Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment, Determination of NEPA Adequacy, and Public Hearing for Coal Lease Application UTU-84285, Utah, 30952-30953 [06-5005]
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the proposed grazing decision (s),
attached to the Final EIS, in person or
in writing to the BLM Elko Field Office,
Helen Hankins, Field Manager, within
15 days after receipt of the document.
Instructions for filing of protests will be
mailed with the proposed decision. In
accordance with 40 CFR 1506.10, a final
decision will be issued via a Record of
Decision following consideration of any
protests received. The Record of
Decision will be issued no earlier than
30 days after the Environmental
Protection Agency has published their
notice of filing of the Final EIS in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed
to the BLM Elko Field Office, Helen
Hankins, Field Manager, 3900 East
Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 89801.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lorrie West or Bryan Fuell EIS Team
Co-Leads, at the Elko Field Office, 3900
E. Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801.
Telephone: (775) 753–0200. E-mail:
lwest@nv.blm.gov or bfuell@nv.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
prepared this EIS to comply with a
minute order issued by the Honorable
Howard D. McKibben, U.S. District
Judge, District of Nevada, on August 18,
2004 (CV–N–03–197–HDM(VPC). The
order followed a hearing on a complaint
against three final multiple use
decisions (Western Watersheds Project
and Committee for the High Desert vs.
Clinton R. Oke, Assistant Field
Manager, Elko Field Office, et al.). The
final decisions, which were left intact
by the judge, are for the Sheep
Allotment Complex, Big Springs
Allotment and Owyhee Allotment. The
Sheep Allotment Complex and Big
Springs grazing allotments are located
in the southeastern portion of Elko
County, NV, and the Owyhee Allotment
is in the northwest portion of Elko
County.
The order was to prepare the EIS with
respect to burrowing owls, other BLM
sensitive raptor species, and sage-grouse
on the Sheep Complex and the Owyhee
Allotment, and sage-grouse on the Big
Springs Allotment. To the extent
applicable, the EIS was to analyze the
impacts of livestock grazing proposed
by the multiple use decisions and
alternatives to these sensitive bird
species and considering springs, seeps,
riparian areas and upland habitat. A
range of alternatives (including the noaction alternative) was developed to
address the issues outlined in the court
order.
A Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS
was published in the Federal Register
on December 17, 2004, and it initiated
a 30-day public scoping period. A
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the Nevada Department of
Wildlife (NDOW) and the BLM Elko
Field Office was signed establishing
Cooperating Agency status for NDOW. A
public scoping meeting was held
January 6, 2005. A project briefing was
given to the Elko County Public Land
Use Advisory Commission on February
4, 2005 and to the Nevada Society of
Range Management on January 25, 2005.
The Draft EIS was filed with EPA and
their Federal Register Notice was
published on December 9, 2005. A
public open house to discuss the Draft
EIS was held on January 11, 2006, and
the public comment period closed on
January 24, 2006.
Comments on the Draft EIS are
included in the Final EIS, and resulted
in the addition of mitigation measures
and additional analyses to address
concerns expressed with the Proposed
Action alternative, which is to
implement the Final Multiple Use
Decisions.
Copies of the Final EIS have been sent
to affected Federal, State and local
Government agencies, Tribal
governments, and to interested parties.
Copies of the Final EIS are available for
public inspection at the BLM Elko Field
Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV.
Interested persons may also review the
Final EIS on the Internet at https://
www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/state_info/
planning.htm.
Helen M. Hankins,
Field Manager, Elko Field Office, Bureau of
Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–920–1320–EL, UTU–84285]
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment,
Determination of NEPA Adequacy, and
Public Hearing for Coal Lease
Application UTU–84285, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Mill
Fork West Tract Coal Lease by
Application UTU–84285 and Federal
Coal Notice of Public Hearing, and
Request for Environmental Assessment,
Determination of NEPA Adequacy,
Maximum Economic Recovery and Fair
Market Value Comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 Code of
Federal Regulation (CFR) 3425.4, the
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Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Utah State Office, hereby gives notice
that Environmental Assessments (EA)
and Documentation of NEPA Adequacy
(DNA) are available and a public
hearing will be held to lease Federal
coal. The EA/DNA analyzes and
discloses direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental impacts of
issuing a Federal coal lease
competitively for 213.57 acres in Emery
County, Utah. The purpose of the public
hearing is to solicit comments from the
public on (1) the proposal to issue a
Federal coal lease; (2) the proposed
competitive lease sale; (3) the Fair
Market Value (FMV) of the Federal coal;
and (4) Maximum Economic Recovery
(MER) of the Federal coal included in
the tract.
DATES: Written comment will be
accepted until June 15, 2006. The public
hearing will be held at 7 p.m on
Thursday June 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to Stan Perkes, 801–539–
4036, Bureau of Land Management,
Utah State Office, Division of Lands and
Minerals, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84145. The public hearing
will be held in the Price Field Office,
125 South 600 West, Price, Utah 84501
where copies of the EA/DNA are
available for inspection or copies
provided upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Steve Rigby, Mining Engineer at the
Price Field Office address above or by
telephone at 435–636–3604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 25, 2006 PacifiCorp applied for
a Federal coal lease. The Federal tract
was assigned case number UTU–84285.
The lands included in the delineated
Federal coal lease tract (‘‘Mill Fork
West’’) are located approximately
fourteen miles northwest of Huntington,
Utah on Forest Service surface lands
with federally administered minerals
and are described as follows:
T. 16 S., R. 6 E., SLM, Emery County, Utah
Sec. 10, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
W1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 15, E1⁄2W1⁄2E1⁄2;
Sec. 22, lot 3.
Containing approximately 213.57
acres in Emery County, Utah.
The Mill Fork West coal tract has two
minable coal beds. The minable
portions of the Hiawatha coal bed and
the Blind Canyon coal bed in this area
are around eleven feet in thickness. The
Hiawatha and Blind Canyon beds
contains around 400 thousand tons of
recoverable high-volatile A to B
bituminous coal. The coal quality in the
Hiawatha coal bed on an ‘‘as received
basis’’ is as follows: 12,892 Btu/lb., 4.54
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percent moisture, 7.69 percent ash,
42.46 percent volatile matter, 45.48
percent fixed carbon and 0.57 percent
sulfur. The coal quality in the Blind
Canyon coal bed on an ‘‘as received
basis’’ is as follows: 13,314 Btu/lb., 5.26
percent moisture, 4.68 percent ash,
44.18 percent volatile matter, 45.88
percent fixed carbon and 0.61 percent
sulfur.
BLM requests public comment on the
fair market value and environmental
effects of this tract. The BLM signed a
Decision Notice/ Finding of No
Significant Impact dated May 15, 2006
that discusses the environmental effects
of mining this tract. The Notice of
Decision was posted in the Price Field
Office and the Utah State Office on May
15, 2006. Comments should address, but
not necessarily be limited to the
following information.
1. The quality of the coal resource;
2. The mining methods or methods
which would achieve maximum
economic recovery of the coal,
including specifications of seams to be
mined and the most desirable timing
and rate of production;
3. Whether this tract is likely to be
mined as part of an existing mine and
therefore should be evaluated on a
realistic incremental basis, in relation to
the existing mine to which it has the
greatest value;
4. Whether the tract should be
evaluated as part of a potential larger
mining unit and revaluated as a portion
of a new potential mine (i.e., a tract
which does not in itself form a logical
mining unit);
5. Restrictions to mining that may
affect coal recovery;
6. The price that the mined coal
would bring when sold;
7. Costs, including mining and
reclamation, of producing the coal and
the time of production;
8. The percentage rate at which
anticipated income streams should be
discounted, either with inflation or in
the absence of inflation, in which case
the anticipated rate of inflation should
be given;
9. Depreciation, depletion,
amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
10. The value of any surface estate
where held privately;
11. Documented information on the
terms and conditions of recent and
similar coal land transactions in the
lease sale area;
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12. Any comparable sales data of
similar coal lands; and coal quantities
and the FMV of the coal developed by
BLM may or may not change as a result
of comments received from the public
and changes in the market conditions
between now and when final economic
evaluations are completed.
