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2012 November Oil and Gas Lease Sale

On May 23, the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office released a preliminary environmental assessment analyzing the proposed sale of oil and gas leases on 48 parcels totaling 21,088 acres of public mineral estate in Elbert, Morgan, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers, and Yuma counties.

The EA analyzes whether these parcels will be offered for competitive leasing to allow exploration and development of federal oil and gas resources. There are three alternatives analyzed within the EA including offering all of the nominated parcels for sale, offering a subset of the parcels for sale or not offering any parcels.

Written comments must be received by June 22, and may be submitted via e-mail to BLM_CO_RG_Comments@blm.gov or by mail to BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, 3028 East Main, Cañon City, Colorado, 81212. The most effective comments refer to a specific parcel and its associated resources.

All comments must be submitted in writing and may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Mail
BLM RGFO
Attn: Draft Oil & Gas EA 
3028 E. Main St.
Cañon City, CO 81212

Email
BLM_CO_RG_Comments@blm.gov

If sending by email, please put Oil & Gas Lease Sale in the subject line.

 

 

 

 

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment be advised 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 from public view your personal information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

November 2012 Oil and Gas Lease sale Overview Map (Click map to view)

 

Other helpful materials and information

 

Preliminary Environmental Assessment materials