[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32025-32029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15685]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[CO-030-5101-00-YCKD; COC-51280]
Record of Decision, Final Supplement to the Final 1992
Environmental Impact Statement TransColorado Gas Transmission Project;
Colorado and New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior, and Forest Service
(FS), Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a 1998 Record of Decision for the
Final Supplement to the Final 1992 Environmental Impact Statement
TransColorado Gas Transmission Project; Colorado and New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as lead agency, and in
cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has prepared a Record
of Decision (ROD) for the Final Supplement (Supplement) to the 1992
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the TransColorado Gas
Transmission (TransColorado) Project on Federal lands in Colorado and
New Mexico. TransColorado Gas Transmission Company is the proponent.
Lands managed by the BLM in the Montrose, Craig, and Grand Junction
Districts in Colorado, and the Farmington District in New Mexico, and
the USFS in the Uncompahgre and San Juan National Forests, Colorado,
are
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crossed by the TransColorado pipeline project. The impacts of
implementing the proponent's Proposed Action Alternative, the No Action
Alternative, and the Agency Preferred Alternative were analyzed in the
Supplement.
The 1998 ROD for the Final Supplement to the 1992 FEIS adopts the
Agency Preferred Alternative. The 1998 ROD approves the following
actions associated with the Agency Preferred Alternative:
1. The construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of
known proposed route changes and minor realignments (less than 100 ft.)
from the approved pipeline right-of-way (ROW) grant COC-51280.
2. The use of known additional temporary use areas adjacent to the
approved ROW or proposed ROW route changes or minor realignments.
3. The minor realignments to the pipeline centerline and the use of
relocated temporary work areas, in unspecified locations to accommodate
conditions that might be encountered during construction.
4. Modifications to several environmental protection measures
contained in the 1992 ROW grant and 1992 ROD.
5. The re-authorization of an expired 25 foot-wide temporary use
permit (TUP) for necessary work space adjacent to and parallel to the
entire length of the pipeline, including along approved route changes
and minor realignments.
Further, the amended MLA ROW grant offered to TransColorado will
contain stipulations concerning hazardous materials, threatened and
endangered species, BLM and USFS sensitive species, Department of
Transportation health and safety issues, any future modifications to
mitigation measures, valid existing rights, Plan of Development, strict
liability, steep slopes special mitigation and visual resource
mitigation.
ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision, the 1998 Supplement, and the 1992
FEIS are available for public review at the following BLM and USFS
offices: BLM Grand Junction District, BLM Montrose District, BLM San
Juan Resource Area, BLM Farmington District, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre,
and Gunnison National Forests, and San Juan National Forest. Public
reading copies are available at the federal depository libraries in
Colorado and New Mexico, and public libraries within San Juan County,
New Mexico, and La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, Montrose,
Delta, Mesa, Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado, and at
TransColorado Offices in Salt Lake City and Montrose, CO.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Bottomly (970) 240-5337, Ilyse
Auringer (970) 385-1341, Dave Lehmann (970) 344-3021, or Steve Hemphill
(970) 874-6633.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After preparing Draft and Final
Environmental Impact Statements, the BLM and USFS signed Records of
Decision on December 1, 1992, for a 292 mile-long TransColorado Gas
Transmission pipeline from Meeker, Colorado to Bloomfield, New Mexico.
Under the authority of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185),
as amended, BLM issued a 50 foot-wide ROW grant on December 4, 1992,
accompanied by a 25 foot-wide Temporary Use Permit, excepting 1.7 miles
near Grand Junction, Colorado, to TransColorado (COC-51280). The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued TransColorado a Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity on June 3, 1994. TransColorado
completed the 22.5 mile Phase I of the project in December, 1996. The
proponent is now prepared to construct the remainder of the pipeline
during 1998.
