Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project, Uintah County, Utah, 20671-20672 [2016-08118]
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land-use plan amendment. The
Programmatic EIS will provide a
comprehensive programmatic NEPA
document to allow effective tiering and
incorporation by reference of
environmental effects and baseline
cumulative impact assessment for new,
revised, or existing land use and activity
level plans and implementation projects
that involve vegetation modification or
maintenance. The analysis area includes
only surface estate public lands
administered by 11 BLM state offices:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana (North Dakota/South
Dakota), New Mexico (Oklahoma/Texas/
Nebraska), Nevada, Oregon
(Washington), Utah and Wyoming.
The BLM issued a Notice of
Availability of the Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement Using
Aminopyralid, Fluroxypyr, and
Rimsulfuron on June 19, 2015 (80 FR
35394). The BLM responded to public
comments during the Draft
Programmatic EIS public review period.
Comment responses and the subsequent
changes in the impact analysis as a
result of public comments are
documented in this Final Programmatic
EIS per requirements under 40 CFR
1503.4. The BLM will prepare a Record
of Decision for the Final Programmatic
EIS after the 30-day period following
publication of this notice.
Nancy Haug,
Acting Director, Resources and Planning.
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor
Project, Uintah County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Enefit American
Oil Utility Corridor Project. Through
this Notice, the BLM is announcing a
60-day public comment period on the
draft.
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To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Enefit
American Oil Utility Corridor Project
Draft EIS within 60 days following the
date on which the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its Notice
of Availability of the Draft EIS in the
Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings and any other
public involvement activities at least 15
days in advance through public notices,
media releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Enefit
American Oil Utility Corridor Project
Draft EIS are available for public
inspection in the BLM Vernal Field
Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah
84078. Interested persons may also
review the Draft EIS on the Internet at:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-frontoffice/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Howard, NEPA Coordinator;
telephone 435–781–4469; address 170
South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078;
email BLM_UT_Vernal_Comments@
blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. Replies are provided
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enefit
American Oil (Enefit) submitted five
rights-of-way (ROW) applications under
Title V of FLPMA. Collectively, these
ROW applications are known as the
Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor
Project. The Project involves three
pipeline ROWs, a ROW for a 138-kV
power line, and a ROW grant to widen
an existing road. The project area is
located in the southern portion of
Townships 8–10 South, Ranges 24–25
East, Salt Lake Meridian, in Uintah
County, Utah, approximately 12 miles
southeast of Bonanza Utah.
The BLM is the lead Federal agency
for this Draft EIS. Cooperating agencies
include the Environmental Protection
Agency Region 8, Corps of Engineers
Utah Regulatory Office, Fish and
Wildlife Service Utah Field Office,
Utah’s Public Lands Policy and
Coordination Office, and Uintah
County.
The BLM published a Notice of Intent
(NOI) to prepare an EIS for this project
in the Federal Register on July 1, 2013,
78 FR 39313. Public scoping in response
to the NOI and meetings resulted in 260
submittals, including letters from
Federal, State, and local agencies,
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special interest groups, corporations,
comment forms, and email messages.
Comments focused on applicants’
interests and objectives, project
description, climate and air quality, soil
and water, vegetation, fish and wildlife,
cultural resources, Native American
concerns, paleontological resources,
visual resources, wilderness
characteristics, travel management,
lands and realty, social and economic
conditions, environmental justice,
health and safety, solid and hazardous
waste management, and indirect and
cumulative impacts.
The Draft EIS describes and analyzes
the impacts of the Utility Corridor
Project and the No Action Alternative.
The following is a summary of the
alternatives:
1. Proposed Action—The proposed
action consists of approval of five ROW
requests for: (a) 19 miles of water supply
lines (116 acres); (b) 8.8 miles of buried
natural gas supply lines (52.6 acres); (c)
11.2 miles of buried oil product line
(68.3 acres); (d) the upgrade and
improvement of 5.7 miles of Dragon
Road (41.7 acres); and, (e) 30 miles of
138-kV power line (501.4 acres). The
proposed action also includes the
utilization of some temporary lay-down
areas during construction of the
pipelines (31.2 acres).
