Environmental Documents

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Grazing Permit EAs

The Ridgecrest, California Field Office of the BLM has the following four (4) Environmental Assessments (EAs), having to do with permitting cattle grazing on public land. The public is invited to comment in writing through the close of business (4:00 pm) on August 5, 2008.  Please e-mail Comments to Sam Fitton @blm.gov or write and mail comments to:

Bureau of Land Management
Ridgecrest Field Office
Attn: Sam Fitton
300 S. Richmond Rd.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Hansen Common Allotment EA, Allotment Map, Desert Tortoise Range Map, Grazing Areas Map, Range Improvements Map.

Hunter Mountain EA, Allotment Map.

Tunawee Common EA, Allotment Map, Range Improvements.

Walker Pass Common EA, Allotment Map, Range Improvement Maps

Desert Tortoise Range, Mojave Ground Squirrel Range

Deep Rose Geothermal Exploration Well Project
The Right-of-Way Offer (pdf, 290 kb) for the Deep Rose Geothermal Exploration Well Project has been signed. A joint document consisting of DOGGR - Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and the BLM - Environmental Assessment related to Deep Rose Geothermal Exploration Well Project located in Inyo County.E-mail questions or comments to Mike Hogan, or by writing to:

Bureau of Land Management
Attn: Mike Hogan - Deep Rose Project
300 S. Richmond Road
Ridgecrest, CA 93555 

Whenever BLM or anyone else proposes a project on public lands managed by the BLM, the project must be analyzed to determine how it will affect the environment. Listed below are the four possible levels of environmental analysis:

AD - Administration Determination: An administrator determines that the project is already covered by an earlier analysis.

CX - Categorical Exclusion: The project falls into one of several categories of minor, routine projects excluded from needing more analysis.

DNA - Determination of NEPA Adequacy: Existing environmental documentation should be used whenever possible. If previous documents fully encompass the current proposed action, then no further review is needed. This finding should be documented. If the proposed action is partially covered by prior documents, a new NEPA review must be undertaken, but can incorporate those earlier documents by reference

EA - Environmental Assessment: The project is analyzed to see how it may affect the environment. This leads to a Finding of No significant Impact (FONSI) or, if the EA shows a significant impact is likely, an EIS is done.

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement: A detailed study is done and a report is written stating what the environmental impacts would be, and how they can be avoided or mitigated.

FY 2008 Environmental Documents

FY 2007 Environmental Documents

FY 2006 Environmental Documents

FY 2005 Environmental Documents

FY 2004 Environmental Documents

FY 2003 Environmental Documents

FY 2002 Environmental Documents

FY 2001 Environmental Documents

FY 2000 Environmental Documents