The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a public meeting in Silt, CO, on Monday, March 12, to answer questions and solicit comments on its oil shale and tar sands Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft PEIS).

The Silt meeting will be held from 7-9:30 pm at the BLM Colorado River Valley Office, 2300 River Frontage Rd.  Similar meetings will be held: March 13 in Vernal, UT; March 14 in Salt Lake City; and March 15 in Rock Springs, WY.

The BLM’s Draft PEIS, issued Feb. 3, assesses management alternatives for future oil-shale and tar-sands activities on public lands.  A 90-day public comment period ends on May 4.

If you are unable to attend the Silt meeting, please send your comments to the BLM today. Oil shale development would make major demands on our limited energy and water resources, not to mention the stress to the infrastructure of our communities.  Written comments on the Draft PEIS can be submitted through the BLM’s oil shale website or through Colorado Environmental Coalition’s site.

See these additional resources on oil shale:

• WCC’s website
• Western Resource Advocates new publication, Oil Shale 2050
• oilshalefacts.org