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Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (DOI-FWS)

Submitted by cori.carraway@… on

Lead agency changed during the lockout period; ED granted exemption to the lockout for that reason.

Action
Project Name:
Black Bear Natural Gas Development
Responsible Agency:
Fish and Wildlife Service
Agency Status: Cooperating under FAST-41
Status:
Planned
POC Name:
Catherine Yeargan
POC Title:
Fish and Wildlife Service Administrator
POC Email:
catherine_yeargan@fws.gov

Milestones:

ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
FWS determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


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Milestone
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
04/11/2027

0 out of 5

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Conventional Energy Production

SECTOR
Conventional Energy Production

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Department of the Interior

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of the Army

Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory

Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Description:

The Black Bear Natural Gas Development Project is located in the Angelina National Forest in San Augustine County, Texas and includes up to four gas well pads, access roads to the well pads, a main trunk pipeline for the transportation of natural gas and gathering pipelines connecting the well pads. Each well pad will have up to eight proposed wells that will be horizontally drilled into both private and U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed minerals with the intent of producing primarily natural gas.

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Furthest out
Original Target Date: 11/13/2026
Milestone: ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)

Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:

ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) extended by 71
From: 11/13/2026
To: 01/23/2027
Approver Comments
EDD approval granted 6/25/26
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
Original Milestone
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Furthest Original Target Date Milestone
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date: