[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4699-4700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2108]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-078-99-1310-00]


Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS) on Oil and Gas Leasing in the Glenwood Springs 
Resource Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to sec. 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations in CFR 
1610.5-5, BLM proposes to amend the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for 
its Glenwood Springs Resource Area (GSRA). As described in a Notice of 
Intent published on April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19349), BLM has prepared a 
supplemental EIS on the impacts of oil and gas development in the GSRA. 
On March 17, 1998, an additional Notice of Intent (63 FR 13068) 
expressed BLM's intent to include lands in the Naval Oil Shale Reserves 
(NOSR) in the SEIS and the RMP amendment. On June 18, 1998, a Notice of 
Availability of the Draft supplemental EIS was published (63 FR 33385). 
Review of the Draft continued through November 23, 1998. The Final SEIS 
is now available.
    Copies of the Final SEIS will be available at the following BLM 
offices: the Glenwood Springs Resource Area Office, 50629 Highway 6 & 
24, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81602; the Grand Junction District 
Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81506; and the Colorado 
State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado, 80215.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until March 1, 1999. Should you choose 
to comment, please indicate whether BLM is free to release copies of 
your comment for public review. BLM planning regulations provide for 
administrative review by the BLM Director for those who participated in 
the planning process and who would be adversely affected by selection 
of the Preferred Alternative and approval of the Proposed RMP 
Amendment. Those who wish to protest to the BLM Director must do so my 
March 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Area Manager, Glenwood 
Springs Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 1009, 
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602, ATTN: Oil and Gas SEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Moore, (970) 947-2824.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare a supplemental 
EIS on oil and gas leasing and development in the GSRA was published on 
April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19349). The EIS process indicated that some 
changes in the leasing decisions are necessary and that an RMP 
amendment will be required. After publication of that notice, the 
Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1998 (November 18, 1997) 
transferred management authority for the Naval Oil Shale Reserves 
(NOSR) from the Department of Energy to BLM. In addition to 
transferring management authority to BLM, the Act directs BLM to lease 
approximately 10,000 acres in the NOSR for oil and gas development by 
November 18, 1998. On March 17, 1998, BLM published an additional 
Notice of Intent (63 FR 13068) expressing its intent to include lands 
in the Naval Oil Shale Reserves (NOSR) in the oil and gas leasing SEIS 
and RMP amendment. On June 18, 1998, a Notice of Availability of the 
Draft supplemental EIS was published (63 FR 33385). Review of the Draft 
continued through November 23, 1998.
Mark T. Morse,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-2108 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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