[Awclist] Fwd: [Rafting_Grand_Canyon] Oil/Gas Leases Under Labyrinth Canyon

[Thomas Robey]

> Sorry for Cross-posting:
>
> The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands is offering oil, gas
> and hydrocarbon leases by simultaneous bid on sovereign lands in Grand
> County, UNDER the Green River in Labyrinth Canyon. The 2 separate
> units are located about 2 miles south of Ruby Ranch, stretching from
> the mouth of Red Wash downriver to Bull Hollow. This section of river
> is also home to Trin Alcove Bend and Junes Bottom.
>
> The leases have a no surface occupancy (NSO) stipulation, which is
> laughable. The project could conceivably involve floating derricks on
> the river, but more likely they will just drill right on the bank of
> the river if there is room, or from a side canyon or the mesa top.
>
> A similar proposal by the Division to drill under the Green River near
> Dino was blocked several years back. It seems like a no-brainer for
> the river community to step up and put this idea out to pasture.
> Sovereign lands in Utah, which include but are not limited to, the
> beds of Bear Lake, the Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, the Jordan River,
> and the summer channel of the Bear River, and portions of the beds of
> the Green and Colorado Rivers, as well as the beds any other lakes or
> streams declared navigable by the courts, would all be in jeopardy of
> a similar fate if this proposal goes through.
>
> Please contact the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands
> Director Richard J. Buehler, and express your disapproval of these
> parcels being offered for lease. And please pass this on to your river
> friends, outfitters, guides, business owners, anyone who you think may
> be upset or negatively affected by this proposal.
>
> STATE OF UTAH
> Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands
> 1594 West North Temple Suite 3520
> PO Box 145703
> Salt Lake City UT 84114-5703
>
> telephone (801) 538-5555 • facsimile (801) 533-4111 • TTY (801)
> 538-7458 • www.ffsl.utah.gov
>
> Please ACT NOW to help quash this before the filing period ends on
> November 23rd at 5:00 pm.
>
> Lease offering PDF:
> http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/Lease/Offerings/Nov07/Nov07LeaseOffering.pdf
>
> Lease Map:
> http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/lease/Offerings/Nov07/Nov2007SimultaneousMap.pdf
>
> Please contact me if you have any questions.
> Jeremy Christensen
> jeremy at ...
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