[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 19686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08375]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-IMR-BITH-13318; PPIMBITHR0-PPMRSNR1Z.Y00000]
Plan of Operations and Related Categorical Exclusion for Plugging
and Reclamation of Two Natural Gas Wells, Big Thicket National
Preserve, Texas
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service has received from Unit Petroleum
Company a plan of operations to plug, abandon, and reclaim two natural
gas wells in Big Thicket National Preserve in Polk County, Texas. We
are requesting comments on the plan of operations and on the related
categorical exclusion from provisions of the National Environmental
Protection Act for this proposal.
DATES: Submit comments by May 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The plan of operations and the related categorical exclusion
are available for public review and comment at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/bith and in the Office of the Superintendent,
Edward Comeau--Acting, Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM 420,
Kountze, Texas 77625. Copies of the documents are available upon
request from the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan Desliu, Oil and Gas Program
Manager, Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas
77625, Telephone: (409) 951-6822; or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Unit Petroleum Company proposes to plug,
abandon, and reclaim the Blackstone #1 and #2 wells currently in shut
in status within the Big Sandy Creek Corridor Unit of Big Thicket
National Preserve. The wells were drilled before we acquired the land
and must be plugged and abandoned to meet Texas Railroad Commission and
NPS regulations. The proposed operation will only create minor impacts
to resources in the Preserve.
An operator requiring access on, across, or through National Park
Service lands or waters may conduct activities only under an approved
plan of operations. We must complete an environmental analysis and make
a decision on the plan of operations within 60 days of finding the plan
to be complete. We must also publish a notice in the Federal Register
informing the public that the plan is available for public review and
comment.
Public scoping for this proposal was conducted from May 18-June 18,
2012. The scoping brochure was also posted on the NPS's Planning
Environment and Public Comment Web site.
If you wish to comment on the plan of operations and categorical
exclusion, you may mail comments to the name and address above or post
comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/bith. The documents will
be on public review for 30 days. Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are a matter of public record.
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.
Dated: January 14, 2014.
Edward Comeau,
Acting Superintendent, Big Thicket National Preserve, National Park
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08375 Filed 4-10-15; 8:45 am]
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