BLM seeking comment on Continental Divide-Creston natural gas project expansion

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field Office is seeking public comment on its environmental analysis of a proposed major expansion of natural gas development on 1.1 million acres of mixed ownership land in Carbon and Sweetwater counties.

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluates the potential impacts of the Continental Divide-Creston (CD-C) Natural Gas Development Project, a proposal to develop 8,950 additional natural gas wells, including 100 to 500 coal bed natural gas wells near the existing Continental Divide/Wamsutter II and Creston/Blue Gap natural-gas fields....