2. No Action Alternative—Under the
No Action Alternative, the ROWs listed
in the Proposed Action Alternative
would be denied.
Enefit has applied for the ROW across
public land to facilitate utilities access
to and transport finished product from
its South Project. The South Project is
located entirely on private land and
involves accessing privately-owned oil
shale mineral resources. The South
Project will include development of a
7,000–9,000-acre commercial oil shale
mining, retorting, and upgrading
operation in Uintah County. The South
Project is anticipated to produce 50,000
barrels of oil per day at full build out
for a period of up to 30 years utilizing
oil shale ore rock mined from Enefit’s
private property holdings.
Because of its location on fee surface
and fee minerals, the South Project is
outside of the jurisdiction of the BLM.
As explained in the Draft EIS, it is
expected to reach full build out
regardless of whether or not the BLM
approves the Proposed Action.
Because of the relationship between
the South Project and the Proposed
Action, the Draft EIS evaluates the
environmental impacts of the South
Project as indirect effects of the
Proposed Action. Based on the impact
analysis, on-site, landscape, and
compensatory conservation and
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mitigation actions have been identified
in the Draft to achieve applicable
resource objectives.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
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, 40 CFR 1506.10
Jenna Whitlock,
Acting State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Notice of Rescheduled Public Meetings
for the Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil
and Gas Leasing Program: 2017–2022
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Rescheduling of public
meetings.
AGENCY:
BOEM is announcing the
dates, locations, and times of
rescheduled meetings in Washington,
DC; Houston, TX; and New Orleans, LA,
to elicit comments on the OCS Oil and
Gas Leasing Program 2017–2022 Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Draft Programmatic EIS),
which has been prepared by BOEM to
support the Proposed OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program for 2017–2022 (2017–
2022 Program).
DATES: See ‘‘Public Meetings’’ in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Lewandowski, Ph.D., Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, 45600 Woodland
Road VAM–OEP, Sterling, VA 20166;
Dr. Lewandowski may also be reached
by telephone at (703) 787–1703.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Draft Programmatic EIS Availability:
Persons interested in reviewing the
Draft Programmatic EIS can download it
on the Internet at
www.boemoceaninfo.com, or may
contact BOEM at the address provided
above to request a paper copy or a CD/
ROM version. Please specify if you wish
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a CD/ROM or paper copy. If neither is
specified, a CD/ROM containing the
Draft Programmatic EIS will be
provided.
Library Availability: The Draft
Programmatic EIS will also be available
for review at libraries in states adjacent
to the proposed lease sales. These
libraries are listed at the Web site
www.boemoceaninfo.com.
Public Meetings: Meetings in
Washington, DC, Houston, TX, and New
Orleans, LA, to elicit comments on the
Draft Programmatic EIS will be held as
follows:
• April 18, 2016, DoubleTree by
Hilton New Orleans Airport, 2150
Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, LA
70062; 2–6 p.m.; parking available at
garage adjacent to hotel at a discounted
rate. Validation tickets will be provided
to guests upon request at the hotel’s
registration desk.
• April 20, 2016, Hyatt Regency
Houston, 1200 Louisiana Street,
Houston, TX 77002; 3–7 p.m.; validated
valet parking at hotel.
• April 26, 2016, Marriott Metro
Center, 775 12th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20005; 3–7 p.m.; valet
parking at no charge to meeting
attendees up to 8 hours.
All other public meetings were held
on the dates and at the locations
previously announced, with the
exception of the public meeting in
Kotzebue, Alaska. The meeting in
Kotzebue, Alaska was rescheduled from
March 29, 2016, and held on April 1,
2016, because of hazardous travel
conditions due to the eruption of the
Pavlof Volcano in Alaska.
Additional information: For
additional information on the Draft
Programmatic EIS and instructions on
how to submit comments, please see the
Federal Register notice published on
March 18, 2016 (81 FR 14885).
Dated: April 5, 2016.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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Issued: April 5, 2016.
