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DATES: A person or party who wishes to 

protest this decision must file a notice 

of protest in time for it to be received 

in the BLM Montana State Office no 

later than 30 days after the date of this 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be 

obtained from the Public Room at the 

BLM Montana State Office, 5001 

Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 

59101, upon required payment. The 

plats may be viewed at this location at 

no cost. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Alexander, BLM Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor for Montana; telephone: (406) 

896–5123; email: jalexand@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at (800) 

877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 2 S., R. 42 E. 

secs. 29 and 30. 

T. 26 N., R. 44 E. 

secs. 10 and 15. 

T. 27 N., R. 47 E. 

secs. 21, 28, 29, and 33. 

T. 27 N., R. 50 E. 

secs. 17, 19, and 20. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest an official filing of a plat of 

survey identified above must file a 

written notice of protest with the BLM 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana at 

the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The notice of 

protest must identify the plat(s) of 

survey that the person or party wishes 

to protest. The notice of protest must be 

received in the BLM Montana State 

Office no later than the scheduled date 

of the proposed official filing for the 

plat(s) of survey being protested; if 

received after regular business hours, a 

notice of protest will be considered filed 

the next business day. A written 

statement of reasons in support of the 

protest, if not filed with the notice of 

protest, must be filed with the BLM 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana 

within 30 calendar days after the notice 

of protest is received. 

If a notice of protest of the plat(s) of 

survey is received prior to the 

scheduled date of official filing or 

during the 10 calendar day grace period 

provided in 43 CFR 4.401(a) and the 

delay in filing is waived, the official 

filing of the plat(s) of survey identified 

in the notice of protest will be stayed 

pending consideration of the protest. A 

plat of survey will not be officially filed 

until the next business day after all 

timely protests have been dismissed or 

otherwise resolved, including appeals. 

If a notice of protest is received after 

the scheduled date of official filing and 

the 10 calendar day grace period 

provided in 43 CFR 4.401(a), the notice 

of protest will be untimely, may not be 

considered, and may be dismissed. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

you should be aware that the documents 

you submit—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available in their entirety at 

any time. While you can ask us to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. chapter 3. 

Joshua F. Alexander, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYD04000–L51010000–ER0000– 

LVRWK16K1600 16X] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Riley Ridge to Natrona Project, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended, and the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Rock Springs Field Office has prepared 

a final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Riley Ridge to Natrona 

Project (RRNP or Project) and by this 

notice announces a 30-day availability 

period before making any final 

decisions. 

DATES: The BLM will not issue a final 

decision on the proposal for a minimum 

of 30 days after the date on which the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the final EIS in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final EIS have 

been sent to affected Federal, State, and 

local governments; public libraries in 

the Project area; and interested parties 

that previously requested a copy. The 

final EIS and other supporting 

documents will be available 

electronically on the following BLM 

website: https://go.usa.gov/xPfkk. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Mackiewicz, BLM Senior National 

Project Manager, telephone 435–636– 

3616; address 280 Highway 191 North, 

Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901; email 

BLM_WY_RRNP@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

speak with Mr. Mackiewicz during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question for the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

is responding to four applications for 

right-of-way grants submitted by 

Denbury Green Pipeline-Riley Ridge, 

LLC (Denbury) and PacifiCorp, doing 

business as Rocky Mountain Power 

(collectively referred to as the 

Applicant), to the BLM for the Project. 

Denbury submitted an ‘‘Application for 

Transportation and Utility Systems and 

Facilities on Federal Lands’’ (Standard 

Form 299) to the BLM for two 

underground pipeline projects: (1) The 

Riley Ridge Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 

Pipeline Project (WYW–167867) and (2) 

the Bairoil to Natrona CO2 Pipeline 

Project (WYW–168290). In addition, 

Denbury has proposed two hydrogen 

sulfide (H2S) injection wells (WYW– 

181373) to be sited near the proposed 

Riley Ridge Sweetening Plant, which is 

included in the Riley Ridge CO2

Pipeline Project application. PacifiCorp 

submitted an application for a right-ofway for a 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission 

line (WYW–185369) to supply energy to 

the Riley Ridge Sweetening Plant. The 

applications for right-of-way grants for 

Denbury’s Proposed Action were 

submitted to the BLM on February 19, 

2013 (Denbury), and January 25, 2016 

(PacifiCorp); the proposal for the 

injection wells was submitted to the 

BLM on September 12, 2013. 

Collectively, the Project consists of the 

following components (as proposed): 

• An underground non-gaseous H2S/ 

CO2 pipeline from the existing Riley 

Ridge Treating Plant (a methane and 

helium recovery facility) to the 

proposed Riley Ridge Sweetening Plant, 

consisting of 31 miles of 16-inchdiameter pipe within Sublette County; 


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• A CO2 underground pipeline from 

the proposed Riley Ridge Sweetening 

Plant to the Bairoil Interconnect, 

consisting of 129 miles of 24-inchdiameter pipe, and continuing from the 

interconnect another 84 miles to the 

terminus at the Natrona Hub within 

Natrona County; 

• The 4.3-acre proposed Riley Ridge 

Sweetening Plant, located on BLMadministered lands, constructed and 

operated to separate the CO2 from the 

H2S; the H2S would be reinjected into 

deep geologic formations via two 

proposed injection wells; 

• An approximately 1-mile-long 230 

kV overhead transmission line that 

would bring power to the Riley Ridge 

Sweetening Plant from an existing 230 

kV transmission line; and 

• Ancillary facilities, such as roads, 

valves, flowlines, etc. 

