BLM seeks comments for proposed oil development plan near Grand Junction
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – In keeping with the Administration’s America First Energy Plan, the Bureau of Land Management today released an updated environmental assessment of a proposed oil development project 15 miles southeast of Grand Junction for public review.
Fram Operating, LLC’s Whitewater Master Development Plan proposes 108 new oil wells on 12 new well pads over a period of four years. Eleven of the well pads would be on BLM-administered lands. One well pad would be on private surface drilling into federal minerals (split estate). Fram estimates the project would produce up to 8.7 million barrels of oil over 20 years. Construction and year-round production would provide about 70 jobs.
The BLM completes MDPs to better analyze and mitigate potential impacts for large-scale, multi-year oil and gas development, instead of analyzing projects on a well-by-well basis. MDPs let the agency take a broader look at impacts from well pads, pipelines and roads and streamline the process by providing a detailed analysis of the proposal on a project-scale.
Fram originally submitted the MDP proposal to the BLM in 2011. The updated environmental assessment includes a detailed analysis of hydraulic fracturing.
The amended EA and associated maps are available online at http://bit.ly/2ttMDMH
Please submit comments by July 28, 2017. Written comments and questions should be directed to the Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Whitewater MDP, 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652 or submitted electronically to blm_co_si_mail@blm.gov.
Before including your address, phone number, email address or other personal identifying information in your comment, 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.
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.