The US Bureau of Land Management opened a 15-day public comment period on Aug. 10 for a proposed oil and gas lease sale of parcels in 20 Montana counties as well as 1 in western North Dakota. Comments will be accepted through Aug. 24, officials in the agency’s Billings, Mont., field office said.
Comments are being sought regarding issues and potential impacts described in the environmental assessment regarding the parcels in the following Montana counties: Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Meagher, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Sweet Grass, Toole, and Valley.
The North Dakota parcels are in Bowman County.
Updated information on the sale and how to submit electronic comments is available on the BLM ePlanning web site.
Contact Nick Snow at [email protected].
