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[Federal Register: February 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-070-1310-EJ]

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Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact=20
Statement for the West Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas Full Field=20
Development Plan, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Draft=20
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the West Tavaputs Plateau=20
Natural Gas Full Field Development Plan prepared pursuant to the=20
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The DEIS evaluates=20
the impacts of development of natural gas resources on approximately=20
137,700 acres of public, state, and private lands on the West Tavaputs=20
Plateau in Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah. This NEPA analysis will=20
provide a basis for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to amend the=20
applicable land use plan per 43 CFR 1610 if necessary.

DATES: The 90-day public review and comment period of the DEIS will=20
commence on the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its=20
notice of availability in the Federal Register. Comments must be=20
submitted to the Price Field Office during this period to assure their=20
consideration. Public open house meetings will be held in Price,=20
Roosevelt, and in the Salt Lake City area to assist the public in its=20
review of the DEIS and to accept written comments. Notice of these=20
meetings will be publicized through various media, including the Utah=20
BLM Environmental Notification Bulletin Board, at least 15 days prior=20
to the meetings.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments to: Bureau of Land Management,=20
Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, Utah 84501, Attn: West=20
Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas Full Field Development Plan DEIS, or=20
submit them electronically at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=
=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/=
fo/price/energy/oil_gas/.
 Comments and information submitted on the DEIS,=20

including names, e-mail addresses, and street addresses of respondents,=20
will be available for public review and disclosure at the above=20
address. All comment submittals must include the commenter's name and=20
street address. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail=20
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you=20
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal=20
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time.=20
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal=20
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we=20
will be able to do so.

FOR FURTHER INROMATION CONTACT: Brad Higdon, Environmental Coordinator,=20
Price Field Office at (435) 636-3613. The West Tavaputs Plateau Natural=20
Gas Full Field Development Plan DEIS is available online at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=
=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/=
fo/price/energy/oil_gas/
 or at the Price Field=20

Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS evaluates a proposal by Bill=20
Barrett Corporation and other operators to develop up to 807 natural=20
gas wells on approximately 538 well pads within the 137,700 acre=20
project area. The development plan proposal also includes a network of=20
access roads, production facilities, and other operational=20
infrastructure.
    To address potential effects on the multiple resources which make=20
up the affected environment, the BLM, in coordination with its=20
cooperating agencies, has developed five alternatives in the DEIS. The=20
alternatives include a No Action Alternative, the Proposed Action, a=20
Transportation Impact Reduction Alternative, a Conservation=20
Alternative, and an Agency Preferred Alternative, which includes=20
components from each of the former alternatives. The alternatives=20
incorporate best management practices for oil and gas development and=20
other measures necessary to adequately

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address impacts to transportation, public safety, cultural resources,=20
recreational opportunities, Wilderness Study Areas (WSA), non-WSA lands=20
with wilderness characteristics, areas proposed for designation as=20
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, wildlife, Threatened and=20
Endangered Species, visual resources, air quality, and other relevant=20
issues.
    If components of the Proposed Action conflict with the Price River=20
Management Framework Plan, the BLM must consider whether or not to=20
amend the plan as part of its decision on full field development. A=20
plan amendment would be necessary if the BLM, as part of its decision,=20
approves an action that does not conform to the plan. Therefore, the=20
DEIS discloses which full field development activities would not be in=20
conformance with the plan and identifies which land use plan decisions=20
would be amended.

Selma Sierra,
Utah State Director.
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