Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Right-of-Way Applications Filed by Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C., for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians and the Related Transportation Facility in Tooele County, UT, 57005-57006 [E6-15734]
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the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey
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recommendations and advice on
research and implementation of sea
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Right-of-Way
Applications Filed by Private Fuel
Storage, L.L.C., for an Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the
Reservation of the Skull Valley Band of
Goshute Indians and the Related
Transportation Facility in Tooele
County, UT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record
of Decision.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has signed a Record
of Decision (ROD) concerning two rightof-way applications filed by Private Fuel
Storage (PFS), L.L.C, for an independent
spent fuel storage installation on
reservation lands of the Skull Valley
Band of Goshute Indians (Band or Skull
Valley Band). The installation is
described in an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) prepared by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), entitled
‘‘Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Construction and Operation of an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation on the Reservation of the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
and the Related Transportation Facility
in Tooele County, Utah (December
2001).’’
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF), the focus of
the EIS, is the primary by-product from
a nuclear reactor. As proposed, the fuel
would be transported from an existing
Union Pacific railroad site to the
Reservation of the Skull Valley Band in
Tooele County, Utah. The applications
seek right-of-way grants under Title V of
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C.
1761, to transport SNF across public
lands managed by the BLM. The BLM
was a cooperating agency in the
preparation of this EIS, as were the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S.
Department of the Interior, and the U.S.
Surface Transportation Board. This EIS
is available online at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1714/v1/.
Additional comments were received
by the BLM following its publication on
February 7, 2006, of a Federal Register
notice at 71 FR 6286 requesting
comments on the two right-of-way
applications then pending before the
agency. The BLM ROD is based on
review of the draft EIS; the FEIS;
comments received from the public,
other Federal agencies, and State and
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local governments; and discussion of all
the alternatives with the cooperating
agencies.
The BLM decision is to choose the No
Action alternative from the EIS. The
effect of this decision is to reject
applications U 76985 and U 76986 for
right-of-way grants filed by PFS, L.L.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Hughes; Deputy Director, Bureau of
Land Management; 1849 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20240; Telephone:
(202) 208–3801.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of
Decision are available from Jim Hughes;
Deputy Director, Bureau of Land
Management; 1849 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20240.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
On January 6, 2006, after publication
of the project’s EIS in December 2001,
President Bush signed Public Law 109–
163, the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat.
3136). Section 384 of this Act
designated certain lands as wilderness,
to be known as the Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area, and added these lands
to the National Wilderness Preservation
System. The Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area includes lands
described in PFS’s application U 76985
seeking a right-of-way for a rail line
(which had been the preferred
Alternative of the EIS). The effect of this
wilderness designation is to preclude
the BLM’s issuance of a right-of-way
grant authorizing a rail line through
those lands designated as the Cedar
Mountain Wilderness Area. As a
practical matter, any rail line would be
forced to halt at the boundary of the
lands designated as the Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area.
The BLM’s authority to issue a rightof-way grant for a rail line across the
public lands is set forth in Title V of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1761. Section
501(a) of FLPMA provides in part: ‘‘The
Secretary [of the Interior], with respect
to the public lands and, the Secretary of
Agriculture, with respect to lands
within the National Forest System
(except in each case land designated as
wilderness), are authorized to grant,
issue, or renew rights-of-way over,
upon, under, or through such lands
for— * * * roads, trails, highways,
railroads, * * * or other means of
transportation * * * (emphasis
added).’’ Thus, alternatives analyzing
transportation by rail were not selected
because to grant the right-of-way sought
by PFS in application U 76985 would be
inconsistent with the purpose for which
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the BLM manages the public lands and
inconsistent with section 501(a) of
FLPMA (43 CFR 2804.26(a)(1) and
(a)(4)).
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Skull Valley Road
Eliminating the proposed rail line
right-of-way application U 76985, the
second right-of-way application, was
discussed in Alternatives 3 and 4 of the
EIS (same basic route using the existing
Skull Valley Road to the two different
nearby sites on the Reservation). Rightof-way application U 76986 would
entail constructing an Intermodal
Transfer Facility (ITF) and rail siding to
be built on lands managed by BLM at
the existing main Union Pacific rail line
near Timpie, Utah, to transfer SNF
shipping casks from rail cars to the
heavy-haul vehicles, which would then
transport the SNF along the existing
Skull Valley Road to the site on the
Reservation. No rail line would be built
under these alternatives, as the sole
access is from the Skull Valley Road.
Skull Valley Road is an undivided, twolane public road, one lane in each
direction. The BLM issued a right-ofway (U 04240) for this road to the Utah
State Road Commission on May 17,
1951. For the BLM’s decisional
purposes, these alternatives would
involve the issuance of a right-of-way
grant authorizing the use of public land
for the ITF.
The EIS indicates that these
alternatives were not selected because
construction and use of the rail line
would have advantages over the use of
the ITF. The ITF requires the use of
heavy-haul trailers traveling on Skull
Valley Road at speeds not to exceed 20
miles per hour. Impacts to local traffic
would be difficult to mitigate, impacts
which could be entirely avoided by use
of the rail line from Skunk Ridge. Also,
the ITF would involve additional doses
of radiation incurred by workers
transferring SNF shipping casks from
rail cars to heavy-haul vehicles at the
ITF. This additional dosage would also
be avoided if the rail option were to be
used instead of the ITF option. Thus,
alternatives analyzing intermodal
transfer facilities were not selected
because to grant the right-of-way sought
by PFS in application U 76986 based on
the existing record would be contrary to
the public interest (43 CFR
2804.26(a)(2)).
To obtain a copy of the Record of
Decision, send a request to the address
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notice.
Chad Calvert,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and
Minerals Management.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5
U.S.C. App 1, Section 10), that a
meeting of the Cape Cod National
Seashore Advisory Commission will be
held on September 25, 2006.
The Commission was reestablished
pursuant to Public Law 87–126 as
amended by Public Law 105–280. The
purpose of the Commission is to consult
with the Secretary of the Interior, or her
designee, with respect to matters
relating to the development of Cape Cod
National Seashore, and with respect to
carrying out the provisions of sections 4
and 5 of the Act establishing the
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The Commission members will meet
at 1 p.m. in the meeting room at
Headquarters, Marconi Station,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts for the regular
business meeting to discuss the
following:
1. Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous
Meeting (April 10, 2006)
3. Reports of Officers
4. Reports of Subcommittees
5. Superintendent’s Report
Update on Dune Shacks and Report
ORV’s and Piping Plover nesting
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Herring River Restoration Project
Hunting EIS
Wind Turbines/Cell Towers
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News from Washington
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to attend the meeting in addition to
Commission members.
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George E. Price, Jr.,
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National Park Service
Flight 93 National Memorial Advisory
Commission Meeting
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of October 7, 2006
meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date
of the October 7, 2006 meeting of the
Flight 93 Advisory Commission.
DATES: The public meeting of the
Advisory Commission will be held on
Saturday, October 7, 2006 from 3 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Additionally, the
Commission will attend the Flight 93
Memorial Task Force meeting the same
day from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., which is
also open to the public.
Location: The meeting will be held at
the Somerset County Courthouse,
Courtroom #1; 2nd floor; 111 East Union
Street, Somerset, Pennsylvania, 15501.
The Flight 93 Memorial Task Force
meeting will be held in the same
location.
Agenda
The October 7, 2006 Commission
meeting will consist of:
(1) Opening of Meeting and Pledge of
Allegiance.
(2) Review and Approval of Minutes
from July 29, 2006.
(3) Reports from the Flight 93
Memorial Task Force and National Park
Service. Comments from the public will
be received after each report and/or at
the end of the meeting.
(4) Old Business.
(5) New Business.
(6) Public Comments.
(7) Closing Remarks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Flight 93 National Memorial, 109 West
Main Street, Somerset, PA 15501,
814.443.4557.
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member of the public may file with the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Right-
of-Way Applications Filed by Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C., for an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians and the Related Transportation
Facility in Tooele County, UT
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Record of
Decision (ROD) concerning two right-of-way applications filed by
Private Fuel Storage (PFS), L.L.C, for an independent spent fuel
storage installation on reservation lands of the Skull Valley Band of
Goshute Indians (Band or Skull Valley Band). The installation is
described in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), entitled ``Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of an Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the Skull Valley
Band of Goshute Indians and the Related Transportation Facility in
Tooele County, Utah (December 2001).''
