Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplement to a Final Environmental Impact Statement; Colorado and New Mexico

요약

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is initiating the preparation of a Supplement (supplement) to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the TransColorado Gas Transmission Company (TransColorado) pipeline project on federal lands in Colorado and New Mexico. TransColorado is the proponent. Lands managed by the BLM in the Montrose, Craig, and Grand Junction Districts in Colorado, and the Farmington District in New Mexico, and the USFS in the Uncompahgre and San Juan National Forests, Colorado, are crossed by the TransColorado pipeline project. The supplement will address the environmental impacts of the construction, operation, maintenance, and ultimate abandonment of known proposed route changes and minor realignments (less than 100 ft.) of portions the approved pipeline and right-of-way (ROW) grant COC-51280, and the impacts of the proposed construction and use of known additional temporary work areas adjacent to the approved ROW or, proposed ROW route changes or minor realignments. The supplement will also address the impacts of the