Federal Register: April 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 63)
DOCID: fr01ap08-72 FR Doc E8-6645
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Land Management Bureau
WO ID: [WO-320-08-1310-DT-OSHL]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr01ap08-72
ACTION: Environment Impact Statement:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of reopening of public comment period.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Reopening of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resource Management Plan Amendments To Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
DATES: The original notice issued December 21, 2007, provided for a comment period to end on March 20, 2008. BLM is reopening the comment period until April 21, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the reopening of
the public comment period for the, ``Draft Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resource Management Plan Amendments to Address Land Use
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Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement.'' This draft national programmatic EIS
addresses lands that may eventually be available for oil shale and tar
sands leasing on public lands administered by BLM in Colorado, Utah and
Wyoming.
SUMMARY:
Draft Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resource Management Plan Amendments; Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; Comment Period,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The original Notice of Availability, issued
on December 21, 2007, provided for comments on the Draft EIS to be
received through March 20, 2008. Several individuals and groups
requested an extension of the comment period. BLM has decided to reopen
the comment period, therefore, comments on the Draft PEIS will now be accepted through April 21, 2008.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
Robert M. Anderson,
Deputy Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty Management.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Sherri Thompson, Project Manager, Bureau of Land Management, at (303) 2393758, (sherri thompson@blm.gov), Bureau of Land Management, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, or Mitchell Leverette, BLM Division Chief, Solid Minerals, at (202) 4520351, (mitchell_leverette@blm.gov), Bureau of Land Management, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.