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San Juan County, New Mexico; La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, and San Miguel Counties, Colorado; and San Juan, Grand, Emery, Carbon, Sanpete, Utah, Juab and Salt Lake Counties, Utah; Final EIS for a Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipelines and Utility Corridor Analysis and Plan Amendments
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[Federal Register: June 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 107)]
[Notices]
[Page 29981]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-070-99-5101-00; J-608; UTU-77149, UTU-77164, UTU-78301, FERC Doc.
No. CP00-68-000]
San Juan County, New Mexico; La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, and
San Miguel Counties, Colorado; and San Juan, Grand, Emery, Carbon,
Sanpete, Utah, Juab and Salt Lake Counties, Utah; Final EIS for a
Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipelines and Utility
Corridor Analysis and Plan Amendments
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, a Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) has been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah
State Office. The FEIS was prepared to analyze the impacts of proposed
transportation of refined petroleum products and natural gas through
pipelines located on public lands administered by BLM, National Forest
System lands and State and private lands in northwest New Mexico,
southwest Colorado, and southeast to north-central Utah. In addition,
the Final EIS analyzes utility corridors across the Manti-LaSal and
Uinta National Forests which may or may not expand the existing
designated corridors and /or identify other corridors. This analysis
may result in Forest Plan amendments to the Manti-LaSal and Uinta
National Forest Land and Resource Management Plans. The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) and United States Forest Service, Manti-
LaSal, San Juan and Uinta National Forests, are Cooperating Agencies in
accordance with Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 1501.6.
DATES: The Final EIS will be distributed and made available to the
public on June 1, 2001, for a 30 day review period. Copies of the Final
EIS will be mailed to individuals, agencies, or companies who
previously requested copies by responding to an inquiry by the Bureau
of Land Management. No decision on the proposed action shall be made or
recorded until at least 30 days after publication of a Notice of
Availability by the Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the FEIS will be available for
review at the following locations:
Salt Lake City, Utah--209 East 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
West Valley City, Utah--2880 West 3650 South, West Valley
City, Utah
Payson, Utah--439 West Utah Ave, Payson, Utah
Nephi, Utah--22 East 100 North, Nephi, Utah
Price, Utah--159 East Main, Price, Utah
Moab, Utah--Grand Co. Library, 25 South 100 East, Moab, Utah
Durango, Colorado--Durango Public Library, 1188 Second Avenue,
Durango, CO
Dolores, Colorado--Dolores Public Library, PO Box 847,
Dolores, CO
Farmington, New Mexico--Farmington Public Library, 100 West
Broadway, Farmington, NM
A limited number of copies of the document will be available at the
following BLM and Forest Service Offices:
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, 324 South State
Street, Salt Lake, Utah
Uinta National Forest, 88 West 100 North, Provo, Utah,
Bureau of Land Management
Filmore Field Office, 35 East 500 North, Fillmore, Utah,
Bureau of Land Management, Price Field Office, 125 South, 600
West, Price, Utah
Manti La-Sal National Forest, 599 West Price River Drive,
Price, Utah
Bureau of Land Management, Moab Field Office, 82 East Dogwood
Road, Moab, Utah
Bureau of Land Management, Monticello Field Office, 435 North
Main Street, Monticello, Utah
Bureau of Land Management, Durango Field Office. 15 Burnett
Court, Durango, Colorado
San Juan National Forest, Delores, Colorado
Bureau of Land Management, Farmington, Field Office, 1235 La
Plata Highway, Farmington, New Mexico
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please contact Ms. LaVerne Steah, Project
Manager, at the above address or phone: (801) 539-4114 or e-mail:
LaVerne__Steah@blm.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three proponents (Williams Pipeline Company,
Questar Pipeline Company and Kern River Gas Transmission Company) filed
right-of-way applications with the Bureau of Land Management in 1998
and 1999 to construct and operate petroleum products and natural gas
pipelines and ancillary facilities on public lands administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, National Forest System Lands administered by
the United States Forest Service (USFS), and private and state owned
lands in the states of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. The three
projects are independent of each other (each project could be
constructed and operated regardless of whether the other two projects
are approved). The three projects were analyzed together because they
would share common utility corridors across the Manti-LaSal and Uinta
National Forests and would cause cumulative impacts.
The BLM and the USFS examined alternative natural gas and petroleum
transportation methods and several alternative pipeline route segments
to address concerns about potential petroleum products leaks and spill
effects on natural resources, water and people, natural gas leaks and
failure effects on natural resources and people, and effects on the
character of USFS inventoried roadless and unroaded areas. Two major
(30 miles or longer) route alternatives, and two short (5 miles or
less) route variations were carried forward in the analysis in addition
to the proposed action and the no action alternative. Also, as part of
the proposed action is a proposal to amend one or more forest plans
following the 1982 regulations (36 CFR, part 219).
A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was issued on
February 23, 2001, analyzing the impacts and identifying alternatives
and mitigation measures. A 52 day public comment period and eight
public meetings were held in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico to receive
comments on the DEIS. A total of 123 comments (84 oral comments and 39
letters) were received. These comments have been analyzed, and
appropriate changes have been made in the FEIS. The public comments
have been summarized and printed in the FEIS, along with BLM's
responses.
Linda Colville,
Acting Utah State Director.
[FR Doc. 01-13974 Filed 6-1-01; 8:45 am]
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