Egan resource management plan : proposed oil and gas leasing amendment and final supplemental environmental impact statement

268 Pages·1993·53.9 MB·English

by  United States. Bureau of Land Management. Ely District

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BLMLIBRARY
United States Departmentof Interior
BureauofLandManagement
ElyDistrict
EganResourceAreaOffice, Ely,Nevada August1993
Egan Resource Management Plan
mOHMB
Oil and Gas Leasing Amendment
and Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
TommyknockerWell,T61x-33G,MobilOilCorp..LongValley,Nv.
(PhotobyBrianAmme)
MISSIONSTATEMENT
TheBureauofLandManagementisresponsibleforthestewardshipofourpubliclands. Itiscommittedto
manage,protect,andimprovetheselandsinamannertoservetheneedsoftheAmericanpeopleforall
times.Managementisbasedupontheprinciplesofmultipleuseandsustainedyieldofournation'sresources
withinaframeworkofenvironmentalresponsibilityandscientifictechnology. Theseresourcesinclude
recreation,rangelands,timber,minerals,watershed,fishandwildlife,wilderness,airandscenic,scientific
andculturalvalues.
BLM/EL/PL-93/011+1610
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United States Department of the Interior APMREIDREICINA
BUREAUOFLANDMANAGEMENT
NEVADASTATEOFFICE
850HarvardWay
Reno,P.NOe.vaBdOaX8l92502000-0006 I1N6R1EP°LY(REEGFNE)RTO:
(NV-930.2)
(NV-047)
August16,1993
DearReader:
EnclosedforyourreviewistheEganResourceManagementPlan(RMP)ProposedAmendmentforOilandGas
LeasingandFinalSupplementalEnvironmentalImpactStatement(FSEIS). ThisProposedAmendmentoutlines
theleasingdeterminations(decisions)formanagementofoilandgasresourcesonapproximately3.8million
adcaryesprooftepsutblpiecriloadn.dinportionsofWhitePine,LincolnandNyeCounties,Nevada. Itisalsoavailablefora30-
TheProposedAmendmentandFSEIShasbeenprintedinaccordancewiththeNationalEnvironmentalPolicy
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planningprocessandtheplanningissues,theProposedAmendmentandtwootheralternativesanalyzed,
revisionstothedrafttext,writtenandverbalcommentsreceivedduringpublicreviewofthedraftamendment,
andresponsestothepublicissuesraised.
TheProposedAmendmentmaybeprotestedbyanypersonwhoparticipatedintheplanningprocessandwho
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AllprotestsmustbewrittenandmustbepostmarkedonorbeforeSeptember30,1993andshallcontainthe
followinginformation:
o Thename,mailingaddress,telephonenumber,andinterestofthepersonfilingtheprotest.
° Astatementoftheissueorissuesbeingprotested.
° Astatementofthepartorpartsofthedocumentbeingprotested.
• Acopyofalldocumentsaddressingtheissueorissuespreviouslysubmittedduringtheplanning
processbytheprotestingparty,oranindicationofthedatetheissueorissueswerediscussedforthe
record.
AconcisestatementexplainingpreciselywhytheBureauofLandManagementNevadaState
Director'sdecisioniswrong.
Uponresolutionofanyprotests,anApprovedPlanAmendmentandRecordofDecisionwillbeissued. The
ApprovedPlanAmendment/RecordofDecisionwillbemailedtoallindividualswhoparticipatedinthisplanning
processandallotherinterestedpublicsupontheirrequest.
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EGAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT PLAN
PROPOSED
OILAND GAS LEASING AMENDMENT
AND
FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTALIMPACT STATEMENT
Preparedbythe
DEPARTMENTOFTHEINTERIOR
BUREAUOFLANDMANAGEMENT
ELYDISTRICT
is
/ BillyR.Templeton
StateDirector,Nevada
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administeredbytheElyDistrictEganResourceArea. TheProposedAmendmenthasbeenprepared
to bringtheapprovedEganResource Management Plan intoconformance withthe Supplemental
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EnvironmentalImpactStatement(FSEIS). TheFSEISanalyzestheimpactsfromthedeterminations
contained inthe ProposedAmendmentandtwootheralternatives inrelationtoothernaturaland
culturalresourceswithinWhitePineandportionsofLincolnandNyecounties,Nevada.
