BLM Approves Oil Wells and Mule Deer Guzzlers in Utah
Super Pad 1 Oil Wells:
The BLM Vernal Field Office has issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Super Pad 1 Oil Wells: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0132-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record under which the BLM will authorize four Applications for Permit to Uinta Wax Operating LLC (the applicant) to drill oil wells to produce from Indian Trust minerals. The well pad already exist and are therefore not part of the action subject to the BLM decision. The project location is on split estate lands in Uintah County, Utah, approximately 3.6 linear miles southeast of Roosevelt, Utah, in Section 30, Township 2 South, Range 1 East, U.S.M. The surface is privately owned but the proposed wells would target private (fee), State, and Indian Trust minerals. The decision record can be found at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=71D1B0A4-F57A-F111-AB0E-001DD804183B. For more information, please contact the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400.
Paunsaugunt Mule Deer Habitat Enhancement:
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has issued a decision for the Paunsaugunt Mule Deer Habitat Enhancement project. Th decision authorizes the installation of up to 8 new guzzlers for mule deer within the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources Paunsaugunt deer herd unit (Unit #27). Please visit https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=441F0976-0F86-F111-AB0F-001DD8029ED0 for more information.
The BLM manages about 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.