[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 38116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16034]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLUT921000-10-5101-ER-J108; UTU-79766, NVN-82385]
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Approved
Pony Express Resource Management Plan Amendment; UNEV Refined Liquid
Petroleum Products Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of a Record of Decision (ROD) setting forth the Utah State Director's
decision to approve the UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline
and amend the Pony Express Resource Management Plan (RMP). The Utah
State Director signed the ROD on June 25, 2010, which constitutes the
final decision of the BLM and renders the Pony Express Resource
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available for public inspection at the
offices listed in the ``Supplementary Information'' section. Interested
persons may also review the ROD at the following website: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/more/lands_and_realty/major_projects/unev_pipeline_eis.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Joe
Incardine, National Project Manager, telephone (801) 524-3833; address
BLM Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155;
e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the ROD are available for public
inspection at the Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101; the Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300
West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119; the Fillmore Field Office, 35 East
500 North, Fillmore, Utah 84631; the Cedar City Field Office, 176 East
D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84721; the St. George Field
Office, 345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 84790; the Nevada
State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada 89502; the Ely
District Office, 702 North Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 89301; and the
Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas,
Nevada 89130.
The BLM Preferred Alternative identified in the Proposed RMPA/Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) published on April 16, 2010, is
the same as that selected in the ROD. The ROD sets forth the State
Director's decision to issue a right-of-way on Federal lands for the
construction and operation of a 400-mile, 12-inch diameter refined
liquid petroleum products pipeline that originates in Woods Cross,
Utah, with terminals northwest of Cedar City, Utah, and near Apex,
Nevada. The amendment to the Salt Lake Field Office's Pony Express RMP
allows for the issuance of the right-of-way on BLM administered lands
for the first 82.5 miles of the proposed pipeline, and designates a new
utility corridor on BLM-administered lands from mile post 54 to mile
post 82.5 in Tooele County, Utah, to accommodate that portion of the
proposed pipeline. Project elements will be located in Davis, Salt
Lake, Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties in
Utah, and in Lincoln and Clark Counties in Nevada. The pipeline will
also cross the Moapa Band of the Paiute's Reservation in southern
Nevada.
The right-of-way grant approved for the pipeline would be issued
for 30 years and authorize use of a right-of-way area 50-feet wide, 25
feet on either side of the centerline of the proposed pipeline.
Construction and operation of the pipeline is subject to the UNEV Plan
of Development, which would be attached to and made part of the right-
of-way grant.
The ROD was finalized based on multiple opportunities for public
participation through scoping and later public comment on the Proposed
RMPA/Final EIS. The BLM sought participation from the public, tribes,
and local, state, and Federal agencies in the development of the
Proposed RMPA/Final EIS. Cooperating agencies on the project included
the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the Moapa Band of the Paiute Tribe; the
U.S. Air Force, the Nellis Air Force Base; the U.S. Army, the Tooele
Army Depot; and the U.S. Forest Service, Dixie National Forest. No
inconsistencies with state or local plans, policies, or programs were
identified during the Governor's consistency review of the Proposed
RMPA/Final EIS.
The ROD constitutes the final decision of the BLM and amends the
Pony Express RMP effective immediately. The ROD also contains
implementation-level decisions that are appealable pursuant to 43 CFR
part 4. Any party adversely affected by the implementation decisions
may appeal the decisions to the Interior Board of Land Appeals pursuant
to 43 CFR part 4, Subpart E. The appeal should state the specific
decisions in the ROD that are being appealed. Please consult the
appropriate regulations for further information.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-16034 Filed 6-30-10; 8:45 am]
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