TheApprovedAmendmentandRecordofDecision(ROD)willbeissuedfollowingthereviewofthis
document.
Forfurtherinformationcontact: Mr.GeneL.Drais,AreaManager, EganResourceArea,Bureauof
Land Management, Ely District, 702 N. IndustrialWay, HC33, Box33500, Ely, NV 89301 or
telephone[phone].
DatethisfinalsupplementalenvironmentalimpactstatementwasmadeavailabletotheEnvironmental
ProtectionAgencyandtothePublic: August18,1993.

TABLEOFCONTENTS
Page
SUMMARY
s-1
CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION m
LPOUCRAPTOISOENAANNDDNLEEADNDSTATUS '' 11-_12
PLANNINGPROCESSOVERVIEW 1-3
CONFORMANCESTATEMENT 1-5
CONSISTENCYWITHOTHERPLANS 1-5
CHAPTER2 PROPOSEDAMENDMENTANDALTERNATIVESANALYZED 2-1
INTRODUCTION 2-1
LeaseStipulations 2-1
ConditionsofApproval 2-2
LeaseStipulationsWaivers,ExceptionsandModifications 2-2
LEASINGDETERMINATIONSCOMMONTOTHEPROPOSEDAMENDMENTANDOTHER
ALTERNATIVES 2-3
ProposedAmendment 2-4
ContinuationofPresentManagementAlternative 2-10
StandardTermsandConditionsAlternative 2-13
ALTERNATIVESCONSIDEREDBUTELIMINATEDFROMDETAILEDANALYSIS 2-17
NoLeasingAlternative 2-17
LimitedOpenLeasingAlternative 2-17
CHAPTER3 AFFECTEDENVIRONMENT 3-1
Introduction 3-1
WildlifeHabitat 3-1
ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies 3-2
RiparianHabitat 3-4
MineralResources 3-4
WoodlandProducts 3-8
CulturalResources 3-8
Wilderness 3-10
Recreation 3-11
VisualResources 3-13
WildHorsesandBurros 3-13
Soils 3-14
WaterResources 3-15
AirQuality 3-16
Lands 3-18
Access 3-19
SocialEconomics 3-19
5
TABLEOFCONTENTS(Cont.)
Page
CHAPTER4 ENVIRONMENTALCONSEQUENCES 4-1
INTRODUCTION 4-1
ASSUMPTIONSFORANALYSIS 4-1
REASONABLEFORESEEABLEDEVELOPMENTSCENARIO(RFD) 4-1
AssumptionsforExploration 4-1
AssumptionsforProduction 4-2
ExplorationandProductionSummary 4-3
IMPACTSCOMMONTOTHEPROPOSEDAMENDMENTANDOTHERALTERNATIVES 4-4
WildlifeHabitat 4-4
ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies 4-6
MineralResources 4-7
WoodlandResources 4-8
CulturalResources 4-9
Wilderness 4-10
Recreation 4-10
VisualResources 4-11
LivestockandVegetation 4-11
WildHorsesandBurros 4-12
Soils 4-12
WaterResources 4-13
AirQuality 4-14
LandsandAccess 4-14
SocialandEconomic 4-1
UnavoidableAdverseImpacts 4-16
RelationshipBetweenShort-TermUsesandLong-TermProductivity 4-17
IrreversibleandIrretrievableCommitmentofResources 4-17
PROPOSEDAMENDMENT 4-17
WildlifeHabitat 4-17
ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies 4-19
RiparianHabitat 4-19
MineralResources 4-19
WoodlandResources 4-20
CulturalResources 4-20
Wilderness 4-20
Recreation 4-21
VisualResources 4-21
LivestockandVegetation 4-22
WildHorsesandBurros 4-22
Soils 4-22
WaterResources 4-22
AirQuality 4-22
LandsandAccess 4-23
SocialandEconomic 4-23
TABLEOFCONTENTS(Cont.)
