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Citation Label: WY054
Publication Name: Record of Decision: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project
Publication Type: Project NEPA Document
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Author Name: Bureau of Land Management
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Publication Year: 2008
Publication No.: BLM/WY/PL-08/029+1310
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Local Source File: WY054-AtlanticRimEISappH.pdf
Annotation: This ROD documents the Department of Interior’s (DOI) decision for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project Area, (PAPA) in Sublette County, Wyoming. The Final SEIS analyzes various options for oil and gas recovery within the PAPA. This ROD emphasizes concentrating development, allowing for systematic development, performance based outcomes and adaptive management for reducing impacts, and cooperative monitoring with the State of Wyoming. This ROD supersedes in its entirety the PAPA ROD of July 27, 2000 and subsequent decisions.
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Recommended:
Required and Recommended -- "Requirements for specific Operators are present in this ROD. Where individual Operators are not named, the requirement pertains to all Operators conducting oil and gas development activities in the PAPA. " Pg. 1 Recommended -- Appendix A (see Document WY55)
Ownership: Federal -- "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will manage the federal surface and mineral estate in the PAPA as directed in this ROD." Pg. 1, ROD Summary