BLM Wyoming releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management today released a Draft Environmental Statement analyzing the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative, a proposal from the State of Wyoming that seeks to designate almost 2,000 miles of pipeline corridors across private, state, and BLM-managed lands in Wyoming. Today’s publication opens a 90-day public comment period for the WPCI project.
The proposed alternative, two additional action alternatives (including the agency preferred alternative), and a no action alternative are analyzed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
“The WPCI project looks at corridor designations across a variety of landscapes across the State of Wyoming,” said BLM Wyoming Acting State Director Duane Spencer. “I would encourage the public to take the time to review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and provide comments on this project.”
The WPCI project would designate a statewide pipeline corridor network for future development of pipelines associated with carbon capture, utilization and storage, as well as pipelines and facilities associated with Enhanced Oil Recovery. The project will not authorize any new pipelines or construction but may amend several BLM Resource Management Plans covering the 1,105 miles of WPCI energy corridors located on public lands managed by the agency.
Information on the project and links to submit comments can be found on the project’s ePlanning site at https://go.usa.gov/xpCMr. Public comments can only be submitted through the BLM’s WPCI ePlanning project webpage and must be received by July 16, 2020.
For more information on the project, contact BLM Project Manager Heather Schultz at 307-775-6084.
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