Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 04/10/1996

Notice of Availability of Draft Price Coalbed Methane Environmental Impact Statement

In accordance with Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has been prepared for the Price Coalbed Methane Project and is available for distribution to the public. River Gas Corporation of Northport, Alabama proposes to develop a coalbed methane (CBM) gas production field in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah. The proposed project would involve the construction (wellpads), drilling, and completion/stimulation of 601 CBM gas wells and associated access roads, pipelines, and electrical distribution lines over approximately a 10-year period within an approximately 290- square mile project area. Life of project would be approximately 30 years. A maximum of four CBM gas wells per square mile (160-acre spacing) would be developed on leased acreage (Federal, state, and private) in accordance with procedures and guidelines of the Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Copies of the DEIS will be available at libraries in Moab, Price, and Castle Dale, Utah. Copies will also be available from the Moab District Office, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, Utah 84532, the Price BLM Office, 125 South 600 West