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2007 Completed Actions

Completed Actions for FY 2007– (October 1, 2007)
Fy 2007 Log of CERs, CXs & DNAs (December 5, 2007)-- FY 2007 Log

CER = Categorical Exclusion
CX = Categorical Exclusion for Fire
CX(390) = Section 390 Categorical Exclusion for Oil and Gas Development
DNA = Documentation of NEPA Adequacy and Land Use Plan Conformance
EA = Environmental Assessment
EIS = Environmental Impact Statement

For more information on these projects, contact the White River Field Office NEPA Coordinator at 970-878-3800 or email wrfomail@blm.gov with the requested file name and NEPA number.
 
White River Field Office
220 East Market Street
Meeker,
Colorado 81641
 
All Field Office NEPA registers contain current EIS and EA actions. However, certain registers do not include CERs, CXs and DNAs . Inquiries about these documents can be obtained by contacting the appropriate Field Office NEPA Coordinator, or by visiting their Field Office public room.


*The listing of WSA (Wilderness Study Area), ACEC (Area of Critical Environmental Concern), WSR (Wild and
Scenic River), HMA (Herd Management Area), or CPNHD (Canyon Pintado National Historic District) in this column indicates that the proposed action is within that special designation area.


NEPA NUMBER
PROJECT NAME
WSA, ACEC, WSR, WA, HMA,
CPNHD*
APPLICANT
STATUS
Piceance Development Project
 
T1S R97W; T2 S R97W; T3S R97W.
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
ACEC
ExxonMobil Production Corp
Initiated 9/19/05
Completed 4/23/07
Right of Way (ROW) application for the Meeker Lateral Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) pipeline
 
T8S R104W (Varies)
T1S R97W (Varies)
Rio Blanco & Garfield Counties
ACEC
Enterprise Products Operating, LP
Initiated 1/24/06
Completed 2/1/07
CO-110-2006-117-EA

Oil Shale Research Development & Demonstration  (RD&D)
Shell Frontier proposes Oil Shale extraction project on leases

T2S R99W Sec 1; T2S R98W Sec 4
Rio Blanco County
 
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas, Inc
Initiated 1/18/06
Completed 11/9/06
CO-110-2006-118-EA
Oil Shale RD&D
EGL proposes Oil Shale extraction project on leases

T2S R98W Sec 21
Rio Blanco County
 
EGL Resources, Inc.
Initiated 1/18/06
Completed 11/9/06
CO-110-2006-120-EA

Oil Shale RD&D
Chevron proposes Oil Shale extraction project on leases
T3S R97W Sec 5
Rio Blanco County
 
Chevron Shale Oil Company
Initiated 1/18/06
Completed 11/9/06
Piceance Creek Ranch Grazing Permit Renewal Piceance Creek,

T3S-T5S, R96W-R98W, Various sections
Rio Blanco & Garfield Counties
 
Piceance Creek Ranch
Initiated 5/8/06
Completed 1/26/07
Oldland Bros. Ranch Grazing Permit Renewal Piceance Creek, Hunter Creek,

T2S-T5S, R95W-R97W, Various sections
Rio Blanco & Garfield Counties
 
Oldland Bros. Ranch
Initiated 5/8/06
Completed 2/22/07
Riata Energy has submitted 22 Applications Permit to Drill (APDs)

T.2S R98W sec. 25 SESE, sec. 18 NENW, sec. 18 NENE, sec. 36 SENE, sec. 22 NWNW, sec. 22 SESW, sec. 29 Lot 4, sec. 27 SWSW;T.2S R97W sec. 30 SENW;T3S R97W sec. 8 SWNW, sec. 8 NWNE, sec. 8 NESE, sec. 18 SENW, sec. 17 SWNW sec. 17;T3S R98W sec. 11 NWSW, sec. 16 SENE, sec. 15 NWSE, sec. 22 SESE, sec. 22 SWNW, sec. 6 SWSE
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Riata Energy
Initiated 6/5/06
Completed 11/28/06
ExxonMobil proposes 9 wells; PCU 297-13A1-A9 on one pad
Piceance Creek Unit
T2S R97W SWNE sec.13
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
ExxonMobil Production Corp
Initiated 6/30/06
Completed 10/06/06
White River Electric Association proposes 138-kV Power Line Extension

