The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared the Final Supplement to the Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans (FSEIS). This proposed plan amendment is a result of U.S. District Court issued orders dated February 25, 2005, and April 5, 2005, requiring BLM to prepare a Supplemental EIS to evaluate a phased development alternative for coal bed natural gas production. Click here to go to the Final SEIS.
The FSEIS is a reissue of the original BLM 2003 Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans (RMPs) (Statewide Document). With the exception of minor edits, new text supplementing the Statewide Document is shaded gray for easy identification.
The FSEIS was developed in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. It is based on Alternative H, the preferred alternative in the Draft Supplement to the Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans (DSEIS), which was released on February 2, 2007, and the DSEIS SupplementalAir Quality Analysis which was released December 12, 2007. The FSEIS contains the Proposed Plan (Alternative H). Changes between the DSEIS and FSEIS are indicated in text boxes inset at the beginning of each chapter. The FSEIS contains the effects from the proposed plan, a summary of written and verbal comments received during the public review periods on the DSEIS and the supplemented air quality analyses, and a response to comments.
You can also visit BLM's Miles City Field Office home page at
http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/miles_city_field_office.html
Important News
The Final SEIS is complete. Copies of the document are available electronically. A limited supply of hard copies will be available beginning November 17. Contact the Miles City Field Office if you would like a copy (one copy per request). The electronic and hard copies will be available at local repositories (including public libraries) throughout the planning area. Click here to go to the Final SEIS. |
