NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-CO-0000-2018-0006-OTHER_NEPA
Project Name: December 13, 2018 O&G Lease Sale

Project Information 

  • NEPA Number
    DOI-BLM-CO-0000-2018-0006-OTHER_NEPA
  • Project Name
    December 13, 2018 O&G Lease Sale
  • Project Type
  • NEPA Status
    Completed - Completed
  • Lead Office
    State Office - CO
  • Last Updated


Project Description

What's New

December 2018 BLM Colorado Oil & Gas Lease Sale

Current Parcel Count:  20
Current Acreage:  7,847.250 acres
Colorado Lease Sales | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

December 7, 2018:

BLM Colorado deferred 3 parcels totaling approximately 500 acres from the Dec. 13 oil and gas lease sale.
BLM Colorado is deferring the parcels in the Colorado River Valley Field Office pending the completion of additional analysis.
The sale notice, sale addendum, and other documents are available under the documents section of this website.  
BLM Colorado is considering offering 20 parcels on public lands managed by the BLM at the Dec. 13, 2018 quarterly oil and gas sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com on December 13 at 9 a.m. MST. 


November 2, 2018:
BLM Colorado deferred 58 parcels including 74,516 acres from the Dec. 13 oil and gas lease sale.
BLM Colorado is deferring parcels that contain big game habitat in cooperation with a request from the State of Colorado to delay leasing to allow consideration of further habitat protections. The State of Colorado had also requested leasing in the North Fork Valley be delayed until the Uncompahgre Resource Management Plan is completed. 

The sale notice, sale adendum, and other documents are available under the Documents section of this page. 
BLM Colorado is considering offering 23 parcels on public lands managed by the BLM at the December 13, 2018 quarterly oil and gas sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com on December 13 at 9 a.m. MST. 


October 19, 2018:
BLM Colorado is considering offering 81 parcels on public lands managed by the BLM at the December 13, 2018 quarterly oil and gas sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com on December 13 at 9 a.m. MST.
BLM Colorado is assessing a recent District Court opinion on the Colorado River Valley Field Office Resource Management Plan and its potential impacts on the field office’s parcels for the upcoming sale.

October 19, 2018:
BLM Colorado is moving 142 parcels containing Greater Sage-Grouse habitat totaling approximately 141,478 acres from the December sale.
BLM Colorado is rescheduling the December 6, 2018 lease sale to December 13, 2018. 
Additional information will be posted here and on the BLM Colorado Oil and Gas Lease Sale page as it becomes available.
 
Only Environmental Assessments (EAs) will be available for comments during comment period.  Any parcels that are being evaluated through a Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) document will NOT be available for comments during comment period.

Please click the Documents link to the left to view a PDF showing lands that have been removed from the sale thus far.
 
Please click the Documents link to the left for all December 2018 Documents.

Please Click the Contact Infomation link to the left for December 2018 contacts. 
For questions on specific parcels, please contact the following:
   
     Colorado River Valley, Kremmling, Little Snake, & White River Field Offices
            David Boyd
            (970) 876-9008
            [email protected]
    Uncompahgre & Grand Junction Field Offices
            Shannon Borders
            (970) 240-5399
            [email protected]
    Royal Gorge Field Office
            Brant Porter
            (719) 269-8553
            [email protected]

For general questions please contact:
            [email protected]
            (303) 239-3990
 

Project Location

City State/Territory Zip Code County(ies)
Denver Colorado 80215

Application Information

  • Program
    Fluid Minerals (Oil & Gas, Tar Sands, Oil Shale)
  • Sub-Program
    Oil & Gas


Project Dates

  • Start Date
    6/27/2018


Project Office Information

  • Lead Office
    State Office - CO
  • Offices
    State Office


Contacts

  • Contact 1 Name
    Rebecca Baca
  • Contact 1 Email
    [email protected]
  • Contact 1 Phone
    (303) 239-3780