Black Bear Natural Gas Development
PERMITTING DASHBOARD PROJECT POSTING DATE: OCTOBER 28, 2025All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
01/15/2027
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Conventional Energy Production
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Covered Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service
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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
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 seven 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.
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Permitting Timetable
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