[Federal Register: November 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 227)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-060-1310-EJ-CBMP]

 
Wyodak Coalbed Methane Project, Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA) of record of decision.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the Wyodak Coalbed Methane Project. That EIS analyzes the 
potential impacts and cumulative effects of proposed coalbed methane 
(CBM) development on Federal and non-Federal lands in Campbell, 
Converse, Johnson, and Sheridan Counties, Wyoming. BLM's decision was 
to approve Alternative 1, which analyzed the impacts of drilling 5000 
wells in the project area.
    BLM received 12 comment letters on the final EIS. None of those 
comments included new or substantive information that required revision 
of the EIS. The issues raised in those comment letters are summarized 
and responded to in the ROD. All comments received were taken into 
consideration in reaching our decision.
    BLM Notices of Availability for the draft EIS and for the final EIS 
for this project were published in the Federal Register on May 14, 1999 
(64 FR 26436), and on October 4, 1999 (64 FR 53690), respectively.

DATES: The ROD was signed by the State Director on November 17, 1999. 
Parties in interest have the right to appeal that decision pursuant to 
Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 3165.4, within 30 days 
from the date of publication of this NOA in the Federal Register. The 
ROD contains instructions on taking appeals to the Interior Board of 
Land Appeals.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Zander, phone: (307) 684-1100. 
Copies of the ROD may be obtained from the following BLM offices: 
Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, Wyoming 82834, (307) 
684-1100; Casper Field Office, 1701 East E Street, Casper, Wyoming 
82601, (307) 261-7600; and Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009, (307) 775-6256.

    Dated: November 19, 1999.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-30722 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]
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