Public participation has occurred throughout the preparation of the
Supplement. The Notice of Intent to prepare this Supplement to the FEIS
was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 1997. ``Open
House'' forums were held from October 21 through December 10, 1997 at
Norwood, Durango, Delta, Rangely, Dolores, and Grand Junction,
Colorado. Field trips to locations on the San Juan National Forest were
offered on November 15 and 22, 1997. The Draft Supplement was published
on January 23, 1998, and was available for public comments for a 60-day
period that closed on March 18, 1998. The BLM and USFS received 52
written comment letters and several oral comments during the public
comment period on the Draft Supplement, including at the public
meetings held on February 17, 18, and 19, 1998 in Durango, Dolores, and
Grand Junction, Colorado, respectively. The Final Supplement was
published on April 24, 1998, for a 30-day availability period which
ended on May 24, 1998. Two comment letters were received, neither of
which resulted in any changes to the Final Supplement.
The purpose of the amended ROW and related authorizations is for
the construction, operation, maintenance and termination of one 22 to
24 inch diameter natural gas pipeline, appurtenances, and associated
facilities between the Piceance Basin near Meeker, Colorado to the
interconnection near the Coyote Gulch Treating Plant, northwest of
Bloomfield, New Mexico.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.3, the BLM and the USFS have independently
reviewed the Supplement in conjunction with the 1992 FEIS and have
concluded that, with the mitigation measures documented in the 1992
FEIS and those identified in the Agency Preferred Alternative of the
Supplement to the 1992 FEIS, the BLM and USFS comments and suggestions
have been satisfactorily integrated.
The Authorized Officer has adopted the Supplement and the Agency
Preferred Alternative in the Supplement, relative to the federal lands
administered by the BLM and USFS, subject to the additional mitigation
in the ROD. Letters of concurrence with the ROD from the Uncompahgre
National Forest and the San Juan National Forest are on file at the
Montrose District Office of the BLM. The ROD approved the following
amendments to the TransColorado Gas Transmission Company ROW grant COC-
51280 on Federal lands managed by the BLM and USFS:
1. Route Changes and Realignments
Offer to TransColorado, and grant if accepted, an amended MLA ROW
grant COC-51280 for the Federal lands involved, incorporating pipeline
route changes greater than 100 feet from the existing centerline of the
pipeline, and pipeline realignments that are less than 100 feet from
the existing centerline of the pipeline. The permanent width of the
amended ROW will be 50 feet. The term of the amended ROW grant will be
for 30 years from the date of the original ROW grant, COC-51280. The
route changes and realignments herein are described in Chapter 2,
Tables 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3, of the Agency Preferred Alternative of the
Supplement. Maps of each route change are shown in Appendix B of the
Supplement. Legal descriptions for these route changes and realignments
on Federal lands affected by the ROD are shown in Attachment 1 of the
ROD. The route of the entire ROW, including these route changes and
realignments, and ancillary facilities, is shown on the official,
Approved ROW Alignment Sheets for the pipeline and related facilities
designated as TransColorado Pipeline Project Construction Alignment
Sheets TCP-3022D-1101 to 1155, 1301 to 1324, 7500, and 9200 to 9250.
The offered amended ROW grant will be subject to the terms and
conditions as specified in the ROD, as well as all of the terms and
conditions specified in the 1992 ROD from the FEIS.
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2. Temporary Use Areas
Offer to TransColorado and grant if accepted Temporary Use Permits
(TUPs) for temporary use areas (TUAs) on the Federal lands for the
purpose of constructing one 22 to 24 inch natural gas pipeline
associated with ROW COC-51280 and amended ROW COC-51280. These TUPs
will be subject to all stipulations specified in the ROD as well as all
stipulations specified in the 1992 ROD from the FEIS. These subject
TUAs are listed in Table 2-4 and Appendix C of the Supplement. Legal
descriptions for these TUAs are shown in Attachment 1 of the ROD. All
TUAs are shown on the official Approved ROW Alignment Sheets for the
pipeline and related facilities designated as TransColorado Pipeline
Project Construction Alignment Sheets TCP-3022D-1101 to 1155, 1301 to
1324, 7500, and 9200 to 9250.