In accordance with Federal coal
management regulations 43 CFR parts
3422 and 3425, the public meeting is
being held on the proposed sale to allow
public comment on and discussion of
the potential effects of mining and
proposed lease. The meeting is being
advertised in the Emery County Progress
located in Castledale, Utah. 43 CFR part
3422 states that, no less than 30 days
prior to the publication of the notice of
the sale, the Secretary shall submit
public comments on the FMV appraisal
and the MER, and on factors that may
affect these two determinations. As
provided in 43 CFR 3422.1(a),
proprietary data marked as confidential
may be submitted to the Bureau of Land
Management in response to this
solicitation of public comments. Data so
marked shall be treated in accordance
with the laws and regulations governing
confidentiality of such information. A
copy of the comments submitted by the
public on FMV and MER, except those
portions identified as proprietary by the
author and meeting exemptions stated
in the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), will be available for public
inspection at the BLM, Utah State Office
during the regular business hours (7:45
a.m.–4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday.
If you wish to withhold your name or
address from public review or from
disclosure under the FOIA you must
state this prominently at the beginning
of your written comments. Such
requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by the FOIA. All submissions
from organizations, businesses and
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be
available for public inspection in its
entirety. Substantive comments,
whether written or oral, will receive
equal consideration prior to any lease
offering. A copy of the EA/DNA, the
case file, and the comments submitted
by the public, except those portions
identified as proprietary by the
commenter and meeting exemptions
stated in the FOIA, will be available for
public inspection after at the Utah State
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Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84145.
Kent Hoffman,
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals.
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National Park Service
Minor Boundary Revision at Cape Cod
National Seashore
National Park Service, Interior.
Announcement of park
boundary revision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is given that the
boundary of the Cape Cod National
Seashore has been revised pursuant to
the Act specified below, to encompass
lands depicted on the map prepared by
the National Park Service entitled ‘‘Cape
Cod National Seashore Boundary
Revision Map’’, dated May 1997, and
numbered 609/80,801. The revision to
the boundary includes tract 04–1081 as
depicted on the map.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Cape Cod National
Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Road,
Wellfleet, MA 02667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act of
October 26, 1998 (Pub. L. 105–280, 112
Stat. 2694), authorized the Secretary to
convey to the town of Provincetown
approximately 7.62 acres within Cape
Cod National Seashore in exchange for
11.16 acres located outside the national
seashore. The purpose of the exchange
is to allow for the establishment of a
municipal solid waste treatment facility.
The Act provides that, upon completion
of the exchange, the national seashore
boundary shall be revised to include the
additional 11.16 acres. The exchange
was completed on August 2, 1999.
The map is on file and available for
inspection in the Land Resources
Program Center, Northeast Regional
Office, U.S. Customs House, 200
Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19106–2988, and in the
Offices of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, Washington,
DC 20240.
Dated: March 13, 2006.
Chrysandra L. Walter,
Deputy Regional Director, Northeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-920-1320-EL, UTU-84285]
Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment,
Determination of NEPA Adequacy, and Public Hearing for Coal Lease
Application UTU-84285, Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Mill Fork West Tract Coal Lease
by Application UTU-84285 and Federal Coal Notice of Public Hearing, and
Request for Environmental Assessment, Determination of NEPA Adequacy,
Maximum Economic Recovery and Fair Market Value Comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 3425.4, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office, hereby gives notice
that Environmental Assessments (EA) and Documentation of NEPA Adequacy
(DNA) are available and a public hearing will be held to lease Federal
coal. The EA/DNA analyzes and discloses direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental impacts of issuing a Federal coal lease
competitively for 213.57 acres in Emery County, Utah. The purpose of
the public hearing is to solicit comments from the public on (1) the
proposal to issue a Federal coal lease; (2) the proposed competitive
lease sale; (3) the Fair Market Value (FMV) of the Federal coal; and
(4) Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) of the Federal coal included in the
tract.
DATES: Written comment will be accepted until June 15, 2006. The public
hearing will be held at 7 p.m on Thursday June 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Stan Perkes, 801-
539-4036, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Division of
Lands and Minerals, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145. The
public hearing will be held in the Price Field Office, 125 South 600
West, Price, Utah 84501 where copies of the EA/DNA are available for
inspection or copies provided upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steve Rigby, Mining Engineer at
the Price Field Office address above or by telephone at 435-636-3604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 25, 2006 PacifiCorp applied for a
Federal coal lease. The Federal tract was assigned case number UTU-
84285. The lands included in the delineated Federal coal lease tract
(``Mill Fork West'') are located approximately fourteen miles northwest
of Huntington, Utah on Forest Service surface lands with federally
administered minerals and are described as follows:
T. 16 S., R. 6 E., SLM, Emery County, Utah
Sec. 10, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 15, E\1/2\W\1/2\E\1/2\;
Sec. 22, lot 3.
