{"abstract":"In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, as well as the U.S. Department of the Interior regulations and handbook implementing NEPA, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Tribe), each acting as a joint lead agency, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, acting as a Cooperating Agency, intend to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Programmatic EIS will consider the effects of exploration and development of the Mancos Shale Formation, as well as other oil and gas resources held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe within an approximately 108,000-acre planning area on existing leases located within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. This notice announces the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.","action":"Notice of intent.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/09/04/2026-18106.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"91 FR 56898","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2026-10-05","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The BLM and the Tribe request that the public submit comments concerning the scope of the analysis, potential alternatives, and identification of relevant information, and studies by October 5, 2026. To afford the BLM and the Tribe the opportunity to consider comments in the Programmatic EIS, please ensure your comments are received prior to the close of the 30-day scoping period or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later. The BLM and the Tribe will be holding an in-person scoping meeting on September 24, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Time.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-125222"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2026-18106","effective_on":null,"end_page":56899,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2026/09/04/2026-18106.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/04/2026-18106/intent-to-prepare-a-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement-for-southern-ute-mancos-shale","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2026-18106?publication_date=2026-09-04","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2026-09-04/2026-18106/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":319,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-04/pdf/2026-18106.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18106.pdf?1788439509","publication_date":"2026-09-04","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/09/04/2026-18106.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2026-09-04T05:49:19Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":56898,"subtype":null,"title":"Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Southern Ute Mancos Shale Development, La Plata County, CO","toc_doc":"Southern Ute Mancos Shale Development, La Plata County, CO","toc_subject":"Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":91}