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Hs Resources, Inc., Natural Gas Exploration Project, Finding Of No Significant Impact Decision Record, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Record of Decisions (WY)

HS Resources Incorporated and Lario Oil and Gas Company (HS Resources) propose to drill three natural gas exploration wells (one discovery, one confirmation, and one delineation well) on public lands in the Essex Mountain area located east of the Sand Dunes Wilderness Study Area (WSA) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming (see Maps 1-1 and 1-2). These public lands are administered by the Green River Resource Area (GRRA), Rock Springs District of the Bureau of Land Management.

Mcmurry Oil Company Jonah Prospect Field Natural Gas Development Environmental Assessment, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Environmental Assessments (WY)

The U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), prepared this Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate and disclose potential environmental impacts of development of a new natural gas field known as the Jonah Prospect Field (Jonah Field, project area). McMurry Oil Company (McMurry) proposes to drill 40 natural gas wells and construct associated well pads, access roads, gathering and sales pipeline systems; expand an existing compressor station; and include a wareyard at their existing office site.

Questar Pipeline Company, Environmental Assessment For The Birch Creek Natural Gas Pipeline, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Environmental Assessments (WY)

Questar Pipeline Company (Questar) is a natural gas pipeline transportation company that operates more than 2,400 miles of transmission and gathering pipelines in northwestern Colorado, southwestern Wyoming, and northern and central Utah and who, through its interconnections with other major pipeline, provides customers with gas gathering, transportation, and storage services. Questar has applied to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Rock Springs District, for approval to construct the Birch Creek Pipeline in southwestern Sublette County, eastern Lincoln County, and northwestern Sweetwater County, Wyoming (Figure 1.1). The proposed pipeline would be a gathering line for existing and future natural gas fields …

Oil And Gas Leasing On The Thunder Basin National Grassland Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Forest Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

This Final Environmental Impact Statement was conducted to analyze what lands on the Medicine Bow National Forest, Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast Wyoming could be available for leasing and what conditions could be attached to future leases. Seven alternatives are described, and potential effects are disclosed and evaluated. These alternatives represent possible ways to manage oil and gas leasing on 520,000 acres that are available for leasing. The alternatives are: ALTERNATIVE 1, Leasing consistent with the Forest Plan (No Action); ALTERNATIVE 2, Leasing with standard and special stipulations, consistent with the Forest Plan; ALTERNATIVE 3, Leasing with standard and …

Agenda: Natural Resource Development In Indian Country, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors David H. Getches, Charles F. Wilkinson, Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Richard B. Collins.

Indian reservations constitute about 2.5% of all land in the country and 5% of all land in the American West. During the last two decades, Indian natural resources issues have moved to the forefront as tribal governments have dramatically expanded their regulatory programs, judicial systems. and resource development activities. This major symposium will address current developments and assess likely future directions in the areas of tribal, federal, and state regulation; tribal-state intergovernmental agreements; financing; mineral …

Agenda: Public Lands Mineral Leasing: Issues And Directions, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Public Lands Mineral Leasing: Issues and Directions (Summer Conference, June 10-11)

University of Colorado School of Law professor Lawrence J. MacDonnell served as the conference organizer and as a member of the faculty.

Federal leasing programs, especially for oil and gas and coal, have been undergoing important changes in recent years. This conference will provide an overview and an update for those involved in public lands mineral development. Significant new issues also will be addressed.