RAWLINS, Wyo.—Bureau of Land Management officials in Colorado are seeking public feedback on a proposed connector line that would carry natural gas liquids across a portion of southern Wyoming.
The 14-inch line would run from the Piceance Basin gas fields near Meeker, Colo., to Williams Field Services’ Echo Springs pump station in Carbon County.
The line, which would carry the heavier liquid fractions removed from natural gas, would cross about 45 miles of Wyoming en route to the main Overland Pass pipeline, which runs along the Interstate 80 corridor.
The line’s path through Wyoming would mostly cross federal land in Sweetwater and Carbon counties, officials said.
The BLM said it particularly wants to hear from the public on the possible impacts of the project related to crossing rivers, trenching through sage grouse and wildlife habitat, and reclamation in the pipeline corridor.
The BLM field office in Meeker is taking public comments until March 14 and plans a final decision on the project by August.
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On the Net: The scoping notice is available at .
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Information from: Rawlins Daily Times
