BLM Appreciates Your Feedback

The BLM is requesting public comments on the North Dakota Draft RMP/EIS from January 20, 2023, through May 22, 2023.

To be most helpful, your comments should be as specific as possible. Substantive and useful comments are as follows:

  • Provide new information about the proposed project or suggest a new alternative

  • Identify a different way to meet the project need

  • Suggest alternate methodologies for analysis and the reason(s) why they should be used

  • Make factual corrections, or identify sources of credible research or data

Comments that are less helpful and considered non-substantive are those that:

  • Vote in favor of or against the proposed action or alternatives

  • Agree or disagree with agency policy without justification or supporting data

  • Do not pertain to the project area or the proposed project

  • Contain vague, open-ended questions

Ways to Comment

The public comment period for the North Dakota Draft RMP/EIS ends on May 22, 2023; comments must be submitted by close of business, May 22, 2023 to be included in the public comment report. The BLM will accept further comment submissions after the deadline; however, those comments may not be included in the public comment report. Ongoing information and updates on the project will be available at the BLM’s North Dakota RMP/EIS ePlanning website. Comments can be submitted via the following methods:

  • Electronically through BLM’s ePlanning website. Search using the NEPA number: DOI-BLM-MT-C030-2020-0085-RMP-EIS.

  • Mailed or hand-delivered to:

    • North Dakota Field Office, Attention: North Dakota RMP, 99 23rd Ave. West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND, 58601

  • Completing and submitting the comment form on this page directly below

  • Via comment form at an in-person public meeting:

    • Tuesday, February 28, 2023 from 5:30-7:00pm Mountain Time at Dickinson City Hall

    • Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from 5:30-7:00pm Mountain Time at Bowman City Hall

  • Verbally at a virtual public meeting:

    • Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from 3:00-4:30pm Mountain Time on Zoom

      For Participants Joining by Zoom Web Platform or Zoom App:

      1. Please pre-register using the link provided below.

        https://empsi.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BjFHY5EgSga_hMmZM3lv7g

      2. After registration, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

      3. On the day of the meeting, please join using the information contained in your confirmation email.

      For Participants Joining by Phone:

      1. Register for the meeting (see above). On the day of your meeting, call in using one of the toll-free phone numbers listed below. You will be prompted to enter your Webinar ID. Enter your Webinar ID from your confirmation email and press the # key.

      2. You will then be prompted: “Enter your Participant ID followed by #. Otherwise just press #.” Phone-only participants will not receive an individualized Participant ID, so just press the # key.

      3. You will then be prompted: “Enter your Password followed by #. Otherwise just press #.” Enter the Passcode from your confirmation email and press the # key.

      4. You will be directly joined to the meeting. If the meeting has not started, you will be on hold until the meeting begins.

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Comment Form


Public Disclosure

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, be advised that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you may request that we withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

 

Still have questions? Visit our Q & A page.

 

For more information on the North Dakota RMP/EIS, please visit the project’s BLM ePlanning website or contact Kristine Braun, Eastern Montana/Dakotas Planning and Environmental Coordinator, at 701-227-7725.

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