[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23159-23160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10718]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-040-06-1610-DU]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Environmental 
Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Wyoming Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Powder River Basin 
Oil and Gas

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Project and Plan Amendments to the Buffalo Resource Management Plan 
(RMP) (1985), Platte River RMP (1985) and Thunder Basin National Land 
and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) (Forest Service 2002); Johnson, 
Sheridan, Campbell, and Converse Counties, Wyoming.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the ROD for the 
Wyoming EIS for the Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Project and Plan 
Amendments to the Buffalo RMP (1985), Platte River RMP (1985) and 
Thunder Basin National Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) (Forest 
Service 2002). The Forest Service and the State of Wyoming (Wyoming 
Department of Environmental Quality) were cooperating agencies in 
preparing the EIS.

ADDRESSES: The document will be available electronically on the 
following Web site: http://www.prb-eis.org. Copies of the ROD are 
available for public inspection at the following BLM office locations:

Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.
Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, 
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834.
Bureau of Land Management, Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, 
Casper, Wyoming 82604-2968.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Mr. Paul Beels, Project Manager, 1425 
Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834, or [email protected]. Mr. Beels may 
also be reached at 307-684-1168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the ROD has been sent to affected 
Federal, State, and local government agencies and to interested 
parties. The project area includes almost 8,000,000 acres in 
northeastern Wyoming, encompassing all of Johnson, Campbell, and 
Sheridan Counties (except the Bighorn National Forest System lands) and 
the northern portion of Converse County. The public lands and Federal 
mineral resources analyzed include all of those administered by the BLM 
Buffalo Field Office and a small portion that is administered by the 
BLM Casper Field Office. The mineral resources analyzed also include 
the Federal oil and gas underlying the National Forest System lands and 
surface resources in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, administered 
by the Forest Service.

    Dated: April 15, 2003.
Alan L. Kesterke,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 03-10718 Filed 4-29-03; 8:45 am]
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