BLM Holds Open House for the Normally Pressured Lance Natural Gas Development Project

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BLM Wyoming

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High Desert District Office

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PINEDALE, Wyo. – The BLM is holding two open houses to discuss the Normally Pressured Lance Natural Gas Development Project with local communities and take public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement released last week.

Open houses are being held at the following locations and times:

  • July 25, 2017, at the BLM in Pinedale, Wyoming, 1625 West Pine Street, from 4:30 -7:30 p.m.
  • July 26, 2017, at the BLM in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 280 Highway 191 North, from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.

The NPL project is located immediately south and west of the existing Jonah Gas Field in Sublette County, Wyoming.  The project area lies within the BLM Wyoming’s High Desert District (HDD) and spans the Pinedale Field Office (PFO) in the north and Rock Springs Field Office (RSFO) to the south. Jonah Energy LLC is proposing up to 3,500 directionally drilled wells over a 10-year period that could unlock 5.25 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of natural gas.  All alternatives in the NPL DEIS conform to the Pinedale Field Office Resource Management Plan Record of Decision (2008), as amended, and the Green River Resource Management Plan Record of Decision (1997).  The project encompasses approximately 141,000 acres of public, State, and private lands. Approximately 96 percent of the project area is on public lands.

Comments must be received by August 21, 2017 (45 days after publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register) and can be mailed to NPL EIS Project Manager, BLM Pinedale Field Office, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, WY 82941 or emailed to blm_wy_npl_eis@blm.gov.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment - including your personal identifying information - may be publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

A copy of the entire Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is available at http://tinyurl.com/hloulms.

Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the individuals below during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the below individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

For more information, please contact Liz Dailey at 307-367-5310, or email at blm_wy_npl_eis@blm.gov.


The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.