issues and concerns identified during previous coal leasing analyses and public scoping conducted for this lease application. Potential concerns related to development include impacts to groundwater, air quality, and wildlife and cumulative impacts related to ongoing surface coal mining and other proposed development in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/20 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/20 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:32:26 PDT This document has been prepared as an abbreviated final environmental impact statement (EIS). It must be used in concert with the draft EIS to understand the analysis which includes the responses to comment letters. It is organized by chapters, the same as the draft EIS, but only changes (errata) or new information or analysis is included. Most of these were generated in response to public comments. The largest section of the document is chapter 5, Consultation and Coordination. It includes an update on what coordination has taken place since the draft EIS was issued, responses to comments, and all comment letters. All comments were taken into consideration in the preparation of this document; however, those containing only opinions or preferences did not receive a formal response.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/19 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/19 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:24:08 PDT The Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS and FEIS) assess the environmental consequences of a proposed coal lease sale and subsequent mine development and operation in the Carbon Basin, 11 miles southeast of Hanna, Wyoming. This abbreviated FEIS revises and supplements the DEIS for the Carbon Basin Coal project (DES-98-32) and addresses comments and concerns expressed during the public comment period for the DEIS. The DEIS was made available to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the public on August 7, 1998, and a Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register on the same date. One public hearing was held in Hanna on September 9, 1998. The comment period closed October 6, 1998.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/18 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/18 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:33:19 PDT The FEIS contains corrected and new material which supplements the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued May 14, 1999. The FEIS and the DEIS comprise the complete document. Please refer to the DEIS for more detailed analyses and descriptions of the proposed action and alternatives.

]]> United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of the Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/17 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/17 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:04:44 PDT Due to the large volume of comments, comments and responses in this section occur in several forms. Where a "summary comment" is indicated, it is a paraphrasing of many individual comments having the same basic context. A "summary response" therefore responds to all who commented in like fashion. Where a "comment" is indicated, normally this is a singular comment in the words of the person who commented. The "response" directed toward that individual comment. In some instances, a general response is given to a series of individual comments.

]]> United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/16 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/16 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:40:33 PDT Volume III includes public comments and corresponding NPS responses and is separated into three parts. Part I includes representative government, cooperator, organization, and individual comments and responses. Part II includes form letter comments and responses. The NPS responded directly to all comments in the letters found in Parts I and II. Part III is a summary of comments and responses by subject category. The comments in Part III differ markedly from those in Parts I and II in that they are a summary of the 500,000 comments received on the DEIS. Because of the voluminous nature of the DEIS comments, many of the comments were categorized by subject and then summarized. Accordingly, the responses included in Part III are summary responses. Where possible, the NPS included the actual wording of the comment in the summary comment. Part III is divided into two sections, one that includes impact topics and the other that relates to the NEPA process.

]]> United States, Department of the Interior, National Forest Service http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/15 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/15 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:29:37 PDT By special agreement as provided under 40 CFR § 1501.6 and § 1508.5, the National Park Service (NPS), the lead agency in this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), has collaborated with nine cooperating agencies in the EIS process: the U.S. Forest Service; the States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; and the Counties of Gallatin and Park, Montana, Park and Teton, Wyoming, and Fremont, Idaho. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) define a cooperating agency as any agency that has jurisdiction by law or, in this case, special expertise for proposals covered by NEPA. See Chapter I for further discussion of cooperating agency involvement and their identified areas of experitse. The Memorandums of Agreement for all agencies were published in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Volume II, Appendix I.

]]> United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/14 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/14 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:38:51 PDT In 1990, a Winter Use Plan was completed for Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway (the Parkway). In 1994 the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service began work on a coordinated interagency report on Winter Visitor Use Management. This effort was in reaction to an earlier than expected increase in winter use. The 1990 Winter Use Plan projected 143,000 visitors for the year 2000. In 1992-93 winter use in YNP and GTNP exceeded this estimate.

]]> United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/13 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/13 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:26:45 PDT This document presents and analyzes seven alternatives for winter use management in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway (the Parkway). YNP, encompassing 2.22 million acres, and GTNP, comprising 310,000 acres, form the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, described as the last large, nearly intact ecosystem in the northern temperate zone. The approved plan will serve as a management plan for the three national parks.

]]> United States, Department of the Interior, National Forest Service http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/12 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/12 Mon, 24 May 2010 13:35:15 PDT This abbreviated Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Texaco Stagecoach Draw Unit natural gas development project, located approximately 7 miles southwest of Farson, Wyoming, on Wyoming Highway 28, is provided for your information and use. This FEIS is a supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), published March 10, 1995, and contains the following material: it incorporates by reference the material presented in the DEIS and identifies the changes to the DEIS required as a result of additional information and public comment subsequent to publishing of the DEIS; comments received on the DEIS; and responses to the comments. The DEIS was not reprinted because no major revisions to the text or maps were required. The DEIS must accompany this final document because only the modifications, corrections, and additions are provided.

