Public Comment Period Now Open (04/22/2024 through 05/21/2024)

On January 29, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a decision regarding the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) January 2021 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale (January 2021). The decision was challenged in Citizens Caring for the Future v. Deb Haaland, Case No. 2:23-cv-60 (District of New Mexico) (Citizens Caring). The lawsuit is pending as to the parcels undergoing supplemental review.

This supplemental analysis (SA) to the CFO January 2021 environmental assessment (EA) (DOI-BLM-NM-P020-2020-1128-EA) is the result of the BLM’s review of the subject NEPA analysis and provides information, data, and/or analyses that are: 1) new since work was completed on the final January 2021 EA, and 2) substantive and relevant to the BLM’s informed decision making and public disclosure process. This supplemental analysis replaces the analysis of the same issues in the final January 2021 EA and accompanies the final EA and the associated, new finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and decision record (DR). This supplemental analysis, together with the analysis from the final January 2021 EA, constitutes the final NEPA documentation for the CFO January 2021 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale.

The BLM is offering a 30-day public comment period on this analysis. The comment period will begin April 22, 2024 and conclude May 21, 2024. To comment, head to "Participate Now"."