The BLM Dillon Field Office and Dillon Ranger District are starting the Environmental Assessment(EA) on Applications for Permit to Drill, submitted by the Lima Exploration Company, LLC.
Location
Two locations are being considered: BLM surface location is Shearing Pen Gulch with access from Big Sheep Creek Road. USFS surface location is White Pine Ridge with access from Little Sheep Creek Road
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
10/30/2015
2
Comment Period
11/25/2019
3
Objection Period Start
05/14/2021
4
Decision
10/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Oil & Gas - Sec. 390, Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (Sec 390) |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Oil |
| Tendoy Project | Decision Signed Date: 10/12/2021 |
| Forests | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest |
| Districts | Dillon Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |