Hollister Oil & Gas RMP Amendment

EnergyOil and Gas
Written By Aspen Environmental Group

Project Specifications

Client: Bureau of Land Management

Location: San Benito County

Services: Environmental Review & Permitting, Planning & Public Policy

On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hollister Field Office (HFO), Aspen prepared a resource management plan (RMP) Amendment and associated EIS to guide management of oil and gas resources on BLM-administered mineral estate within the HFO. The EIS/RMP Amendment analyzed the effects of alternative oil and gas management approaches to update the reasonably foreseeable development scenario (RFD) and the existing 2007 Hollister RMP in order to incorporate new information about well stimulation technologies, natural resource conditions, and socioeconomic trends.

The final amended RMP identified which lands are open or closed to oil and gas leasing and which stipulations would be applied on oil and gas exploration and development activities in order to protect environmental resources. The planning area initially was proposed as the area encompassed by the HFO. The BLM may also use this process to consider amending RMPs for other field offices in California with oil and gas leasing and development (e.g., Bakersfield, Palm Springs-South Coast, Mother Lode, and Ukiah Field Offices).

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