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Utah Museum of Natural History,
Environmental Impact Statement,
University of Utah and National Park
Service and as Joint Lead Agencies,
Salt Lake County, UT
The University of Utah and
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the construction and operation of a
proposed new Utah Museum of Natural
History at the University of Utah.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Roger Maxwell,
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National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332 (C) and (D) (NEPA), the
University of Utah and the National
Park Service as Joint Lead Agencies, are
preparing an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on the construction and
operation of a proposed new Utah
Museum of Natural History museum
facility at the University of Utah, Salt
Lake County, Utah.
The NEPA process is being followed
because federal funds, as grants through
the National Park Service, are
contributing to the design and
construction costs of the new museum
facility. The EIS will identify potential
environmental effects of construction
and operation of the proposed 169,000
square foot museum building, parking,
and related appurtenances and
mitigation measures to minimize
adverse environmental impacts on the
17-acre site provided to the Museum by
the University of Utah. This site is near
the University of Utah’s Research Park,
south of Red Butte Gardens and
Arboretum in Salt Lake County, Utah.
The Utah Public Lands Artifact
Preservation Act, Pub. L. 107–329,
enacted in 2002, authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to make a grant
to the University of Utah to pay the
Federal share of the costs of
construction of a new facility including
design, planning, furnishing, and
equipping of the Museum. Seventy-five
percent of the Museum’s collection is
material recovered from federally
managed public lands including lands
administered by the National Park
Service. In January 2005, the Museum
initiated an Environmental Assessment
on the proposed project. After
completion of public scoping and the
identification of issues, the agencies
decided to prepare an EIS.
The EIS will analyze the proposed
action, a no action alternative,
alternative approaches to site and
facilities design and placement, and
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other reasonable alternatives, if any,
identified during the NEPA process. The
EIS will also consider mitigation
measures to minimize potential adverse
environmental effects. Based on current
information it is not expected that the
EIS alternatives will include alternative
sites for the museum facility, for several
reasons. (1) The University of Utah and
the Museum concluded a site selection
process in 1995, and in 1997 the
University of Utah Board of Trustees
reserved the Research Park site for use
by the Museum. Since that time
considerable resources have been
devoted to site planning, and substantial
private, state and federal financial
commitments have been received for
design, construction and operation of a
museum on the designated site. It would
not be practical or economically feasible
for the Museum to abandon this site for
an alternative location. (2) Congress, in
enacting the 2002 Utah Public Lands
Artifact Preservation Act and in making
subsequent appropriations,
contemplated that the new museum
would be located at the 17-acre
Research Park site and it authorized and
has since appropriated funding for a
facility at that site. (3) If the new
museum were built at an alternative
location, the Research Park site would
nonetheless still be developed, meaning
that there would not likely be a decrease
in overall impacts.
Issues that were identified by the
public during scoping for the EA and
that will be addressed in the EIS
include: vegetation and wildlife;
recreation and trail use; open space,
visual quality and aesthetics; traffic,
transportation and parking;
socioeconomics/cultural; air quality;
soils, geological and seismic concerns;
surface and groundwater quality and
management; consideration of
alternative sites; hazardous materials;
and archaeological, cultural, historic
and paleontological resources. Scoping
for the EA was conducted February 15
through March 16, 2005 with a scoping
meeting on March 8. The meeting was
widely publicized and was attended by
over 90 members of the public.
Approximately 350 comments were
received by letter or email. A scoping
brochure has been prepared that details
the issues identified to date. Copies of
the brochure may be obtained from the
project’s NEPA contractor, Bear West,
145 South 400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
84111, phone (801) 355–8816. The
scoping brochure along with a request
for any additional scoping comments is
being mailed to the project mailing list
including those who attended the initial
scoping meeting or submitted written
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comments. One or more workshops,
open houses or similar meetings may be
conducted during preparation of the
EIS. Because there was a well attended
public meeting during scoping for the
EA, no additional public meetings are
planned as part of the EIS scoping
process.
For questions regarding the proposed
action, contact Utah Museum of Natural
History, Sarah George, Director, 1390 E.
Presidents Circle, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112–0050. For
questions regarding NEPA compliance,
contact National Park Service, Cordell
Roy, Utah State Coordinator, 324 South
State Street, Suite 200, Box 30, Salt Lake
City, UT 84111.
DATES: Comments from the public will
be accepted through October 11, 2005.
Any comments received during that
time will be reviewed and, if
appropriate, a supplemental scoping
brochure will be prepared. Comments
received after the close of formal
scoping will continue to be accepted
and considered. It is anticipated that a
Draft EIS will be available for public
review in early 2006 and the Final EIS
will be completed in the summer 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ralph Becker, Bear West, 145 South 400
East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 (801–
355–8816), or e-mail to
rbecker@bearwest.com.
If you
wish to comment on the scoping
brochure or on any other issues
associated with the proposed project,
you may submit your comments by mail
to UMNH EIS, c/o Bear West, 145 South
400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 or
via the internet to bcall@bearwest.com.
Please include in any internet
comments your name and return
address for the project mailing list. If
you do not receive a confirmation of
receipt of your email message, contact
Bear West directly at (801) 355–8816.
Comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents will be
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their home address from the
record, which will be honored to the
maximum extent allowable by law.
