Environmental Impact Statement Cancelled

Converse County Oil and Gas Project

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Converse, Wyoming Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District

Oil and natural gas exploration and development. Approximately 4 percent of project area is on Thunder Basin NG. The lead agency of the EIS is the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service is a cooperating agency.

Location

Northern portion of Converse County, north of Interstate Highway 25. Thunder Basin National Grassland.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
05/16/2014
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/27/2019
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/31/2020
4
Objection Period Start
12/2023 (Estimated)
5
Decision
07/2024 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityOil & Gas - Sec. 390, Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (Sec 390)
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsDouglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 32 through 40 North, Ranges 67 through 76 West, 6th Principal Meridian
Minerals and geology