3. Field Pipeline Realignments and Field Relocation of Temporary
Use Areas
Authorize BLM and USFS delegated representatives to approve
realigning the staked centerline of the pipeline described in ROW grant
COC-51280 as amended, up to a maximum of 100 feet from the staked
centerline. All such realignments shall be implemented only with the
specific conditions that (1) the realignment can reasonably be
constructed, (2) a determination has been made by the agency
archaeologist that no significant cultural resources will be effected,
(3) a determination has been made by the agency biologist that no
direct effects (e.g. taking) of listed species will occur, (4) a
determination has been made by the Authorized Officer's representative
that soil and slope stability can be maintained, and erosion will be
controlled using methods identified in the project POD.
Authorize BLM and USFS delegated representatives to approve
relocating TUAs a maximum of 100 feet from the original approved TUA
boundary, subject to the following conditions: (1) The TUA is no larger
than the size originally approved; (2) a determination has been made by
the agency archaeologist that no significant cultural resources will be
effected, (3) a determination has been made by the agency biologist
that no direct effects (e.g. taking) of listed species will occur, (4)
a determination has been made by the Authorized Officer's
representative that soil and slope stability can be maintained, and
erosion will be controlled using methods identified in the project POD.
4. Revised Environmental Protection Measures
Approve the 18 revised environmental protection measures in the
Agency Preferred Alternative, Table 2-6 on the Supplement. These
environmental protection measures are shown in Attachment 2 of the ROD,
``Revised Tables 2-12, TransColorado Gas Transmission Project
Environmental Protection Measures for Federal Lands'' and Table 2-13,
TransColorado Gas Transmission Project Site-Specific Environmental
Protection Measures.'' The amended ROW grant and all TUPs offered to
TransColorado will be subject to these revised environmental protection
measures, all terms and conditions as specified in the ROD, as well as
all terms and conditions specified in the 1992 ROD from the FEIS. The
amended ROW grant offered to TransColorado will condition all granted
areas (to include the original granted alignment, all route changes and
all realignments) to all terms and conditions as specified in the ROD,
as well as all terms and conditions specified in the 1992 ROD from the
FEIS.
5. Re-Authorization of the 25-foot Wide Temporary Use Area
Offer to TransColorado and grant if accepted a Temporary Use Permit
(TUP) for a 25-foot wide temporary use area (TUA) on the Federal lands
adjacent to and for the length of the ROW and amended ROW. The purpose
of this TUA will be for the construction of one 22 to 24 inch natural
gas pipeline associated with ROW COC-51280. This TUP will be subject to
all stipulations of the ROD as well as all stipulations of the 1992 ROD
from the FEIS. Legal description for this TUA is shown in Attachment 1
of the ROD. The TUA is shown on the official Approved ROW Alignment
Sheets for the pipeline and related facilities designated as
TransColorado Pipeline Project Construction Alignment Sheets TCP-3022D-
1101 to 1155, 1301 to 1324, 7500, and 9200 to 9250.
Additional Mitigation and Monitoring
The amended MLA ROW grant COC-51280 (to include the original
granted alignment, all route changes and all realignments) and all TUPs
offered to TransColorado will contain the following additional
stipulations and environmental protection measures on Federal lands.
These measures are based on environmental concerns which were not fully
incorporated into the Final Supplement. The term ``holder'' refers to
the holder of the MLA ROW grant, TransColorado Gas Transmission
Company, its successors and assigns. Inclusion of these measures should
provide for all practicable means to avoid or reduce environmental
harm, in accordance with the requirements under 43, Code of Federal
Regulations (43 CFR, Part 2881.2).
6. Hazardous Materials
Holder will be required to provide information on hazardous
materials that will be used, produced, transported or stored on the
ROW, either temporarily during construction or permanently, in
accordance with the requirements of BLM Instruction Memorandum No. 94-
253 (Hazardous Materials Management on Rights-of-way, July 28, 1994 and
refer to Department of Interior Standard Form 299, Item #19).