T1S R97W Sec 19; T1S R98W Sec 23, 24, 26-29; T1S R99W Sec 25, 36
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
White River Electric Association (WREA)
Initiated 7/13/06
Completed 11/28/06
Great Northern Gas Company proposes to drill 2 wells; 2-35 and 1-35
T1N R102W Sec 35
Rio Blanco County
 
Great Northern Gas Co.
Initiated 7/24/06
Completed 10/30/06
BOPCo proposes three wells, Yellow Creek Federal 2-22-1, 32-33-1
 
T1S R98W Sec. 2, 32
Yellow Creek (RBC)
 
BOPCo
Initiated 8/20/06
Completed 11/14/06
Northwest Pipeline proposes to Drip 4-1 Rangely to Vernal Pigging Project modification
T2N R103W Sec 22, NE¼NW¼
Dripping Rock Creek (RBC)
 
Northwest Pipeline Corp
Initiated 8/25/06
Completed 11/14/06
XTO Energy Inc. proposes three well pads and associated access roads.

T1S R96W NWNW sec.9 (#1S-96-9-11BP), T2S R95W SENW sec.16 (#2S-95-16-22CP), T2S R95W NWSE sec.16 (#2S-95-16-33DP) Reigan Gulch, Bear Gulch (RBC)
 
XTO Energy
Initiated 8/14/06
Completed 10/25/06
Williams’ proposes Ryan Gulch locations 13-36-198 and 23-6-297
 
T1S R98W Sec. 36 NW¼SW¼ (well 13-36-198), T2S R97W Sec. 6 NE¼SW¼ (well 23-6-297)
Ryan Gulch
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Williams Production RMT Company
Initiated 8/25/06
Completed 11/24/06
Williams’ has submitted 8 APDs; 11-11-298, 12-1-298, 14-25-198, 23-35-198, 31-34-198, 33-24-198, 42-3-298, and 44-23-198
 
