Project Name: Miles City Field Office RMP Supplemental EIS/Plan Amendment

NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-MT-C020-2022-0086-RMP-EIS

Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-MT-C020-2022-0086-RMP-EIS
Project Name

Miles City Field Office RMP Supplemental EIS/Plan Amendment
Project Type

RMP Amendment - EIS
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Miles City Field Office
Last Updated

Project Description

BLM Montana/Dakotas has prepared a Supplemental EIS and potential Resource Management Plan Amendments due to a court order issued by the United States District Court of Montana (Western Organization of Resource Councils, et al. v. BLM; CV 4:20-CV00076-GF-BMM; 8/3/2022).  Pursuant to the Order, the BLM completed a new coal screening and remedial NEPA analysis that considers no-leasing and limited coal leasing alternatives and discloses the public health impacts (both climate and non-climate) of burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) from the planning area. The Supplemental EIS and potential Resource Management Plan Amendment alternatives vary the amount of BLM-administered federal coal authorized to be available for leasing within the planning area.

What's New

On December 11, 2025, in accordance with the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 801-808, the President signed a joint resolution into law disapproving the November 2024 Miles City Field Office Resource Management Plan Amendment. Pub. L. No. 119-48. A rule nullified under the Congressional Review Act must be treated as though it had never taken effect. As such, the 2024 RMP Amendment should be treated as though it never took effect and the 2015 Miles City Field Office Resource Management Plan, as amended in January 2021 and as otherwise amended, except as by the disapproved amendment, is now in effect for the Miles City Planning Area.

The January 2021 Record of Decision is available at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/116998/510

List of Events

Draft EIS Publication

Initial Scheduled Date

5/5/2023
Actual Date

5/5/2023

Final EIS Publication

Initial Scheduled Date

5/17/2024
Actual Date

5/17/2024

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Miles City	Montana	59301	Custer County

Application Information

Project Dates

Start Date

9/1/2022
Decision Date

11/19/2024

Notice of Intent Publication

NOI Publication Date

9/30/2022

Record of Decision Publication

Initial Scheduled Date

12/3/2024
Actual Date

11/19/2024

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Miles City Field Office
Offices

Miles City FO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Irma Nansel
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(406) 233-3653