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/11 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/11 Tue, 18 May 2010 12:20:00 PDT The Expanded Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas Development Project EIS analyzes a proposal by the Moxa Arch operators (Amoco Production Company, Union Pacific Resources Company, Wexpro/Celsius Energy Company, Bannon Energy, Marathon Oil Company, Presidio Exploration, and other companies) to continue to infill drill additional development wells in their leased acreage within the Moxa Arch oil and gas development area. The project area encompasses approximately 476,261 acres of southwestern Wyoming. Lands associated with the additional drilling program include those previously analyzed in the Amoco Production Company Moxa Arch Natural Gas Production Environmental Assessment (EA) and Decision Record (DR) (USDI-BLM 1991) and the Supplemental EA and DR to the Amoco Production Company Moxa Arch Natural Gas Production Project (USDI-BLM 1992). Additional areas involved in the EIS, not included in the previous EAs, include lands to the north and south of the area previously analyzed. The additional area combined with the lands analyzed in the previous two environmental analysis documents form the Expanded Moxa Arch Natural Gas Development (Moxa) analysis area.

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/10 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/10 Thu, 13 May 2010 08:38:31 PDT This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) assesses the environmental consequences of a proposed uranium mine project in Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, approximately 14 miles southeast of Jeffrey City, Wyoming. This FEIS incorporates by reference most of the material presented in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Green Mountain Mining Venture (GMMV), Jackpot Mine Project, and is designed to be used with the DEIS. Copies of the DEIS are available from the BLM Lander Resource Area at P.O. Box 589, Lander, Wyoming, 82520.

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/9 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/9 Mon, 10 May 2010 16:35:32 PDT The Greybull Valley Irrigation District proposes to construct an off-channel dam and reservoir to supply irrigation water to farmers in the lower Greybull River Valley. Three alternatives were evaluated: the proposal (Lower Roach Gulch Reservoir), the Blackstone Gulch Reservoir and the No Action Alternative. The Environmental Impact Statement discloses potential environmental impacts from implementation of the alternatives. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was made available to the public in January, 1997 with a 60 day comment period ending on March 18, 1997.

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/8 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/8 Tue, 04 May 2010 14:00:12 PDT This final Environmental Impact Statement assesses the environmental consequences of a proposed natural gas development project in southwestern Carbon and eastern Sweetwater Counties, approximately 45 miles southwest of Rawlins, Wyoming. Public scoping commenced on December 13, 1993. All issues raised during scoping and interdisciplinary team preparation of the analysis were addressed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). This document should be used in conjunction with the DEIS. Copies of the DEIS are available from the Great Divide Resource Area at the address given on the bottom of this page. The DEIS was made available to the EPA and the public on January 23, 1995 and a notice of availability was published in the Federal Register. A public meeting was held on February 23, 1995 and the comment period closed on March 25, 1995. The Executive Summary from the DEIS, modified as appropriate in response to the public comments, is presented herein. The changes from the DEIS are presented for all other material by corresponding section in this document. Comments on the DEIS that were received from the public and agencies are reproduced in this document and the responses from the BLM are presented. The proposed project entails the drilling, completion testing, operation, abandonment, and reclamation of natural gas production operations by Union Pacific Resources Company, Amoco Production Company, and other Operators. The proposed project would use standard procedures as currently employed by other State and regional gas field developments. Under the Proposed Action, a maximum of 750 wells at 300 locations and associated ancillary facilities, roads, and pipelines would result in the initial disturbance of approximately 2,416 acres within the 334,191-acre project area. The BLM has identified the Proposed Action as the Agency Preferred Action. Numerous standard, project-specific, and site-specific mitigation measures would be employed to assure that project impacts are minimized on all important resources. Impacts to most resources would be negligible to moderate during the life of the project. Potentially significant impacts resulting from the project include the changes to visual resources, wetlands, soils, reclamation, and reduction in wildlife habitat. The proposed project would have beneficial impacts associated with increased revenues generated by taxes, royalties, and the use of local goods and services.

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/7 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/7 Mon, 03 May 2010 17:26:04 PDT The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the balanced management of the public lands and resources and their various values so that they are considered in a combinatlon that will best serve the needs of the American people. Management is based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield: a combination of uses that take into account the long term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/6 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/6 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:04:10 PDT This final environmental impact statement (EIS) describes the proposed Grass Creek Resource Management Plan (RMP) and its environmental consequences. This proposed plan is for the future management of public lands in a portion of the Bighorn Basin Resource Area of the Worland District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The planning area comprises approximately 968,000 acres of BLM-administered public land surface and 1,171,000 acres of BLM-administered federal mineral estate. (BLM-administered public land surface is referred to as "public land" in this document.)

]]> United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/5 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wyoming_finalimpact/5 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:28:59 PDT DALEN Resources Oil & Gas Co. (DALEN Operator) and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Presidio Oil Co., and several other companies (collectively the Lincoln Road Operators) propose to continue infill drilling their existing lease acreage (collectively approximately 179,760 acres) within the Fontenelle II and Lincoln Road development areas. The Fontenelle II and the Lincoln Road development areas are immediately adjacent to each other. Both proposed actions would be implemented in northeastern Lincoln and northwestern Sweetwater counties, Wyoming adjacent to and east of Fontenelle Reservoir and the Green River. The project areas are approximately 30 miles northeast of Kemmerer, Wyoming and 70 miles northwest of Rock Springs, Wyoming.

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