NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-F010-2019-0103-EA
Project Name: February 2020 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Farmington Field Office

Documents

Update (12/20/2023): This supplemental analysis to the Farmington Field Office (FFO) February 2020 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Environmental Assessment (EA) (DOI-BLM-NMA010-2019-0103-EA) is the result of 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 EA (December 30, 2020) and the accompanying supplement (July 31, 2022) 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 EA and the supplemental analyses previously approved in December 2020 and July 2022 and accompanies the Final EA and the associated, new Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and a new Decision Record. This supplemental analysis, together with the analysis from July 2022 and the Final EA, constitute the final NEPA documentation (when finalized) for the FFO February 2020 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. 

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On April 5, 2022, the BLM entered into a settlement agreement in the case of Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment v. BLM, No. CV 20-673 KG/JHR (D.N.M.), in which the BLM agreed to review the adequacy of the NEPA analyses underlying the challenged leasing decisions. This supplemental analysis to the Farmington Field Office (FFO) February 2020 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Environmental Assessment (EA) (DOI-BLM-NMA010-2019-0103-EA) is the result of 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 EA and accompanying supplement (12/30/2020) 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 EA and the supplemental analysis previously approved in December 2020 and accompanies the Final EA and the associated, new Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record (DR). This supplemental analysis and the Final EA, together, constitute the final National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation for the FFO February 2020 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale.
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Final NEPA Documents associated with the February 2020 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale (prior to the on-going supplemental analysis) can be obtained via the BLM New Mexico NEPA project homepage (DOI-BLM-NM-0000-2019-0007-OTHER_NEPA).

For maps of the nominated parcels, visit the BLM New Mexico Public Web Map for the February 2020 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. To view the parcels specific to this lease sale on the web map site, click on the stack of paper (layers) icon in the top right corner of the page and select the layers that begin with 02/2020.