Page
CONTINUATIONOFPRESENTMANAGEMENTALTERNATIVE 4-23
WildlifeHabitat 4-23
ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies 4-23
RiparianHabitat 4-24
MineralResources 4-24
WoodlandResources 4-25
CulturalResources 4-25
Wilderness 4-26
Recreation 4-26
VisualResources 4-26
LivestockandVegetation 4-27
WildHorsesandBurros 4-27
Soils 4-27
WaterResources 4-27
AirQuality 4-27
LandsandAccess 4-27
SocialandEconomic 4-27
STANDARDTERMSANDCONDITIONSALTERNATIVE 4-28
WildlifeHabitat 4-28
ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies 4-28
RiparianHabitat 4-28
MineralResources 4-28
WoodlandResources 4-29
CulturalResources 4-29
Wilderness 4-29
Recreation 4-30
VisualResources 4-30
LivestockandVegetation 4-30
WildHorsesandBurros 4-30
Soils 4-30
WaterResources 4-30
AirQuality 4-30
LandsandAccess 4-30
SocialandEconomic 4-30
CUMULATIVEIMPACTS 4-31
INTRODUCTION 4-31
REASONABLYFORESEEABLEACTIONS(RFAs) 4-31
LandsandRealtyActions 4-31
OtherMineralsActions 4-33
CUMULATIVEIMPACTANALYSIS 4-35
WildlifeHabitat 4-35
WoodlandResources 4-36
CulturalResources 4-37
Recreation 4-38
VisualResources . 4-38
III
TABLEOFCONTENTS(Cont.)
Page
CUMULATIVEIMPACTANALYSIS(Cont.)
LivestockandVegetation 4-38
WildHorsesandBurros 4-39
SoilsandAirQuality 4-39
CHAPTER5 CONSULTATIONANDCOORDINATION 5-1
CHAPTER6 PREPARERSANDREVIEWERS 6-1
APPENDIXA DESCRIPTIONOFTYPICALOILANDGASACTIVITIES A-1
APPENDIXB STANDARDPRACTICESANDPROCEDURESFORGEOPHYSICALEXPLORATIONAND
CONDITIONSOFAPPROVAL: PROPOSEDAMENDMENT B-1
APPENDIXC STANDARD PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES: CONTINUATION OF PRESENT
MANAGEMENTALTERNATIVE C-1
APPENDIXD LEASEINSTRUMENT D-1
APPENDIXE ABBREVIATIONSANDACRONYMS E-1
APPENDIXF GLOSSARY F-1
APPENDIXG ENDANGEREDSPECIESACTSECTION7CONSULTATION G-1
REFERENCES R-1
LISTOFMAPS
Map1-1 PlanningAreaLocationMap 1-6
Map2-1 ProposedAmendmentMap 2-18
Map2-2 ProposedAmendmentMap 2-19
Map2-3 ContinuationofPresentManagementAlternativeMap 2-20
Map2-4 ContinuationofPresentManagementAlternativeMap 2-21
Map2-5 StandardTermsandConditionsAlternativeMap 2-22
Map3-1 BigGameHabitatMap 3-21
Map3-2 SageGrouseHabitatMap 3-22
Map3-3 FerruginousHawkNestingTerritoriesMap 3-23
Map3-4 OilandGasResourcePotentialMap 3-24
Map3-5 CulturalResourcesMap 3-25
Map3-6 RecreationMap 3-26
Map3-7 ThreatenedandEndangeredSpeciesMap 3-27
Map4-1 LocatableMineralsPotentialMap 4-43
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