BLM opens public scoping for March 2018 oil and gas lease sale
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(BILLINGS, Mont.) – In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opened a 15-day public scoping period on 110 nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Park, Musselshell, Sweet Grass, Stillwater, Carbon, Chouteau, Liberty, Blaine, Hill, Glacier, Phillips and Valley counties in Montana and McKenzie County in North Dakota. The public scoping period will end on Aug. 29, 2017.
This public scoping process is intended to solicit input on issues, impacts and potential alternatives that the BLM will address in upcoming NEPA documents. This scoping process is only the first of several opportunities for the public to comment on the parcels proposed for inclusion in the March 13, 2018 oil and gas lease sale. The lease sale is tentatively scheduled to be held online at EnergyNet.com, with bidding starting on March 12, 2018 and ending on March 13, 2018. The parcels to be included in the sale are determined after the full public review process.
The scoping letters, parcel lists and maps are available on the BLM e-Planning website at the following sites:
Billings Field Office: http://bit.ly/2wJpFm6
Butte Field Office: http://bit.ly/2wXMsKo
North Central Montana District: http://bit.ly/2vUJmKe
North Dakota Field Office: http://bit.ly/2w43idW
To comment on Montana Parcels, email BLM _MT_Great Falls_Lease_EA@blm.
To comment on North Dakota parcels, email BLM_MT_North_DakotaFO_Lease_
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment; be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations, businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of organizations or businesses will be available for public review.
For more information on Montana parcels, contact Tessa Wallace at 406-791-7768 or Amy Waring at 406-896-5095. For more information on North Dakota parcels, contact Paul Kelley at 701-227-7767.
The BLM manages more than 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.