[Federal Register: April 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 65)]
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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: 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
copies of the
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.
[FR Doc. E7-6291 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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