[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7742]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Construction of New Utah Museum of Natural History, Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, Salt Lake County, UT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of a 
Proposed New Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C), the National Park Service and the University of Utah 
announce the availability of the Record of Decision for the 
Construction and Operation of a Proposed New Utah Museum of Natural 
History at the University of Utah, Salt Lake County, Utah. On March 26, 
2007, the Director, Intermountain Region approved the Record of 
Decision for the project. As soon as practicable, the University of 
Utah will begin to implement the Preferred Alternative contained in the 
FEIS issued on February 23, 2007. The following course of action will 
occur under the preferred alternative: the new museum building will be 
built uphill from the pipeline corridor/Bonneville Shoreline Trail that 
pass through the new site. Parking will be provided in a joint Red 
Butte Garden and Arboretum/Utah Museum of Natural History facility, or 
if a joint facility is not viable, downhill from the pipeline corridor. 
Flexibility is afforded for site design and placement of facilities. A 
portion of the development area extends into Red Butte Garden and 
Arboretum property. This course of action and five alternatives were 
analyzed in the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements. The 
full range of foreseeable environmental consequences was assessed, and 
appropriate mitigating measures were identified.
    The Record of Decision includes a statement of the decision made, 
synopses of other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, 
a description of the environmentally preferable alternative, a listing 
of measures to minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public 
involvement in the decision-making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph E. Becker, The Shipley Group and 
Bear West, 1584 South 500 West, Suite 201, Woods Cross, Utah 84010; 
phone 801-355-8816; e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Record of Decision may be 
obtained from the contact listed above or online at http://www.umnh.utah.edu.

    Dated: March 26, 2007.
Anthony J. Schetzsle,
Deputy Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
 [FR Doc. E7-7742 Filed 4-23-07; 8:45 am]
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