San Francisco Creek #1 APD

The BLM San Luis Valley Field Office is conducting public scoping for its environmental analysis of the San Francisco Creek #1 Application for Permit to Drill (APD). As part of this process, the BLM is seeking public comments to identify issues that should be included in the analysis of the APD. A public meeting concerning the APD and EA process will be held on Sept. 6 at the Rio Grande County Annex, 945 6th Street, Del Norte, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The meeting will include a presentation by the BLM beginning at 5:30 p.m. 

The APD is for a proposed exploratory oil and gas well that would be drilled on land owned by the Dan A. Hughes Company, approximately five miles south of Del Norte. The federal mineral rights below the private land were leased from the BLM in 2006. 
 
Comments must be received by Sept. 21, 2012, and may be submitted at the public meeting; mailed to the San Luis Valley Public Lands Center, Attention Nicolas Sandoval, 1803 W. Highway 160, Monte Vista, CO 81144; or submitted electronically to BLM_CO_SLVPLC_Comments@blm.gov. 
 
For more information call Paul Tigan or Nicolas Sandoval at 719-852-5941.

Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.

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