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF), the focus of the EIS, is the primary by-
product from a nuclear reactor. As proposed, the fuel would be
transported from an existing Union Pacific railroad site to the
Reservation of the Skull Valley Band in Tooele County, Utah. The
applications seek right-of-way grants under Title V of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1761, to transport SNF
across public lands managed by the BLM. The BLM was a cooperating
agency in the preparation of this EIS, as were the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Surface
Transportation Board. This EIS is available online at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1714/v1/.
Additional comments were received by the BLM following its
publication on February 7, 2006, of a Federal Register notice at 71 FR
6286 requesting comments on the two right-of-way applications then
pending before the agency. The BLM ROD is based on review of the draft
EIS; the FEIS; comments received from the public, other Federal
agencies, and State and local governments; and discussion of all the
alternatives with the cooperating agencies.
The BLM decision is to choose the No Action alternative from the
EIS. The effect of this decision is to reject applications U 76985 and
U 76986 for right-of-way grants filed by PFS, L.L.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Hughes; Deputy Director, Bureau of
Land Management; 1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone:
(202) 208-3801.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of Decision are available from Jim
Hughes; Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; 1849 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20240.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
On January 6, 2006, after publication of the project's EIS in
December 2001, President Bush signed Public Law 109-163, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat. 3136).
Section 384 of this Act designated certain lands as wilderness, to be
known as the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area, and added these lands to
the National Wilderness Preservation System. The Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area includes lands described in PFS's application U 76985
seeking a right-of-way for a rail line (which had been the preferred
Alternative of the EIS). The effect of this wilderness designation is
to preclude the BLM's issuance of a right-of-way grant authorizing a
rail line through those lands designated as the Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area. As a practical matter, any rail line would be forced
to halt at the boundary of the lands designated as the Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area.
The BLM's authority to issue a right-of-way grant for a rail line
across the public lands is set forth in Title V of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1761. Section 501(a) of
FLPMA provides in part: ``The Secretary [of the Interior], with respect
to the public lands and, the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
lands within the National Forest System (except in each case land
designated as wilderness), are authorized to grant, issue, or renew
rights-of-way over, upon, under, or through such lands for-- * * *
roads, trails, highways, railroads, * * * or other means of
transportation * * * (emphasis added).'' Thus, alternatives analyzing
transportation by rail were not selected because to grant the right-of-
way sought by PFS in application U 76985 would be inconsistent with the
purpose for which
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the BLM manages the public lands and inconsistent with section 501(a)
of FLPMA (43 CFR 2804.26(a)(1) and (a)(4)).
Skull Valley Road
Eliminating the proposed rail line right-of-way application U
76985, the second right-of-way application, was discussed in
Alternatives 3 and 4 of the EIS (same basic route using the existing
Skull Valley Road to the two different nearby sites on the
Reservation). Right-of-way application U 76986 would entail
constructing an Intermodal Transfer Facility (ITF) and rail siding to
be built on lands managed by BLM at the existing main Union Pacific
rail line near Timpie, Utah, to transfer SNF shipping casks from rail
cars to the heavy-haul vehicles, which would then transport the SNF
along the existing Skull Valley Road to the site on the Reservation. No
rail line would be built under these alternatives, as the sole access
is from the Skull Valley Road. Skull Valley Road is an undivided, two-
lane public road, one lane in each direction. The BLM issued a right-
of-way (U 04240) for this road to the Utah State Road Commission on May
17, 1951. For the BLM's decisional purposes, these alternatives would
involve the issuance of a right-of-way grant authorizing the use of
public land for the ITF.
The EIS indicates that these alternatives were not selected because
construction and use of the rail line would have advantages over the
use of the ITF. The ITF requires the use of heavy-haul trailers
traveling on Skull Valley Road at speeds not to exceed 20 miles per
hour. Impacts to local traffic would be difficult to mitigate, impacts
which could be entirely avoided by use of the rail line from Skunk
Ridge. Also, the ITF would involve additional doses of radiation
incurred by workers transferring SNF shipping casks from rail cars to
heavy-haul vehicles at the ITF. This additional dosage would also be
avoided if the rail option were to be used instead of the ITF option.
Thus, alternatives analyzing intermodal transfer facilities were not
selected because to grant the right-of-way sought by PFS in application
U 76986 based on the existing record would be contrary to the public
interest (43 CFR 2804.26(a)(2)).
To obtain a copy of the Record of Decision, send a request to the
address given in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Chad Calvert,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
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