Casper Field Office

Powder River & Thundercloud Coal Lease Applications

Record of Decision:  Powder River - 20pgs, 1.2mb

Record of Decision:  Thundercloud - 20pgs, 1.2mb 


Federal Register - Notice of Availability - 1pg, 26kb

Final Environmental Impact Statement - complete document, single file; 290pgs, 25.6mb

EIS section-by-section

  • Cover - 2pgs, 512kb
  • Dear Reader Letter - 1pg, 81kb
  • Abstract - 2pgs, 108kb
  • Executive Summary - 19pgs, 1.9mb
  • Table of Contents - 6pgs, 386kb
  • Chapter 1:  Introduction - 16pgs, 1.5mb
  • Chapter 2:  Proposed Action and Alternatives - 20pgs, 2.5mb
  • Chapter 3:  Affected Environment - 69pgs, 6.5mb
  • Chapter 4:  Environmental Consequences - 57pgs, 5.3mb
  • Chapter 5:  Consultation and Coordination - 11pgs, 613kb
  • Chapter 6:  References Cited - 8pgs, 580kb
  • Appendix A:  Federal and State Permitting Requirements and Agencies - 2pgs, 174kb
  • Appendix B:  Unsuitability Criteria for the Powder River and thundercloud Coal Tracts - 3pgs, 303kb
  • Appendix C:  Coal Lease-by-Application Flow Chart - 2pgs, 195kb
  • Appendix D:  BLM Special Coal Lease Stipulations, Forest Service Stipulation, and Form 3400-12 Coal Lease - 9pgs, 755kb
  • Appendix E:  Groundwater Rights Affected by the North Antelope and Rochelle Mines - 2pgs, 134kb
  • Appendix F:  U.S. Forest Service, Region 2, Sensitive Species - 3pgs, 253kb
  • Appendix G:  Selected Plates from "A Study of Techniques to Asses Surface and Groundwater Impacts Associated with Coal Bed Methane and Surface Coal Mining, Little Thunder Creek Drainage, Wyoming"- 5pgs, 711kb
  • Appendix H:  Comment Letters and Responses - 34pgs, 2.5mb