T2S R98W Sec 1 SWNW, Sec 11 NWNW, Sec 3 SENE; T1S R98W Sec 25 SWSW, Sec 35 NESW, Sec 34 NWNE, Sec 24 NWSE, Sec 23 SESE
Ryan Gulch and Yellow Creek Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Williams Production RMT Company
Initiated 9/15/06
Completed 01/05/07
Application Permit to Drill (APDs) for 2 wells--2S-95-16-22CP, 2S-95-16-33DP
T2S, R95W, SENW sec.16 (#2S-95-16-22CP), T2S, R95W, NWSE sec.16 (#2S-95-16-33DP)
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
XTO Energy
Initiated 8/14/06
Completed 11/28/06
Application Permit to Drill (APDs) for well #1S-95-20-23CP
T1S, R95W, NESW sec. 20
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
XTO Energy
Initiated 9/17/06
Completed 01/18/07
Application Permit to Drill for 15 wells and Notice of Staking NOS's for 7 wells
T2S R97W sec. 18 (297-18-4) NESW; sec. 19 (297-19-2) NWSE; sec. 31 (297-31-2) SESE; T3S R97W sec. 4 (397-4-1) SENW; sec. 5 (397-5-3) NESE; sec. 8 (397-8-3) NWSW; T2S R98W sec. 13 (298-13-4) SESW sec. 23 (298-23-5) NESE, sec. 24 (298-24-2) NENE; T3S R98W sec. 1 (398-17-3) NENW; sec. 9 (398-9-2) NWSW; sec. 12 (398-12-3) SESE; sec. 15 (398-15-2) NWNW sec. 15 (398-15-1) SWSW; sec. 17 (398-17-1) SWSE; sec. 22 (398-22-3) NWNE, sec. 22 (398-22-1) SWSW; T4S R98W sec. 3 (498-3-4) SENE, sec. 3 (498-3-2) SESW sec. 3 (498-3-3) SWSE; T2S R99W sec. 36 (299-36-2) SENE, sec. 36 (299-36-3) SWSE
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (aka Riata Energy, Inc.)
Initiated 10/03/06
Completed 6/26/07
EnCana Proposes a water pipeline from the F-19 well to the P-14 well
T2S R97W Sec. 33,34; T3S R97W Sec. 3, 4, 8, 14, 15
Willow Creek, Piceance Creek watersheds Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc
Initiated 10/19/06
Completed 04/27/07
EnCana proposes gas & associated water pipelines off RBC Rd 69
T3S R97W Sec 4, 5, 8, 17, 18; T2S R97w Sec 33, 34
Hunter Creek
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc
Initiated 10/25/06
Completed 05/02/07
Genesis proposes APD for Fletcher Gulch 34-41
T2N R100W Sec 34
Fletcher Gulch
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Genesis Gas and Oil, LLC
Initiated 10/30/06
Completed 07/02/07
XTO proposes Notice of Staking for wells #2S-95-14-14AP, & 2S-95-16-24AP
T2S R95W sec.14, 16
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
XTO Energy Inc
Initiated 11/20/06
Completed 03/07/07
Genesis proposes Fletcher Gulch Pipeline
T1N R100W Sec. 3, T2N R100W Sec. 9, 10, 15, 22, 27, 34
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Genesis Gas and Oil, LLC
Initiated 11/29/06
Completed 03/07/07
Land Use Permit for 7 well pads, 61 Geo-hydro Wells
T1S R98W Sec. 32, NESW; T1S R99W, Sec. 24 SENE, Sec. 25 NENE; T2S R98W Sec. 5, SENE, Sec. 8, NWSE; T S R99W Sec. 11, SWNW
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
Initiated 12/27/06
Completed 2/27/07
Right of Way grant for Access to Dalbo water facility
T2N R96W sec. 20 SWSE; sec. 29 W2NE, E2SW, NWSE; sec. 32 E2NW, NESW
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Dalbo Inc.
Initiated 1/10/07
Completed 3/07/07
Starlight proposes APDs on locations 7-43, 8-12, and 21-22
T2N R 96W Sec 7 SWSE; T2N R96W Sec 8 NENW, Sec 21 SENW
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Starlight Operating Company, Inc
Initiated 01/30/07
Completed 04/06/07
Retamco proposes Barcus Creek Wells   1-12 and 2-12
T1N R99W Sec 12, SENW, Sec 12 NENE
Rio Blanco County (RBC)
 
Retamco Operation, Inc
Initiated 01/30/07
Completed 04/11/07
WRFO proposes Canada Thistle Control
Resource Area Wide
Rio Blanco, Garfield & Moffat Counties
 
BLM, WRFO
Initiated 1/29/07
Completed 04/06/07
 
 
XTO proposes a ten acre Amine Plant Site
T2S R96W Sec 7 Lot 23
Hatch Gulch (RBC)
 
XTO Energy, Inc
Initiated 1/22/07
Completed 07/16/07
Slash EV proposes three quarter mile of 2” Pipeline and install stock tank
T4S R97W Sec 18 & 19
Willow Creek (RBC)
 
Slash EV & USDI BLM WRFO  
Initiated 2/5/07
Completed 06/14/07
345 kV power line from Meeker to Enterprise Gas Plant
T1S R95W Sec 2, 11, 15, 22, 28, 32; T2SR95W Sec 5, 6, 8-10; T2S R96W Sec 12-15, 17-18, 20, 22; T2S R97W Sec 2, 3, 11-13; T1S R97W Sec 19, 20, 28, 29, 33, 34
Dry Fork Piceance, Hay Gulch, Ryan Gulch, Horse Draw, Piceance Creek (RBC)
Ryan Gulch ACEC
White River Electric Association
Initiated 2/8/07
Completed 07/20/07
Piceance Seismic Project
T1S R100W 16, 31,32; T1S R98W 29-33; T1S R99W 25, 34-36; T2S R100W 5, 6, 8, 9, 17-19, 21; T2S R101W 1-4, 9, 24-26, 35; T2S R98W 3-10, 16-18;T2S R99W 1-4, 8-16, 22-24; T3S R100W 1, 2
Yellow Creek, Douglas Creek watersheds (RBC)
 
