*Please revew as dates have changed due to issuance of IM 2018-034 - Updating Oil and Gas Leasing Reform-Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews

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                                                                          Miles City Field Office
                                          June 12, 2018 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Schedule Overview
 
Documents will be posted to the tab on the left as they become available on the publish dates listed below.
 
DOCUMENT                                                            DATE(S) AVAILABLE                                              NOTES/COMMENTS

Public Scoping                                                Publish Date:  November 14, 2017                           Two week public scoping period of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    nominated lease parcels including
   -Nominated Parcels List                              Comment Period:  November 14-28, 2017               the field office’s preliminary
                                                                                                                                                              Recommendations and stipulations.
  -Nominated Parcel Maps                             Submit Comments to:                                                Stipulation summaries, GIS
                                                                           Mail:                                                                           shapefiles, and maps are also
                                                                                    Miles City Field Office                                       provided. This allows the public an
  -GIS Data (Preliminary List)                                     Attention:  Irma Nansel                                   opportunity to provide comments
                                                                                    111 Garryowen Road                                        which are then analyzed and
                                                                                    Miles City, MT 59301-7000                               incorporated into the final
  -Dear Reader Letter (Public Scoping)             Electronic:                                                               environmental analysis as
                                                                                    https://eplanning.blm.gov                                  appropriate.
                                                                                    Advanced Search for NEPA #
                                                                                    DOI-BLM-MT-C020-2018-0005-EA
                                                                                    Click “Documents” 30-Day Public Review                                    Publish Date:  January 8, 2018                                  Thirty day public review and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              comment period of the lease sale
  -Dear Reader Letter (Public Comment)      Comment Period:                                                       Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) 
                                                                         January 8 to February 6, 2018                                      
                                                                                                                                                              
 -Determination of NEPA Adequacy              Submit Comments to:                                              Comments received from the public
                                                                           Mail:                                                                           will be analyzed and incorporated
                                                                           Miles City Field Office                                                into the environmental analysi9s as
                                                                           Attention:  Irma Nansel                                              appropriate.
                                                                           111 Garryowen Road
                                                                           Miles City, MT  59301-7000
 
                                                                        Electronic:
                                                                           https://eplanning.blm.gov
                                                                           Advanced Search for NEPA #
                                                                           DOI-BLM-MT-C020-2018-0005-DNA
                                                                           Click “Documents” Lease Sale Notice and Protest Period           Publish Date:  Arpil 27, 2018                                    The Sale Notice includes a list of all
                                                                                                                                                              Sale parcels, legal descriptions,
                                                                           Protest Period:                                                         applicable stipulations, and
                                                                           April 27 to May 7, 2018                                              questions and answers about the
  -Competitive Sale Notice and List                                                                                                   lease sale process. This section will
                                                                                                                                                              Also include amendments to the
                                                                          Submit Protests to:                                                   original sale notice if changes are
  -Map of Sale Parcels                                      BLM Montana/Dakotas State Director                        made before the sale.
                                                                          5001 Southgate Drive
  -GIS Data                                                        Billings, MT  59101
                                                                          Fax:  406-896-5292
  -Determination of NEPA Adequacy
 
  
Signed Decision Record                                Publish Date:  June 7, 2018                                       Signed Decision Record (DR) and
                                                                                                                                                               DNA for Lease Sale.
  -Decision Record
 
   Sale Results                                                    Publish Date:  June 12, 2018                                      Summary of the lease sale results. It
                                                                                                                                                               includes the total number and
                                                                                                                                                              acreage of parcels sold and the net
                                                                                                                                                              revenue (bonus bids, fees and first-
                                                                                                                                                              year rentals) generated from the  
Public Comment
 
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