[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 16762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6291]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-800][1920-PP-4070]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Northern San Juan Basin Coal Bed Methane Development Project Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. U.S. Forest Service, 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976, and other regulatory requirements, the Joint 
Lead Agencies announce the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) 
for the Northern San Juan Basin Coal Bed Methane Development Project 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for natural gas development 
in La Plata and Archuleta Counties, Colorado. The Joint Lead Agencies 
have issued the ROD to document agency decisions, including selection 
of FEIS Preferred Alternative 7, with specific modifications and 
requirements for monitoring and mitigation.

DATES: The ROD documents the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) and the 
U.S. Forest Service's (USFS) decisions and describes the agencies' 
appeal processes and timeframes. Official notice of USFS appeal 
processes and timeframes will be published separately in the newspaper 
of record, the Durango Herald. Those wishing to appeal USFS decisions 
should rely on the information presented in that official notice when 
published.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the ROD may be sent by mail to the 
San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301, 
Attn: Walt Brown, or by e-mail to: us.com">nsjb-feis@arcadis-us.com. The ROD is 
available electronically at http://www.nsjb-eis.net, or http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/projects/projects.shtml. Hard copies of the 
ROD are available for review at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 
Burnett Court, Durango Colorado 81301, the Columbine Ranger District 
and Field Office, 367 Pearl Street, Bayfield Colorado 81122, and the 
Pagosa Ranger District and Field Office, 180 Second Street, Pagosa 
Springs, Colorado 81147.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walt Brown or Jim Powers at the above 
address, or phone: 970-385-1372.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS analyzes industry's gas field 
development proposal (approximately 185 new gas wells involving federal 
authority) and four other alternatives in a 125,000-acre Study Area in 
the Northern San Juan Basin of Colorado. The Study Area occupies 
portions of La Plata and Archuleta Counties, and is bounded on the 
south by the Southern Ute Reservation and on the west, north and east 
by the arcing line of the base of the Pictured Cliffs sandstone. The 
Study Area consists of approximately 7,000 acres of BLM administered 
land, 49,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service administered land, 9,000 
acres of private lands with federal minerals and 60,000 acres of state 
or privately held (fee) lands with non-federal minerals.
    The ROD is based on the FEIS and its supporting project record. The 
ROD documents BLM and USFS project decisions, including selection of 
FEIS Preferred Alternative 7 (approximately 138 new gas wells involving 
federal authority), with specific modifications. The ROD also documents 
requirements for gas field development in the Northern San Juan Basin 
within the framework of modified Alternative 7, including monitoring, 
mitigation, and environmental protection measures.

    Dated: September 25, 2006.
Mark W. Stiles,
Center Manager/Forest Supervisor, San Juan Public Lands Center, 
Durango, Colorado.

    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on March 30, 2007.
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