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U.S. International Trade
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AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined not to
review the presiding administrative law
judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) initial determination
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motion to terminate the investigation
based on a consent order stipulation and
proposed consent order in the abovecaptioned investigation. The consent
order is issued and the investigation is
terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan M. Valentine, Office of the
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Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None
2. Minutes
3. Ratification List
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(Preliminary) (1,1,1,2Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from
China). The Commission is currently
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views of the Commission are
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and filed on April 25, 2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project, Uintah
County, Utah
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 (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Enefit
American Oil Utility Corridor Project. Through this Notice, the BLM is
announcing a 60-day public comment period on the draft.
DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project
Draft EIS within 60 days following the date on which the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS
in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings and any
other public involvement activities at least 15 days in advance through
public notices, media releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project
Draft EIS are available for public inspection in the BLM Vernal Field
Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078. Interested persons may
also review the Draft EIS on the Internet at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Howard, NEPA Coordinator;
telephone 435-781-4469; address 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078;
email BLM_UT_Vernal_Comments@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above
individual. Replies are provided during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enefit American Oil (Enefit) submitted five
rights-of-way (ROW) applications under Title V of FLPMA. Collectively,
these ROW applications are known as the Enefit American Oil Utility
Corridor Project. The Project involves three pipeline ROWs, a ROW for a
138-kV power line, and a ROW grant to widen an existing road. The
project area is located in the southern portion of Townships 8-10
South, Ranges 24-25 East, Salt Lake Meridian, in Uintah County, Utah,
approximately 12 miles southeast of Bonanza Utah.
The BLM is the lead Federal agency for this Draft EIS. Cooperating
agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8, Corps of
Engineers Utah Regulatory Office, Fish and Wildlife Service Utah Field
Office, Utah's Public Lands Policy and Coordination Office, and Uintah
County.
The BLM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS for
this project in the Federal Register on July 1, 2013, 78 FR 39313.
Public scoping in response to the NOI and meetings resulted in 260
submittals, including letters from Federal, State, and local agencies,
special interest groups, corporations, comment forms, and email
messages. Comments focused on applicants' interests and objectives,
project description, climate and air quality, soil and water,
vegetation, fish and wildlife, cultural resources, Native American
concerns, paleontological resources, visual resources, wilderness
characteristics, travel management, lands and realty, social and
economic conditions, environmental justice, health and safety, solid
and hazardous waste management, and indirect and cumulative impacts.
The Draft EIS describes and analyzes the impacts of the Utility
Corridor Project and the No Action Alternative. The following is a
summary of the alternatives:
1. Proposed Action--The proposed action consists of approval of
five ROW requests for: (a) 19 miles of water supply lines (116 acres);
(b) 8.8 miles of buried natural gas supply lines (52.6 acres); (c) 11.2
miles of buried oil product line (68.3 acres); (d) the upgrade and
improvement of 5.7 miles of Dragon Road (41.7 acres); and, (e) 30 miles
of 138-kV power line (501.4 acres). The proposed action also includes
the utilization of some temporary lay-down areas during construction of
the pipelines (31.2 acres).
2. No Action Alternative--Under the No Action Alternative, the ROWs
listed in the Proposed Action Alternative would be denied.
Enefit has applied for the ROW across public land to facilitate
utilities access to and transport finished product from its South
Project. The South Project is located entirely on private land and
involves accessing privately-owned oil shale mineral resources. The
South Project will include development of a 7,000-9,000-acre commercial
oil shale mining, retorting, and upgrading operation in Uintah County.
The South Project is anticipated to produce 50,000 barrels of oil per
day at full build out for a period of up to 30 years utilizing oil
shale ore rock mined from Enefit's private property holdings.
Because of its location on fee surface and fee minerals, the South
Project is outside of the jurisdiction of the BLM. As explained in the
Draft EIS, it is expected to reach full build out regardless of whether
or not the BLM approves the Proposed Action.
Because of the relationship between the South Project and the
Proposed Action, the Draft EIS evaluates the environmental impacts of
the South Project as indirect effects of the Proposed Action. Based on
the impact analysis, on-site, landscape, and compensatory conservation
and
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mitigation actions have been identified in the Draft to achieve
applicable resource objectives.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment 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, 40 CFR 1506.10
Jenna Whitlock,
Acting State Director.
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