Containing approximately 213.57 acres in Emery County, Utah.
The Mill Fork West coal tract has two minable coal beds. The
minable portions of the Hiawatha coal bed and the Blind Canyon coal bed
in this area are around eleven feet in thickness. The Hiawatha and
Blind Canyon beds contains around 400 thousand tons of recoverable
high-volatile A to B bituminous coal. The coal quality in the Hiawatha
coal bed on an ``as received basis'' is as follows: 12,892 Btu/lb.,
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percent moisture, 7.69 percent ash, 42.46 percent volatile matter,
45.48 percent fixed carbon and 0.57 percent sulfur. The coal quality in
the Blind Canyon coal bed on an ``as received basis'' is as follows:
13,314 Btu/lb., 5.26 percent moisture, 4.68 percent ash, 44.18 percent
volatile matter, 45.88 percent fixed carbon and 0.61 percent sulfur.
BLM requests public comment on the fair market value and
environmental effects of this tract. The BLM signed a Decision Notice/
Finding of No Significant Impact dated May 15, 2006 that discusses the
environmental effects of mining this tract. The Notice of Decision was
posted in the Price Field Office and the Utah State Office on May 15,
2006. Comments should address, but not necessarily be limited to the
following information.
1. The quality of the coal resource;
2. The mining methods or methods which would achieve maximum
economic recovery of the coal, including specifications of seams to be
mined and the most desirable timing and rate of production;
3. Whether this tract is likely to be mined as part of an existing
mine and therefore should be evaluated on a realistic incremental
basis, in relation to the existing mine to which it has the greatest
value;
4. Whether the tract should be evaluated as part of a potential
larger mining unit and revaluated as a portion of a new potential mine
(i.e., a tract which does not in itself form a logical mining unit);
5. Restrictions to mining that may affect coal recovery;
6. The price that the mined coal would bring when sold;
7. Costs, including mining and reclamation, of producing the coal
and the time of production;
8. The percentage rate at which anticipated income streams should
be discounted, either with inflation or in the absence of inflation, in
which case the anticipated rate of inflation should be given;
9. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
10. The value of any surface estate where held privately;
11. Documented information on the terms and conditions of recent
and similar coal land transactions in the lease sale area;
12. Any comparable sales data of similar coal lands; and coal
quantities and the FMV of the coal developed by BLM may or may not
change as a result of comments received from the public and changes in
the market conditions between now and when final economic evaluations
are completed.
In accordance with Federal coal management regulations 43 CFR parts
3422 and 3425, the public meeting is being held on the proposed sale to
allow public comment on and discussion of the potential effects of
mining and proposed lease. The meeting is being advertised in the Emery
County Progress located in Castledale, Utah. 43 CFR part 3422 states
that, no less than 30 days prior to the publication of the notice of
the sale, the Secretary shall submit public comments on the FMV
appraisal and the MER, and on factors that may affect these two
determinations. As provided in 43 CFR 3422.1(a), proprietary data
marked as confidential may be submitted to the Bureau of Land
Management in response to this solicitation of public comments. Data so
marked shall be treated in accordance with the laws and regulations
governing confidentiality of such information. A copy of the comments
submitted by the public on FMV and MER, except those portions
identified as proprietary by the author and meeting exemptions stated
in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), will be available for public
inspection at the BLM, Utah State Office during the regular business
hours (7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday. If you wish to
withhold your name or address from public review or from disclosure
under the FOIA you must state this prominently at the beginning of your
written comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed
by the FOIA. All submissions from organizations, businesses and
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be available for public inspection in
its entirety. Substantive comments, whether written or oral, will
receive equal consideration prior to any lease offering. A copy of the
EA/DNA, the case file, and the comments submitted by the public, except
those portions identified as proprietary by the commenter and meeting
exemptions stated in the FOIA, will be available for public inspection
after at the Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84145.
Kent Hoffman,
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals.
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