Currently, three categories of hazardous materials, explosives and
blasting agents, paint, and coatings are identified as being brought on
site during the project. Based on the use or transport of these
materials, during the project by TransColorado on Federal lands, the
following stipulations will be included in the amended ROW grant:
(a) Holder shall comply with all applicable Federal laws and
regulations concerning hazardous materials and toxic substances,
existing or hereafter enacted or promulgated. In any event, the holder
shall comply with the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, as amended
(15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.) with regard to any toxic substances that are
used, generated by or stored on the ROW or on facilities authorized
under the ROW grant. (See 40 CFR, Part 702-799) Additionally, any
release of toxic substances (leaks, spills, etc.) at or in excess of
the reportable quantity established by 40 CFR, Part 117 shall be
reported as required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, Section 102b. A copy of any
report required or requested by any Federal or State government as a
result of a reportable release or spill of any toxic substances shall
be furnished to the BLM Authorized Officer concurrent with the filing
of the reports to the involved Federal agency or State government.
(b) The holder agrees to indemnify the United States against any
liability arising from the release of any hazardous substance or
hazardous waste (as these terms are defined in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42
U.S.C. 9601, et seq. or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.) on the ROW (unless the
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threatened release is wholly unrelated to the ROW holder's activity on
the ROW). This agreement applies without regard to whether a release is
caused by the holder, its agent, or unrelated third parties.
(c) The holder shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and
local laws or ordinances concerning the use, storage and transport of
explosives and blasting agents. The holder shall provide the
appropriate office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
(BATF), Regulatory Enforcement, with a list of dates and locations for
the explosives and blasting agent storage facilities to be used on the
Project, at least 14 days prior to the establishment of such storage
facilities. In addition, the BLM Authorized Officer in his or her
discretion may require the holder to employ additional security
measures for the storage or transport of explosives and blasting
agents, including but not limited to the use of 24-hour on site
security personnel. These additional security measures will be
developed through consultation between the BLM Authorized Officer,
BATF, appropriate land managing agencies, Federal, State and local law
enforcement agencies and the holder.
7. Threatened and Endangered Species
The Holder shall comply with all conservation measures and
conservation recommendations contained in the US Fish and Wildlife
Service's (USFWS) May 18, 1998, Final Biological Opinion (Attachment
3). The BLM will retain jurisdiction should the Section 7 consultation
process need to be reinitiated at any point during this project. These
measures will also be incorporated into the Plan of Development (POD)
for the project.
8. Sensitive Species
The Holder shall comply with all mitigation measures contained in
the Final Biological Evaluation for BLM and USFS ``sensitive species''
identified for the TransColorado Project will be implemented
(Attachment 4). These measures will also be incorporated into the Plan
of Development for the project.
9. Department of Transportation; Health and Safety
In accordance with 43 CFR 2881.2(c), TransColorado shall comply
with all applicable Federal and State law that will protect the safety
and health of pipeline workers and the general public, including, but
not limited to, protection against the sudden rupture and slow
degradation of the pipeline. This includes compliance with all such
applicable measures required by FERC, Department of Transportation
(DOT) and appropriate State Agencies of Colorado and New Mexico.
TransColorado shall design, construct, operate, and maintain all
facilities in accordance with applicable Federal (including DOT) and
State law governing pipelines and pipeline construction.
10. Mitigation Measure Modification Requests
Any changes in mitigation measures that apply to activities on
Federal lands must be approved in writing, in advance, by the BLM
Authorized Officer or delegated Authorized Officer's Representative.
TransColorado must request such changes in writing at least 7 days
prior to the date that the change in the mitigation measure would take
effect. Minor on-site one-time variances to mitigation measures may be
approved, in writing, by the BLM/USFS designated Compliance Inspectors
on a case-by-case basis.
11. Valid Existing Rights
This MLA ROW shall be subject to all valid existing rights on
Federal lands as of the date of the grant and amended grant.
12. Alignment Sheets, Legal Descriptions and TUPs
The Official Approved Alignment Sheets will be part of the amended
MLA ROW grant to be offered and granted, if accepted by TransColorado.
All TUPs will reference tracking numbers, mileposts, or specific
locations along the pipeline centerline on the subject Alignment Sheets
and in Appendix C in the Supplement.
