Authorization of two off-lease operational oil well sites and associated commercial road use. These sites became part of national grassland upon a prior land exchange.
Location
Access by NFS Road 973, NFSR 1400.B, and other connecting routes, within the Antelope Cr. watershed.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
07/2025 (Estimated)
2
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations; Road Maintenance |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Sec. 4, 5, 8, and 9 T40N R69W |