Decision Memo Completed

Newfield Exploration Company PDU BIRCH #B1 Gas Well

National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Shelby, Texas Sabine Ranger District

Approval of the Surface Use Plan of Operations for an Application for Permit to Drill submitted to the Bureau of Land Management by Newfield Exploration Comapny for a natural gas well.

Location

Administrative Compartment 9

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/18/2011
2
Decision
01/2012 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (17), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(17)
Special AuthorityOil & Gas - Sec. 390, Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (Sec 390)
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Newfield Exploration Company Mineral Proposal PDU BIRCH #B1 Compartment 9Decision Signed Date: 01/09/2012
ForestsNational Forests In Texas
DistrictsSabine Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTract S-1a-I, Survey B.H. Simpson Survey A-635 and J. Beauchamp Survey A-42
Minerals and geologySpecial use management