13. Plan of Development
TransColorado is required to provide the BLM and USFS a Plan of
Development (POD) that details how the pipeline and associated
facilities will be constructed. The final POD will become part of the
amended ROW grant by reference. The final POD will be completed and
approved by the BLM and the USFS prior to the issuance of any
construction-related Notice to Proceed (NTPs) for Federal lands. If all
required environmental protection measures from both the 1992 and 1998
RODS are not included in the POD to the satisfaction of the BLM and the
USFS, no construction related NTP will be issued for Federal lands.
Prior to any construction or other surface disturbance associated with
ROW grant C-51280 or amended ROW C-51280 or related TUPs, the
Authorized Officer or delegated agency representative will issue
written NTPs. Any NTP shall authorize construction or use only as
therein expressly stated and only for the particular location, segment,
area, or use described.
14. Strict Liability
Chapter 3 the 1992 FEIS and Chapter 3 and Appendix D of the
Supplement to the 1992 FEIS identify specific steep slopes of the San
Juan National Forest where the TransColorado Project presents a
foreseeable hazard or risk to the United States. These potential
hazards or risks are documented in Appendix D of the Supplement to the
1992 FEIS. The slope stability issue of these specific slopes is
discussed in (1) the 1991 ``Engineering Geology and Geotechnical
Engineering Services, Alternative ``J'' and Alternative ``E'' Canyon
Crossings, San Juan National Forest, Montezuma County, Colorado,
TransColorado Project'' by Sergent, Hauskins & Beckwith (SHB); in (2)
the ``Special Geotechnical and Engineering Investigations for the
Proposed TransColorado Pipeline Route Through the San Juan National
Forest'' prepared by Universal ENSCO Inc. and AGRA Earth and
Environmental, dated March, 1998; in (3) a letter from AGRA Earth and
Environmental entitled ``Validity of the 1991 SHB Report on the
Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Regarding Slopes in
the San Juan National Forest, Montezuma County, Colorado''; in (4) two
reports from Dr. Nicholas Sitar titled ``Stability Analysis of Soil
Strength Parameters for the Proposed TransColorado Pipeline'' and an
``Addendum to Review of Stability Analysis of Soil Strength Parameters
for the Proposed TransColorado Pipeline'', dated December 22, 1997 and
December 30, 1997, respectively; in (5) the AGRA Earth and
Environmental January 1998 ``Reclamation Plan, Shallow Slope Stability
Mitigation Plan, TransColorado Pipeline Company San Juan National
Forest'' and; in (6) the USFS San Juan National Forest April 23, 1998
report, ``Comments on TransColorado Pipeline Geotechnical Engineering
and Engineering''. These impact discussions demonstrate the differences
in the professional geotechnical conclusions concerning the slope
stability of the specifically identified steep slopes of the San Juan
National Forest and that the Project presents a foreseeable hazard or
risk to the United States due to geologic hazards, rockfalls and slope
instability. These hazards may result in ruptured, damaged or corroded
pipe, which may pose a public and environmental safety hazard,
including fire and explosion. The costs of suppressing wildland fires
caused by
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these environmental safety hazards would be likely to exceed
$1,000,000, depending on the time of year and fire hazard conditions.
Damages to highways and other facilities, as well as liability for
human injuries, could also exceed this amount. In accordance with the
regulations under 43 CFR 2883.1-4, this potential for a foreseeable
risk or hazard to the United States requires that the MLA amended ROW
grant offered to TransColorado be subject to the following strict
liability stipulation:
The holder shall be liable for damage or injury to the United
States to the extent provided by 43 CFR 2883.1-4. The holder shall
be held to a standard of strict liability for damage or injury to
the United States resulting from fire, explosion or soil movement
(including land slides, slumps and rockfalls, as well as wind and
water-caused movement of particles) caused or substantially
aggravated by any of the following within the ROW or permit area:
(a) Activities of the holder, including but not limited to
construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of the
facility.
(b) Activities of other parties including but not limited to:
(i) Land clearing and logging.
(ii) Earth-disturbing and earth-moving work.
(iii) Blasting.
(iv) Vandalism and sabotage.
(c) Acts of God.
The maximum limitation for such strict liability damages shall
not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any one event, and
any liability in excess of such amount shall be determined by the
ordinary rules of negligence of the jurisdiction in which the damage
or injury occurred.
