[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29735-29736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14224]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-060-07-1310-00]


Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and 
Record of Decision for the Price Coalbed Methane Project

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement and Record of Decision for the Price Coalbed Methane Project.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of 
Decision (ROD) have been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Moab District Office.
    The EIS was prepared under third party contract to analyze impacts 
of alternatives for River Gas Corporation's Price Coalbed Methane 
Project near Price, Utah.
    The ROD documents the decision approving development of the Price 
Coalbed Methane Project as submitted by River Gas Corporation (RGC) to 
the Bureau of Land Management. RGC notified the Bureau of Land 
Management of the company's intent to develop a coalbed methane gas 
production field on private, State and Federal lands in an area 
adjacent to the City of Price, Utah. The approved project would involve 
the construction, drilling, completion, and stimulation of 
approximately 545 CBM gas wells and associated access roads, pipelines, 
and electrical distribution lines over approximately a 10-year plus 
period within an area of approximately 290-square miles. There are 
other lessees within the 290 square mile Project Area that could 
potentially develop an additional 429 CBM wells and associated 
facilities.
    Environmental impacts from RGC proposed project were considered and 
analyzed in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), prepared and 
released for public review and comment in October 1996. Based on 
comments received on the DEIS, modifications and revisions were made, 
and the Final EIS and ROD released concurrently for review on May 30, 
1997 as allowed by 40 CFR 1506.10(b)(2) for agencies that have a 
formally established appeal process.
    Copies of the Final EIS and ROD can be obtained from the Moab 
District Office at 82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah, or by calling 
(801) 259-

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 6111 and requesting a copy of the document. Additionally, a copy of 
the ROD will be mailed to individuals, agencies or companies that 
commented during the scoping process, or on the Draft EIS.

DATES: Parties adversely affected by the Record of Decision have until 
July 2, 1997, to file a Notice of Appeal in the office which issued 
this decision (43 CFR 4.411 and 4.4413). The decision to allow RGC to 
develop its oil and gas leases and other related facilities is in full 
force and effect, effective on the date of this publication of the 
Notice of Availability. A petition for a stay of the decision must be 
filed in accordance with the above cited regulations.

ADDRESSES: A notice of Appeal should be addressed to: Bill Lamb, Utah 
State Director, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 45155, 324 South 
State Street, Room 301, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daryl Trotter, Project Coordinator, 
Moab District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 82 East Dogwood 
Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532, (801) 259-6111.

    May 20, 1997.
Katherine Kitchell,
Moab District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-14224 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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