[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19991-19992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8625]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLUT921000-09-5101-ER-J108; UTU-79766, NVN-82385]
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline in
Utah and Nevada and the Proposed Amendment of the Pony Express Resource
Management Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan
Amendment (RMPA)/Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline and by this notice is
announcing its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610.5-2 state that any
person who meets the described conditions may protest the BLM's
Proposed RMPA/Final EIS. Such protest must be filed within 30 days of
the date that the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its notice
of availability of this FEIS in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products
Pipeline and Pony Express Proposed RMPA/Final EIS have been sent to
affected Federal, state, and local government agencies and to other
stakeholders, including the Moapa Band of the Paiute Tribe, the Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah, the Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Tribe, the Kaibab
Paiute Indian Tribe, and other Native American Tribes that were
consulted as part of this process. Copies of the Proposed RMPA/Final
EIS 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 Boulevard.,
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. Interested persons may also
review the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/more/lands_and_realty/major_projects/unev_pipeline_eis.html. All protests must be in writing and mailed to
one of the following addresses:
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BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda BLM Director (210), Attention:
Williams, P.O. Box 66538, Washington, Brenda Williams, 1620 L
DC 20035. Street, NW., Suite 1075,
Washington, DC 20036.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Joe
Incardine, National Project Manager, by telephone at (801) 524-3833; by
mail at BLM Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah
84145-0155; or by e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed RMPA/Final EIS was prepared by
the BLM in consultation with cooperating agencies, Tribes, and the
public. UNEV is proposing to construct and operate a 400-mile long, 12-
inch diameter refined liquid petroleum products pipeline that would
originate in Woods Cross, Utah, with terminals northwest of Cedar City,
Utah, and near Apex, Nevada. The southernmost 150 miles of the pipeline
alignment would generally follow the existing Kern River pipeline
corridor. Project elements would be located in Davis, Salt Lake,
Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties in Utah;
and Lincoln and Clark Counties in Nevada. The pipeline would also cross
the Reservation of the Moapa Band of the Paiute Tribe in southern
Nevada. Permanent facilities would include access roads to all above-
ground structures (including valves, pipeline surface access points,
and receiving equipment). Temporary facilities would include
construction and equipment storage yards and extra workspace for pipe
assembly.
The document proposes to amend the Pony Express Resource Management
Plan so that it would be consistent with the grant of a right-of-way
for a major pipeline. The proposed amendment would also establish a new
utility corridor to accommodate a portion of the proposed pipeline
right-of-way on lands administered by the BLM Salt Lake Field Office.
The right-of-way would be 100-feet wide, 50 feet on either side of the
centerline of the proposed pipeline. From Milepost 50 through the
Tooele County-Juab County boundary, on BLM-administered lands only, the
right-of-way would be within a newly established 3,960 feet wide (0.75
miles) corridor administered by the Salt Lake Field Office. The
remainder of the right-of-way on BLM-administered lands would be
consistent with the RMPs regulating activities on those lands so no
other RMP amendments are needed. There are four Action Alternatives to
the Proposed Action. These include the Airport, Tooele County, Rush
Lake, and Millard County Alternatives. Each of these alternatives would
essentially re-route a portion of the Proposed Action alignment to
address various resource concerns or to respond to local issues that
were raised during public scoping.
The Preferred Alternative remains the same as identified in the
Draft RMPA/Draft EIS published on December 19, 2008. The Preferred
Alternative as identified by the BLM incorporates each of the
alternative alignments identified for the Airport, Tooele County, Rush
Lake, and Millard County Alternatives into the Proposed Action
alignment. Comments on the Draft RMPA/Draft EIS received from the
public and internal BLM review were considered and incorporated, as
appropriate, into the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS. Public comments resulted
in the addition of clarifying text, but did not significantly change
proposed land use plan decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS may be found in the ``Dear Reader
Letter'' of the UNEV Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline and Pony
Express Proposed RMPA/Final EIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2. E-mail and
faxed protests will not be accepted as valid protests unless the
protesting party also provides the original letter by either regular or
overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest period. Under
these conditions, the BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed protest as
an advance copy and it will receive full consideration. If you wish to
provide the BLM with such advance notification, please direct faxed
protests to the attention of the BLM protest coordinator at (202) 912-
7212, and e-mails to [email protected].
All protests, including the follow-up letter to e-mails or faxes,
must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as set forth
in the ADDRESSES section above.
Before including your phone number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware
that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, and 1610.5-2.
Selma Sierra,
Utah State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-8625 Filed 4-15-10; 8:45 am]
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