This requirement shall not impose strict liability for damage or
injuries resulting primarily from an act of war or from the
negligent acts or omissions of the United States.
The strict liability stipulation contained in MLA amended ROW grant
COC-51280 offered to TransColorado will be applied only to the
locations on Federal lands managed by the San Juan National Forest
described in the ROD in Attachment 5 of the ROD.
15. Steep Slopes Mitigation
All steep slope mitigation and construction measures and
environmental protection measures contained in Appendix D, ``Steep
Slopes Construction Plan'' of the Supplement will be followed. On these
designated steep slope locations on the San Juan National Forest and on
the Grand Mesa Slopes (see Appendix D-2, Supplement), these measures
will take precedence over general mitigation measures. TUPs issued on
these designated steep slopes of the San Juan National Forest
(Attachment 5), will be stipulated such that TUAs will not be used for
the storage of merchantable timber. NTPs for these same TUAs on the San
Juan National Forest will also contain this stipulation.
16. Visual Resource Mitigation
In the visually sensitive areas of the Grand Mesa Slopes Area and
the Grand Valley, and the Dolores River Canyon crossing, the BLM
Authorized Officer or delegated representative, at his/her discretion
will require the implementation of some or all of the visual resource
mitigation requirements stated in Attachment 2 of the ROD (Revised
Tables 2-12 and 2-13 of the 1992 FEIS) and Appendix D of the Supplement
to the 1992 FEIS. Additionally, for the Dolores River Canyon crossing
and steep slopes, the final determination of visual resource mitigation
measures will be at the discretion of the Authorized Officer, following
construction. Design holes for tree planting shall be installed in
quantity and dimension as directed by the Authorized Officer.
The decisions in the 1998 ROD may be appealed to the Interior Board
of Land Appeals (IBLA), Office of the Secretary, in accordance with the
regulations contained in 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 4
and the enclosed Form 1842-1. If an appeal is taken, your notice of
appeal must be filed with the Bureau of Land Management, District
Manager, Montrose District, 2465 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose,
Colorado 81401 within 30 days from the date of publication of this
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The appellant has the
burden of showing that the decision appealed from is in error.
The decision(s) in the ROD may be appealed to the Interior Board of
Land Appeals (IBLA), Office of the Secretary, in accordance with the
regulations contained in 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 4.
If an appeal is taken, your notice of appeal must be filed with the
Bureau of Land Management, Montrose District Manager, 2465 South
Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado 81401, within 30 days after the
date of publication in the Federal Register. The appellant has the
burden of showing that the decision appealed from is in error.
If you wish to file a petition pursuant to regulations at 43 CFR
4.21 (58 FR 4939, January 19, 1993) for a stay of the effectiveness of
this decision during the time that your appeal is being reviewed by the
IBLA, the petition for a stay must accompany your notice of appeal. A
petition for a stay is required to show sufficient justification based
on the standards listed below. Copies of the notice of appeal and
petition for a stay must also be submitted to each party named in this
decision and to the IBLA and to the appropriate Office of the Solicitor
(see 43 CFR 4.413) at the same time the original documents are filed
with this office. If you request a stay, you have the burden of proof
to demonstrate that a stay should be granted.
Standards for Obtaining a Stay
Except as otherwise provided by law or other pertinent regulation,
a petition for a stay of a decision pending appeal shall show
sufficient justification based on the following standards:
(1) The relative harm to the parties if the stay is granted or
denied,
(2) The likelihood of the appellant's success on the merits,
(3) The likelihood of immediate and irreparable harm if the stay is
not granted, and
(4) Whether the public interest favors granting the stay.
Adverse parties of record who must be served with a copy of the
appeal and statement of reasons are: Mr. C. Kim Blair, TransColorado
Gas Transmission Company, 79 South State St., P. O. Box 11450, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84147.
Dated: June 4, 1998.
Mark W. Stiles,
District Manager, Montrose District, Bureau of Land Management.
Dated: June 4, 1998.
Robert L. Storch,
Forest Supervisor, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National
Forests, Forest Service.
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