There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold from the
record a respondent’s identity, as
allowable by law. If you wish to have
your address withheld, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of
your comment. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
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made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Dated: August 2, 2005.
Kate Cannon,
Acting Deputy Director, Intermountain
Region, National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Utah Museum of Natural History, Environmental Impact Statement,
University of Utah and National Park Service and as Joint Lead
Agencies, Salt Lake County, UT
AGENCY: The University of Utah and National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) 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 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332 (C) and (D) (NEPA), the University of Utah and the National
Park Service as Joint Lead Agencies, are preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) on the construction and operation of a proposed
new Utah Museum of Natural History museum facility at the University of
Utah, Salt Lake County, Utah.
The NEPA process is being followed because federal funds, as grants
through the National Park Service, are contributing to the design and
construction costs of the new museum facility. The EIS will identify
potential environmental effects of construction and operation of the
proposed 169,000 square foot museum building, parking, and related
appurtenances and mitigation measures to minimize adverse environmental
impacts on the 17-acre site provided to the Museum by the University of
Utah. This site is near the University of Utah's Research Park, south
of Red Butte Gardens and Arboretum in Salt Lake County, Utah.
The Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act, Pub. L. 107-329,
enacted in 2002, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make a
grant to the University of Utah to pay the Federal share of the costs
of construction of a new facility including design, planning,
furnishing, and equipping of the Museum. Seventy-five percent of the
Museum's collection is material recovered from federally managed public
lands including lands administered by the National Park Service. In
January 2005, the Museum initiated an Environmental Assessment on the
proposed project. After completion of public scoping and the
identification of issues, the agencies decided to prepare an EIS.
The EIS will analyze the proposed action, a no action alternative,
alternative approaches to site and facilities design and placement, and
other reasonable alternatives, if any, identified during the NEPA
process. The EIS will also consider mitigation measures to minimize
potential adverse environmental effects. Based on current information
it is not expected that the EIS alternatives will include alternative
sites for the museum facility, for several reasons. (1) The University
of Utah and the Museum concluded a site selection process in 1995, and
in 1997 the University of Utah Board of Trustees reserved the Research
Park site for use by the Museum. Since that time considerable resources
have been devoted to site planning, and substantial private, state and
federal financial commitments have been received for design,
construction and operation of a museum on the designated site. It would
not be practical or economically feasible for the Museum to abandon
this site for an alternative location. (2) Congress, in enacting the
2002 Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act and in making
subsequent appropriations, contemplated that the new museum would be
located at the 17-acre Research Park site and it authorized and has
since appropriated funding for a facility at that site. (3) If the new
museum were built at an alternative location, the Research Park site
would nonetheless still be developed, meaning that there would not
likely be a decrease in overall impacts.
Issues that were identified by the public during scoping for the EA
and that will be addressed in the EIS include: vegetation and wildlife;
recreation and trail use; open space, visual quality and aesthetics;
traffic, transportation and parking; socioeconomics/cultural; air
quality; soils, geological and seismic concerns; surface and
groundwater quality and management; consideration of alternative sites;
hazardous materials; and archaeological, cultural, historic and
paleontological resources. Scoping for the EA was conducted February 15
through March 16, 2005 with a scoping meeting on March 8. The meeting
was widely publicized and was attended by over 90 members of the
public. Approximately 350 comments were received by letter or email. A
scoping brochure has been prepared that details the issues identified
to date. Copies of the brochure may be obtained from the project's NEPA
contractor, Bear West, 145 South 400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111,
phone (801) 355-8816. The scoping brochure along with a request for any
additional scoping comments is being mailed to the project mailing list
including those who attended the initial scoping meeting or submitted
written
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comments. One or more workshops, open houses or similar meetings may be
conducted during preparation of the EIS. Because there was a well
attended public meeting during scoping for the EA, no additional public
meetings are planned as part of the EIS scoping process.
For questions regarding the proposed action, contact Utah Museum of
Natural History, Sarah George, Director, 1390 E. Presidents Circle,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0050. For questions
regarding NEPA compliance, contact National Park Service, Cordell Roy,
Utah State Coordinator, 324 South State Street, Suite 200, Box 30, Salt
Lake City, UT 84111.
DATES: Comments from the public will be accepted through October 11,
2005. Any comments received during that time will be reviewed and, if
appropriate, a supplemental scoping brochure will be prepared. Comments
received after the close of formal scoping will continue to be accepted
and considered. It is anticipated that a Draft EIS will be available
for public review in early 2006 and the Final EIS will be completed in
the summer 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Becker, Bear West, 145 South 400
East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 (801-355-8816), or e-mail to
rbecker@bearwest.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the scoping
brochure or on any other issues associated with the proposed project,
you may submit your comments by mail to UMNH EIS, c/o Bear West, 145
South 400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 or via the internet to
bcall@bearwest.com. Please include in any internet comments your name
and return address for the project mailing list. If you do not receive
a confirmation of receipt of your email message, contact Bear West
directly at (801) 355-8816. Comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents will be available for public review.
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address
from the record, which will be honored to the maximum extent allowable
by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from
the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish to
have your address withheld, you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: August 2, 2005.
Kate Cannon,
Acting Deputy Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
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