[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21453-21454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08117]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWY925000.L13400000.PQ0000 20X]
Notice of Availability of the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor
Initiative Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management
Plan Amendments for 9 BLM-Wyoming Resource Management Plans
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Draft Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the proposed Wyoming Pipeline
Corridor Initiative (WPCI) within the BLM Cody, Worland, Buffalo,
Casper, Lander, Pinedale, Kemmerer, Rawlins and Rock Springs field
offices.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS within 90
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes
its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media
releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the DEIS during comment period on
the WPCI ePlanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xpCM. Requests for
information regarding the Draft EIS may be emailed to:
Mail: Heather Schultz, WPCI EIS Project Manager,
[email protected].
Copies of the Draft EIS are available on the project website at:
https://go.usa.gov/xpCMr.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Schultz, Project Manager,
telephone 307-775-6084; address 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne
Wyoming; email [email protected]. Contact Ms. Schultz to add your name
to our mailing list. Persons who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-
8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The
FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or
question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of Wyoming is proposing a pipeline
corridor network reserved for the use and the transport of carbon
dioxide (CO2), enhanced oil recovery (EOR) products and other
compatible uses to be designated on BLM-managed lands in Wyoming
through the land use planning process. The amendments would designate
new corridors reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses, that may support future Carbon Capture Storage
and Utilization (CCUS) projects in the State of Wyoming. The State of
Wyoming proposes that approximately 2,000 miles and 25 segments of
pipeline corridors be designated on BLM-managed lands and in those
associated RMPs. The proposed WPCI corridors are divided into segments
based on proposed width and the regions they will service. The BLM
plans to analyze the State's proposal by preparing an EIS. Based on the
findings of the EIS process, the BLM may amend the nine RMPs containing
lands proposed for pipeline corridors to designate those corridors. If
the BLM were to receive a right-of-way application for CO2 or EOR
product pipelines or related facilities in the future, project specific
NEPA would be completed separately at that time. The purpose of this
public comment process is to determine if relevant issues are addressed
in the scope of the environmental analysis, including alternatives, and
guide the planning process.
The BLM is analyzing four alternatives:
Alternative A: No Action Alternative: Under the no action
alternative no new corridors would be designated, no Resource
Management Plans would be amended, and management of existing corridors
would remain the same.
Alternative B: Proposed Action: Designates new corridors reserved
for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and other compatible uses.
Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of existing corridors would be
reserved for pipelines and facilities associated with CO2, EOR products
and other uses as outlined in the State of Wyoming Proposal. Additional
corridors would be designated both in Sage Grouse Priority Habitat
Management Areas (PHMA) and outside of PHMA as proposed by the state of
Wyoming.
Alternative C: Maintain Existing Management in Existing Corridors
and creates new corridors reserved for CO2, EOR products and other
compatible uses. Routes would be modified or
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eliminated from the Proposal to avoid resource conflicts, Sage Grouse
PHMA, pre-existing rights, existing uses and infrastructure. Use of
existing corridors would be maximized. Management of existing corridors
would remain the same and would not be reserved for the transport of
CO2, EOR products, and other compatible uses. Additional new corridors
(200 ft or 300 ft wide) would be created for the transport of CO2, EOR
products, and other compatible uses. Additional Corridors would be not
be created in Sage Grouse PHMA.
Alternative D: Alternative D is the agency preferred alternative
and dedicates portions of existing corridors and creates new corridors
reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and other compatible
uses. Routes would be modified or eliminated from the Proposal to avoid
resource conflicts, Sage Grouse PHMA, pre-existing rights, existing
uses and infrastructure. Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of existing
corridors would be reserved for the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Additional Corridors would be not be created in
Sage Grouse PHMA.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2
Duane Spencer,
BLM Wyoming State Director.
[FR Doc. 2020-08117 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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