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®^~. United States Forest Grand Mesa, 2250 Highway 50 <br />Department of Service Uncompahgre and Delta, CO 81416 <br />Agriculture Gunnison Voice: 970-874-6600 <br /> National Foresb TDD: 970-874-6660 <br />Dear Interested Party, <br />RECEIVED ~ Filecade: 2s2a2i19so <br />Date: December 30, 2002 <br />JAN 0 32003 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />The Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests (GMUG) and the Bureau of Land <br />Management-Uncompahgre Field Office (BLM) are inviting public comments on a natural gas <br />exploration drilling project proposal submitted by Gunnison Energy Corporation (G$C). The <br />proposal involves drilling eight wells to explore far natural gas on existing federal oil and gas <br />leases in the North Fork Valley and on the south side of the Grand Mesa. This is a separate <br />project from the sundry notice submitted to recomplete the existing Leon Lake Unit No. 2 well, <br />and the recent oil and gas lease protests involving BLM lands in the azea. <br />GEC submitted Application to Drill (APDs) eight natural gas exploration wells on National <br />Forest system and BLM public lands north of the towns of Cedazedge, Paonia, and Somerset in <br />Delta and Gunnison Counties; Colorado. The proposal is for exploration activities only. No <br />pipelines, long term production facilities, compressor stations on National Forest system or BLM <br />public lands aze being proposed. Additional environmental analysis would be required for GEC <br />to be approved for any future production at these exploratory wells. The locations of the eight <br />proposed wells are shown on the attached map, and are described as follows: <br />The Leon Lake No. 4 and s are on the GMUG National Forest northeast of <br />Cedaredge (in section 13, T 12 S, R 94 W), <br />The Powerline Fed 12-91 #1-17, Hubbazd Creek Fed 12-91 #2-23, Bull Park Fed <br />12-91 #1-31, and Oakbrush Fed 12-91 #1-26 aze on the.GMUG National Forest <br />northeast of Paonia (in sections 17, 23, 26 and 31, T 12S, R 91 W) <br />The Hawksnest Fed 13-90 #1-2 and Thompson Creek Fed 12-90 #1-3s aze on <br />BLM lands northeast of Somerset (in sections 2, T 13 S, R 90W and section 35, T <br />12S,R90W). <br />All of the proposed drill sites aze on existing federal oil and gas leases, except the Thompson <br />Creek Fed 12-90 #1-35, where the proposal is to directionally drill from BLM-managed lands <br />onto a federal lease. <br />The proposal includes the drilling, completion, testing, and monitoring at the eight well sites; use <br />of existing roads, and construction of new access roads, as well as water use and handling related <br />to ffie exploration drilling. The exploratory drilling program is intended to gather information <br />about the extent and distribution of natural gas resources on the federal oil and gas leases, and to <br />perform tests on each well to assess the economic viability of future production. The proposed <br />drilling would tazget potential gas producing zones in the sandstones and coals of the Mesa <br />Verde Formation. It is anticipated that each well pad will disturb about 0.77 acres. Each well <br />~v+ Caring for the Land and Serving People rmrose m n~,a v~« <br />