Decision Memo Completed

Badger Pipeline

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests & Pawnee National Grassland Weld, Colorado Pawnee Ranger District

Forest Supervisor Glenn P. Casamassa has signed a decision memo allowing Noble Energy Inc. (Noble) to construct approx. 2,100 feet (0.40 mile) of buried, 6-inch steel natural gas pipeline on the Pawnee National Grassland.

Location

The pipeline would be located approximately a mile southwest of Keota,Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/10/2013
2
Comment Period
06/10/2013
3
Decision
08/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
DECISION MEMO AMEND AN EXISTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT for NOBLE ENERGY, INCDecision Signed Date: 08/13/2013 Legal Notice Date: 08/22/2013
ForestsArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
DistrictsPawnee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.8N.,R.60W.6th P.M., sec.4 N1/2SE1/4
Special use managementMinerals and geology