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc
Initiated 2/13/07
Completed 5/22/07 
3Springs Rx Fire Project
T5N R100W Sec. 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 19; T5N R101W Sec  13, 14, 23, 24
Disappointment Draw
Moffat County (MC)
 
USDI-BLM WRFO
Initiated 2/20/07
Completed 9/12/07
Williams' proposed APD for location
32-1-598
T5S R98W Sec 1
Clear Creek
Garfield County (GC)
 
Williams Production RMT
 
 
Initiated 2/27/07
Completed 06/05/07
Cow Canyon Fence to Protect Rock Art
T2S R101W Sec 9
Cow Canyon, Douglas Creek (RBC)
 
USDI-BLM WRFO  
Initiated 2/23/07
Completed 04/19/07
Range Improvement - Road relocation of 535 feet of two-track road
T4S R97W Sec 26 NENE
Stewart Gulch (GC)
 
Oldland Brothers Ranch
Initiated 2/26/07
Completed 05/18/07
Blue Mountain Energy proposes to increase existing coal lease by 840 acres
Red Wash (RBC)
T3N R101W Sec 19, 20, 28
 
Blue Mountain Energy
Completed 07/02/07
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc propose access road to Drill Pad 96-18
T1S R99W Sec 34; T2S R99W Sec 3, 4, 8, 9
Boxelder Gulch (RBC)
 
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.
Initiated 4/04/07
Completed 8/30/07
C & J Field Services proposes well #19-A
T1N R102W Sec3
Stinking Water (RBC)
 
C & J Field Services
Initiated 4/05/07
Completed 9/07/07
USDI- BLM, Mike Lopez/ Shults LLP propose North Dry Fork/S. Rio Blanco Lake Fencing
 
USDI- BLM, Mike Lopez/ Shults LLP
Completed 07/20/07
Four Well Pad Locations G35 496, E06 596, M33 496, M34 496
T4S R96W 35 SWNE T5S R96W 6 SWNW T4S R96W 33 SESW T4S R96W 34 SWSW
Stewart Gulch (GC)
 
ConocoPhillips Company
Initiated 5/01/07
Completed 08/14/07
Three APDs for Wells 43-1-298, 343-1-298, and 32-1-298 T2S R97W Sec 31 NENW; T2S R97W Sec 31 NWNW; T1S R98W Sec 9 NWNE
Fawn Creek, Little Dry Gulch (RBC)
 
Williams Production RMT Co.
Initiated 5/01/07
Completed 9/05/07
APD for Fed.#2S-95-14-14A
T2S R95W Sec 14
Dry Thirteenmile Creek (RBC)
 
XTO Energy Inc.
Initiated 5/15/07
Completed 8/03/07
CO-110-2007-164-EA
Two well locations; N. Barcus Creek Wells 3-12 and 4-12
T1N R99W Sec 12
North Barcus Creek (RBC)
 
Retamco Operation, Inc.
Initiated 5/24/07
Completed 8/7/07
Williams proposes to upgrade existing pipeline
T2S R96W Sec 5, 8, 16, 17, 20, 21, 32; T3S R96W Sec 5, 9, 16, 22, 27, 34; T4S R96W Sec 3
Greasewood, Hatch and Gardenhire Gulches (RBC)
 
Williams Field Services Company LL
Initiated 5/24/07
Completed 9/10/07
Two APDs for Well Pad  11-7-397
T3S, R97W Sec 7
Little Dry Gulch (RBC)
 
Williams Production RMT
Initiated 6/12/07
Completed 9/05/07
CO-110-2007-188-EA
Woody Draw Fence Project
T3S R96W Secs 15, 22, 27
East fork Stewart Gulch (RBC)
 
USDI/BLM, Oldland Brothers Ranch
Initiated 6/19/07
Completed  
Williams' Well 11-31-297 and 24-30-297
T2S R97W Sec 31 NENW
Fawn Creek, Black Sulfur Creek (RBC)
 
Williams Production RMT Co.
Initiated 7/03/07
Completed 8/28/07
Whiting 2 APD's
T2S R98W Sec 27 E/2NE
Black Sulfur Creek (RBC)
 
Whiting
Initiated 7/3/2007 C
ompleted 8/3/07