[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21453-21454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08117]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY925000.L13400000.PQ0000 20X]


Notice of Availability of the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor 
Initiative Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management 
Plan Amendments for 9 BLM-Wyoming Resource Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Draft Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the proposed Wyoming Pipeline 
Corridor Initiative (WPCI) within the BLM Cody, Worland, Buffalo, 
Casper, Lander, Pinedale, Kemmerer, Rawlins and Rock Springs field 
offices.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS within 90 
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes 
its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will 
announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement 
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media 
releases, and/or mailings.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the DEIS during comment period on 
the WPCI ePlanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xpCM. Requests for 
information regarding the Draft EIS may be emailed to:
     Mail: Heather Schultz, WPCI EIS Project Manager, 
[email protected].
    Copies of the Draft EIS are available on the project website at: 
https://go.usa.gov/xpCMr.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Schultz, Project Manager, 
telephone 307-775-6084; address 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne 
Wyoming; email [email protected]. Contact Ms. Schultz to add your name 
to our mailing list. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-
8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The 
FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or 
question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during 
normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of Wyoming is proposing a pipeline 
corridor network reserved for the use and the transport of carbon 
dioxide (CO2), enhanced oil recovery (EOR) products and other 
compatible uses to be designated on BLM-managed lands in Wyoming 
through the land use planning process. The amendments would designate 
new corridors reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and 
other compatible uses, that may support future Carbon Capture Storage 
and Utilization (CCUS) projects in the State of Wyoming. The State of 
Wyoming proposes that approximately 2,000 miles and 25 segments of 
pipeline corridors be designated on BLM-managed lands and in those 
associated RMPs. The proposed WPCI corridors are divided into segments 
based on proposed width and the regions they will service. The BLM 
plans to analyze the State's proposal by preparing an EIS. Based on the 
findings of the EIS process, the BLM may amend the nine RMPs containing 
lands proposed for pipeline corridors to designate those corridors. If 
the BLM were to receive a right-of-way application for CO2 or EOR 
product pipelines or related facilities in the future, project specific 
NEPA would be completed separately at that time. The purpose of this 
public comment process is to determine if relevant issues are addressed 
in the scope of the environmental analysis, including alternatives, and 
guide the planning process.
    The BLM is analyzing four alternatives:
    Alternative A: No Action Alternative: Under the no action 
alternative no new corridors would be designated, no Resource 
Management Plans would be amended, and management of existing corridors 
would remain the same.
    Alternative B: Proposed Action: Designates new corridors reserved 
for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and other compatible uses. 
Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of existing corridors would be 
reserved for pipelines and facilities associated with CO2, EOR products 
and other uses as outlined in the State of Wyoming Proposal. Additional 
corridors would be designated both in Sage Grouse Priority Habitat 
Management Areas (PHMA) and outside of PHMA as proposed by the state of 
Wyoming.
    Alternative C: Maintain Existing Management in Existing Corridors 
and creates new corridors reserved for CO2, EOR products and other 
compatible uses. Routes would be modified or

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eliminated from the Proposal to avoid resource conflicts, Sage Grouse 
PHMA, pre-existing rights, existing uses and infrastructure. Use of 
existing corridors would be maximized. Management of existing corridors 
would remain the same and would not be reserved for the transport of 
CO2, EOR products, and other compatible uses. Additional new corridors 
(200 ft or 300 ft wide) would be created for the transport of CO2, EOR 
products, and other compatible uses. Additional Corridors would be not 
be created in Sage Grouse PHMA.
    Alternative D: Alternative D is the agency preferred alternative 
and dedicates portions of existing corridors and creates new corridors 
reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and other compatible 
uses. Routes would be modified or eliminated from the Proposal to avoid 
resource conflicts, Sage Grouse PHMA, pre-existing rights, existing 
uses and infrastructure. Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of existing 
corridors would be reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and 
other compatible uses. Additional Corridors would be not be created in 
Sage Grouse PHMA.
    Please note that public comments and information submitted 
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who 
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at 
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address or other 
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware 
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2

Duane Spencer,
BLM Wyoming State Director.
[FR Doc. 2020-08117 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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