[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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