2012 Oil Shale and Tar Sands Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

The 2012 Oil Shale and Tar Sands Final Programmatic EIS is available for downloading or online browsing in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

For your convenience, the 2012 Final OSTS PEIS is available for download by volume (5 larger files), or by chapter (29 smaller files).

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Errata Sheet

Figure 2.3.3-1 on page 2-39 of the 2012 OSTS Final PEIS inadvertently omitted the land category Lands with Wilderness Characteristics. However, the geospatial data for this category of land was applied in the preparation of Figure 2.3.3-4 on page 2-44 and to the computation of the acreage open for leasing in Colorado under Alternative 2. Therefore there was no effect from this omission on the analyses in the Final PEIS. The corrected Figure 2.3.3-1 is provided here.

Errata Sheet for Figure 2.3.3-1 (1.4 MB)

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	Volume 1: Chapters 1-3 (45.4 MB, 550 pages)
	Volume 2: Chapters 4-5 (7.0 MB, 422 pages)
	Volume 3: Chapter 6 (63.7 MB, 588 pages)
	Volume 4: Chapters 7-9, Appendices A-J (9.2 MB, 456 pages)
	Volume 5: Appendices K-M and Comment Response Document (45.6 MB, 1,922 pages)

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	Volume 1 Front Matter: "Dear Reader" Letter, Contents, Notation, English/Metric Equivalents
	Volume 1 Front Matter (2.2 MB, 34 pages)

	Executive Summary
	Executive Summary (118 KB, 12 pages)

	Chapter 1: Introduction
	Introduction (1.9 MB, 28 pages)

	Chapter 2: Descriptions of Alternatives
	Descriptions of Alternatives (21.7 MB, 142 pages)

	Chapter 3: Affected Environment
	Affected Environment (20.1 MB, 334 pages)

	Volume 2 Front Matter: Contents, Notation, English/Metric Equivalents
	Volume 2 Front Matter (390 KB, 22 pages)

	Chapter 4: Effects of Oil Shale Technologies
	Effects of Oil Shale Technologies (4.4 MB, 234 pages)

	Chapter 5: Effects of Tar Sands Technologies
	Effects of Tar Sands Technologies (2.4 MB, 166 pages)

	Volume 3 Front Matter: Contents, Notation, English/Metric Equivalents
	Volume 3 Front Matter (401 KB, 30 pages)

	Chapter 6: Impact Assessment for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Alternatives
	Impact Assessment for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Alternatives (20.6 MB, 558 pages)

	Volume 4 Front Matter: Contents, Notation, English/Metric Equivalents
	Volume 4 Front Matter (387 KB, 18 pages)

	Chapter 7: Consultation and Coordination
	Consultation and Coordination (58 KB, 14 pages)

	Chapter 8: List of Preparers
	List of Preparers (102 KB, 6 pages)

	Chapter 9: Glossary
	Glossary (211 KB, 32 pages)

	Appendices A-J
	Appendix A: Oil Shale Development Background and Technology Overview (4.3 MB, 128 pages)
	Appendix B: Tar Sands Development Background and Technology Overview (2.3 MB, 60 pages)
	Appendix C: Proposed Land Use Plan Amendments Associated with Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 for Oil Shale and Tar Sands (69 KB, 22 pages)
	Appendix D: Federal, State, and County Regulatory Requirements Potentially Applicable to Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development Projects (194 KB, 30 pages)
	Appendix E: Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species within the Oil Shale and Tar Sands Study Area (284 KB, 56 pages)
	Appendix F: Proposed Conservation Measures for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing and Development (153 KB, 22 pages)
	Appendix G: Socioeconomic and Environmental Justice Analysis Methodologies (188 KB, 12 pages)
	Appendix H: Approach Used for Interviews of Selected Residents in the Oil Shale and Tar Sands Study Area Considered in the 2008 Oil Shale and Tar Sands Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (67 KB, 4 pages)
	Appendix I: Instream Flow Water Rights in the Piceance Basin, Colorado (103 KB, 4 pages)
	Appendix J: Summary of Public Scoping Comments for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Possible Land Use Plan Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming (1.8 MB, 48 pages)

	Volume 5 Front Matter: Contents, Notation, English/Metric Equivalents
	Volume 5 Front Matter (372 KB, 13 pages)

	Appendices K-M
	Appendix K: Greater Sage-Grouse Instructional Memoranda, Conservation Measures, and Core Area Protection Strategies (12.1 MB, 196 pages)
	Appendix L: Government-to-Government and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultations (25.1 MB, 120 pages)
	Appendix M: Cooperating Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Letters (20.0 MB, 296 pages)

	Comment Response Document
	Comment Response Document (4.0 MB, 1,296 pages)

	Comments
	Comment Campaigns (134 MB)
	Cooperating Agency Comment Letters (62.7 MB)
	Comments Not Submitted through Web Comment Form (63.9 MB)
	Comments Submitted through Web Comment Form (294 MB)