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November 19, 2013 Lease Sale InformationBLM is offering a 30 day public comment period on two environmental assessments (EAs) prepared for the November 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale. The public comment period is open from June 14, 2013, to July 15, 2013. All comments must be received by 4:30 pm on July 15, 2013. Written comments for the Vernal EA may be mailed to: Written comments for the Price EA may be mailed to: Please refer to "November 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale" in the subject line of your correspondence. To be most helpful, your comments should be submitted before the close of the comment period. 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. BLM is utilizing and coordinating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) public participation requirements to assist the agency in satisfying the public involvement requirements under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470(f) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3)). The information about historic and cultural resources within the area potentially affected by the proposed lease sale will assist the BLM in identifying and evaluating impacts to such resources in the context of both NEPA and Section 106 of the NHPA. The associated EAs and unsigned findings of no significant impact (FONSIs) for the November 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale is available on Utah BLM's Environmental Notification Bulletin Board (ENBB). Search the ENBB as follows:
August 20, 2013 Lease Sale InformationThe August 2013 Notice of Competitive Lease Sale (NCLS) protest period is from May 17, 2013, to June 17, 2013. The public comment period on the environmental assessment (EA) closed on April 26, 2013. Written protests may be mailed or faxed (801-539-4237) to the Utah State Office, attention Justin Abernathy by 4:30 pm on June 17, 2013. Specific instructions for filing a protest are contained within the NCLS. The NCLS can be accessed on this oil and gas leasing webpage or at the Utah State Office's public room. Sale Information
The associated environmental assessment and unsigned findings of no significant impact (FONSI) for the August 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale is available on Utah BLM's Environmental Notification Bulletin Board (ENBB). Search the ENBB as follows:
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LEASING REFORM Washington Office IM 2010-117 establishes new guidance for oil and gas leasing. Utah will implement the new guidance by rotating lease sales based on District Office boundaries. BLM Utah conducts oil and gas lease sales quarterly in accordance with federal law. Lease parcels are made up of lands that have been determined to be open for leasing through BLM’s land use planning process, and are either nominated or requested by the public. Once parcels are leased, operators are required to submit exploration or development proposals to BLM who conducts an environmental analysis and applies measures to mitigate impacts before work begins. Half of the royalties from mineral development and leasing goes back to the States. Not all lands that are leased become developed. Leasing enables companies to secure rights to mineral resources before investing in geophysical testing and other kinds of exploratory techniques to determine if development is economically feasible. Less than one percent of all BLM-lands is developed for oil and gas resources. 2013
2014 February 18, 2014 Canyon Country District Office May 20, 2014 Color Country District Office
Sales will begin at 9:00 a.m. * EOI is an "Expression of Interest." Parcels are considered for a sale if the EOIs are submitted before the cutoff date.
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