NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-F010-2016-0001-EA
Project Name: Farmington Field Office January 2017 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Project Information 

  • NEPA Number
    DOI-BLM-NM-F010-2016-0001-EA
  • Project Name
    Farmington Field Office January 2017 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale
  • Project Type
    EA
  • NEPA Status
    Completed - Completed
  • Lead Office
    Farmington Field Office
  • Last Updated


Project Description

What's New

January 2017 Lease Sale Final Signed Environmental Assessment
The January 25, 2017 Lease Sale Environmental Assessment, signed Finding of No Significant Impact, and signed Decision Record are now available. 
The Proposed Action is to lease four (4) nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Farmington Field Office, covering 842.66 acres. Standard terms and conditions as well as lease stipulations listed in the BLM Farmington Field Office Resource Management Plan (as amended) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) stipulations per Navajo Area BIA Surface Management Agency Lease Stipulations for Federal Oil and Gas Lease Offerings would apply.

Leasing the federal mineral estate is necessary to prevent the loss of the mineral resource and loss of royalties to the U.S. and the State of New Mexico. Once sold, the lease purchaser has the exclusive right to use as much of the leased lands as is necessary to explore and drill oil and gas within the lease boundaries, subject to the stipulations attached to the lease (43 CFR 3101.1-2).

Oil and gas leases are issued for a 10-year period and continue for as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. If a lessee fails to produce oil and gas, does not make annual rental payments, does not comply with the terms and conditions of the lease, or relinquishes the lease, exclusive right to develop the leasehold reverts to the federal government and the lease can be re-offered in another sale. Drilling of wells on a lease is not permitted until the lease owner or operator secures approval of a drilling permit and a surface use plan specified under Onshore Oil and Gas Orders listed in 43 CFR 3162.

A permit to drill would not be authorized until site-specific NEPA analysis is conducted. Site specific mitigation measures and Best Management Practices (BMPs) would be attached as Conditions of Approval (COAs) for each proposed exploration and development activity authorized on a lease.

For additional information, contact:

Environmental Assessment
Mark Ames
BLM Project Manager
Farmington Field Office
Office phone: (505) 564-7611
Fax: (505) 564-7608
email: [email protected]

Lease Sale
Julieann Serrano
(505) 954-2149
[email protected]

 

Project Location

City State/Territory Zip Code County(ies)
Farmington New Mexico 87401

Application Information

  • Applicant
    n/a
  • Program
    Fluid Minerals (Oil & Gas, Tar Sands, Oil Shale)
  • Sub-Program
    Oil & Gas


Project Dates

  • Start Date
    3/16/2016
  • FONSI Date
    8/29/2017


Project Office Information

  • Lead Office
    Farmington Field Office
  • Offices
    Farmington FO,  Farmington DO


Contacts

  • Contact 1 Name
    James Salas
  • Contact 1 Email
    [email protected]
  • Contact 1 Phone
    (505) 954-2126