| Document(s) | Date(s) Available | Notes/Comments |
30 Day Public Scoping Nominated Parcels List Nominated Parcel Maps GIS Data (Preliminary List) Dear Reader Letter (Public Scoping) | Publish Date: March 14, 2025 Scoping Period: 30 Days Submit Comments to: *Electronically: See Documents, Appendix A *Mail: Bureau of Land Management
Montana/Dakotas State Office
Branch of Fluid Minerals
Attn: Hattie Payne
5001 Southgate Drive
Billings, MT 59101 Contact: Hattie Payne (701) 260-4997 [email protected], [email protected]
| Thirty-day public scoping period of nominated lease
parcels including the field office's preliminary
recommendations and stipulations. Stipulation summaries, GIS shapefiles, and maps are also provided.
This allows the public an opportunity to provide
comments which are then analyzed and incorporated into
the final environmental analysis as appropriate. |
30 Day Public Review
Dear Reader Letter (Public Comment)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Unsigned FONSI
| Publish Date: May 19, 2025
Comment Period: 30 days
Submit Comments to:
*Electronically: See Documents, Environmental Assessment (EA)
*Mail: Bureau of Land Management
Montana/Dakotas State Office
Branch of Fluid Minerals
Attn: Hattie Payne
5001 Southgate Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Contact: Hattie Payne (701) 260-4997 [email protected], [email protected]
| Thirty-day public review and comment period of the
lease sale Environmental Assessment (EA) and the
unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
Comments received from the public will be analyzed and
incorporated into the environmental analysis as appropriate.
|
Lease Sale Notice and Protest Period
Competitive Sale Notice and List
Map of Sale Parcels
GIS Data
Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
Finding of No Significant Impact (Unsigned)
| Publish Date: August 19, 2025 Protest Period: 30 days Submit Protests to:
*Electronically: See Documents, Final EA
*Mail: Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office
Attn: State Director
5001 Southgate Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Or Fax: 406-896-5292
| The Sale Notice includes a list of all sale parcels,
legal descriptions, applicable stipulations, and
questions and answers about the lease sale process.
This section will also include amendments to the original
sale notice if changes are made before the sale.
|
Decision Record Environmental Assessment Signed FONSI | Publish Date: October 21, 2025
| Signed Decision Record (DR) and FONSI for Leasing EA and Lease Sale |
Protests
| Publish Date: October 21, 2025
| Resolution
|
Sale Date Sale Results | Sale Date: October 21, 2025 Publish Date: October 21 or 22, 2025 | Summary of the lease sale results. This includes the total number and acreage of parcels sold and the net revenue (bonus bids, fees, and first-year rentals) generated from the sale. |