The purpose of this Federal action is 

to respond to the Applicant’s right-ofway applications for construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the 

Project infrastructure across Federal 

land. Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 

Act of 1920 provides authority for BLM 

to issue right-of-way grants for pipeline 

purposes, and FLPMA provides the 

BLM with discretionary authority to 

grant use of public lands, including 

rights-of-way, taking into consideration 

impacts on natural, cultural, and 

historical resources. 

The BLM is the lead Federal agency 

for this EIS as defined at 40 CFR part 

1501.5. Cooperating agencies include 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National 

Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers; the State of Wyoming; 

Freemont, Lincoln, Sublette, 

Sweetwater, and Natrona counties in 

Wyoming; and the Natrona County, 

Popo Agie, Sublette County, and 

Sweetwater County conservation 

districts in Wyoming. 

In accordance with NEPA, the BLM 

prepared an EIS analyzing the right-ofway applications using an 

interdisciplinary approach to consider a 

variety of resource issues and concerns 

identified during internal, interagency, 

and public scoping. The BLM published 

a NOA of the Draft EIS for public review 

and comment in the Federal Register on 

March 23, 2018 (83 FR 12810). The EPA 

published a NOA of the Draft EIS for 

public review and comment in the 

Federal Register on the same day, 

which initiated a 45-day public review 

period. 

To allow the public an opportunity to 

review information associated with the 

Project and comment on the Draft EIS, 

the BLM hosted four public meetings in 

April 2018. The public meetings on the 

Draft EIS were held from 4 to 7 p.m. at 

the following locations: 

D April 9—Ramada Plaza Riverside, 300 

West F Street, Casper, Wyoming 

D April 10—Rodeway Inn/Pronghorn 

Lodge, 150 East Main Street, Lander, 

Wyoming 

D April 11—Marbleton Town Hall, 

10700 Highway 189, Marbleton, 

Wyoming 

D April 12—BLM High Desert District 

Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock 

Springs, Wyoming 

During the 45-day comment period, 

19 submittals offering comments on the 

Draft EIS were received from various 

federal, State, and local agencies; 

various special interest groups; 

corporations; and public citizens. This 

included 14 letters, 3 comment forms, 

and 2 emails with comments submitted 

at the public open house meetings and 

mailed to the BLM. In compliance with 

the requirements of the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations for 

implementing NEPA, all substantive 

comments received were assessed and a 

response provided. Of the 19 comment 

submittals received, 70 comments were 

identified as substantive according to 

BLM guidelines. 

The BLM responded to comments 

received on the draft EIS in the final 

EIS. After the final waiting period, and 

based on the environmental analysis in 

the final EIS, the BLM will prepare a 

Record of Decision documenting the 

BLM Authorized Officer’s decision. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Tim Wakefield, 

High Desert District Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2018–0054] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska 

Region (AK), Beaufort Sea Program 

Area, Proposed 2019 Beaufort Sea Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement, 

announce the area identified for leasing, 

extension of comment period and 

prescheduling of public scoping 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: On November 16, 2018, 

consistent with the regulations 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) announced its intent, in the 

Federal Register (83 FR 57749), to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the proposed 2019 

Beaufort Sea Lease Sale in the Beaufort 

Sea Planning Area. Because of 

earthquakes in Alaska, BOEM has 

rescheduled some of its scoping 

meetings and extended the comment 

period. 

DATES:

Comments: All interested parties, 

including Federal, State, Tribal, and 

local governments, and the general 

public, may submit written comments 

by January 4, 2019, on the scope of the 

2019 Beaufort Sea Lease Sale EIS, 

significant issues, reasonable 

alternatives, potential mitigation 

measures, and the foreseeable types of 

oil and gas activities in the proposed 

lease sale area. 

Comments may be made on-line. 

Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov 

and search for Docket BOEM–2018– 

0054, or ‘‘Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

Alaska Outer Continental Shelf; 2019 

Beaufort Sea Lease Sale’’, and click on 

the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button. Enter 

your information and comment, and 

then click ‘‘Submit.’’ Before including 

your address, phone number, email 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

ADDRESSES:

Scoping Meetings: Pursuant to the 

regulations implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA, BOEM 

will hold public scoping meetings. The 

purpose of these meetings is to solicit 

comments on the scope of the 2019 

Beaufort Sea Lease Sale EIS. The 

meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, on 

December 6, 2018, was held as 

scheduled. The remaining meetings will 

all start at 7:00 p.m. and conclude at 

9:00 p.m., and are rescheduled as 

follows: 

• December 17, 2018, Inupiat 

Heritage Center, Utqiag ̇vik, Alaska; 

• December 18, 2018, Kisik 

Community Center, Nuiqsut, Alaska; 

and 

• December 19, 2018, Community 

Center, Kaktovik, Alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the 2019 Beaufort Sea 


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