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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-CO-0000-2025-0002-EA
Project Name: CO December 2025 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale

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December 8, 2025: BLM Colorado received twelve timely protests via ePlanning. One protesting all parcels, six protesting one parcel in the Little Snake Field Office, and five did not specify any parcels. Protests received outside of the proper channels or not within the timeframe will be added to the administrative record. The resolution of the protests is pending.

30-Day Public Protest Period (10/10/2025 - 11/09/2025)

The public protest period is closed.

A Protest must include the following information to be accepted:

Inclusion of the name and address of the protesting party.
If the party signing the protest is doing so on behalf of an association, partnership, or corporation (group), the signing party must reveal the relationship between the party and the group. An individual member of a group cannot submit a protest in the group's name without authorization of the group.
Reference to the specific parcel number(s) being protested.
Disclosure of the party's interest in the parcel(s).
Inclusion of a statement of reason(s) to support the protest of the specific parcel(s).

In addition, when the BLM provides an opportunity for public protest during its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and decision-making process, a party may raise only those issues it raised in its prior participation or issues that arose after the close of the opportunity for such participation. See, e.g., Dept. of Transp. V. Public Citizen, 541 U.S 752, 764 (2008); Western Watersheds Project, 188 IBLA 234, 248-249 (2016). Where a party has not raised any objections during the public involvement opportunities during the NEPA process and does not raise any novel issues that arose after the NEPA process, the party will have forfeited the objections they raise for the first time at the protest and their protests will be dismissed.

To the extent you submit exhibits or attachments to any submitted public comment, you must provide a summary of the attached documents and explain why they are important for us to consider. If the submittal fails to include the requested summary, BLM may not consider any information in the exhibits or attachments during its decision-making process.

Any protest, including names and street addresses, submitted will be made available for public review. Individuals submitting a protest may request their personal identifiable information be withheld from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, by prominently stating this request at the beginning of the protest. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All protests received from associations, partnerships, corporations (groups) or individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of a group, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety.

Only if you do not have access to a computer, protests may be submitted in writing to the appropriate address below:

Mailing Address: Physical Address:

BLM - Colorado State Office BLM - Colorado State Office

Attn: 922 Lease Sale Protests Attn: 922 Lease Sale Protests

P.O. Box 151029 Denver Federal Center – Building 40

Lakewood, CO 80215 Lakewood, CO 80215

Protests submitted in writing must be received by the close of the public protest period. Please allow ample time as exceptions will not be made for late submissions.

Protests are only accepted through the ePlanning system or through the mail for those without access to a computer. Any other methods (i.e. email, fax, etc.) will not be accepted.

Associated Plans:

Resource Management Plan Amendment for Big Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018400/510

1997 White River Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/65266/510

2015 White River Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for Oil and Gas Development

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/65266/510

2015 Grand Junction Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/55944/510

2024 Grand Junction Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2016085/510

Kremmling Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan