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RIFLE, Colorado — EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) is proposing to build an 11-mile pipeline system in the Mamm Creek and Beaver Creek basins south of Rifle. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the proposed Pumba pipeline in advance of conducting an environmental analysis.
The pipeline system would consist of an 11.2-mile natural gas pipeline, along with a water pipeline running parallel to the gas line for 6.7 miles. The pipelines would be buried, and a 1-mile bore under the Colorado River would connect the lines to other pipelines near the West Rifle interchange on I-70.
Most of the length of the pipelines would follow an existing pipeline right-of-way, according to a BLM press release. Of the 11-mile length, seven miles would be on BLM land and four miles would cross private land.
The gas pipeline, 24 inches in diameter, would transport natural gas from the East Mamm Creek compressor station to the Rifle compressor station west of Rifle.
The water pipeline, 16 inches in diameter and made of steel, would link the Lake Fox tie-in on South Grass Mesa with the Rifle compressor station, crossing five miles of BLM land and one mile of private land.
Both pipelines would be bored under the Colorado River from private property to avoid impacts to the riverbed, aquatic wildlife and the adjacent riparian ecosystem.
Bore depth would be between 130 and 380 feet. The new bores would be near an existing pipeline bore beneath the river.
BLM only has jurisdiction on the sections of proposed pipeline that would cross BLM lands. Private lands, including the river bore, will be included in BLM's environmental analysis.
The proposal and map are available online: http://on.doi.gov/rifle-pumba.
Comments on the proposed Pumba pipeline are requested by Feb. 15. Written comments and questions should be directed to the BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652. Email comments to: BLM_CO_SI_CRVFO_Webmail@blm.gov.
BLM is also taking public comments through a separate process on the proposed Kokopelli II pipeline, a buried 16-inch pipeline that would cross 22.3 miles from the Dry Hollow compressor south of Silt to the Rulison compressor near Anvil Points. That scoping period was announced in December and ended Friday. Information on that pipeline is also available at the website above.
Keep in mind that any information included in comments may be made public, including personal identifying information.
The pipeline system would consist of an 11.2-mile natural gas pipeline, along with a water pipeline running parallel to the gas line for 6.7 miles. The pipelines would be buried, and a 1-mile bore under the Colorado River would connect the lines to other pipelines near the West Rifle interchange on I-70.
Most of the length of the pipelines would follow an existing pipeline right-of-way, according to a BLM press release. Of the 11-mile length, seven miles would be on BLM land and four miles would cross private land.
The gas pipeline, 24 inches in diameter, would transport natural gas from the East Mamm Creek compressor station to the Rifle compressor station west of Rifle.
The water pipeline, 16 inches in diameter and made of steel, would link the Lake Fox tie-in on South Grass Mesa with the Rifle compressor station, crossing five miles of BLM land and one mile of private land.
Both pipelines would be bored under the Colorado River from private property to avoid impacts to the riverbed, aquatic wildlife and the adjacent riparian ecosystem.
Bore depth would be between 130 and 380 feet. The new bores would be near an existing pipeline bore beneath the river.
BLM only has jurisdiction on the sections of proposed pipeline that would cross BLM lands. Private lands, including the river bore, will be included in BLM's environmental analysis.
The proposal and map are available online: http://on.doi.gov/rifle-pumba.
Comments on the proposed Pumba pipeline are requested by Feb. 15. Written comments and questions should be directed to the BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652. Email comments to: BLM_CO_SI_CRVFO_Webmail@blm.gov.
BLM is also taking public comments through a separate process on the proposed Kokopelli II pipeline, a buried 16-inch pipeline that would cross 22.3 miles from the Dry Hollow compressor south of Silt to the Rulison compressor near Anvil Points. That scoping period was announced in December and ended Friday. Information on that pipeline is also available at the website above.
Keep in mind that any information included in comments may be made public, including personal identifying information.
