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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Pine Valley
Water Supply Project Draft
Environmental Impact Statement,
Beaver and Iron Counties, UT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces the availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for a right-of-way (ROW) application
submitted by the Central Iron County
Water Conservancy District (CICWCD),
referred to as the Pine Valley Water
Supply (PVWS) Project.
DATES: This notice initiates the 45-day
comment period. To ensure comments
will be considered, the BLM must
receive written comments on the
proposed PVWS Project Draft EIS by
February 22, 2022. The BLM will
announce public involvement
opportunities at least 15 days in
advance on the BLM ePlanning project
website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/1503915/510.
ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available
for review on the BLM ePlanning project
website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/1503915/510.
Written comments related to the PVWS
Project Draft EIS may be submitted by
either of the following methods:
1. Email: pvwsproject@gmail.com.
2. Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
Attn: PVWS, 176 DL Sargent Drive,
Cedar City, Utah 84721.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brooklynn Cox, Cedar City Field Office
Realty Specialist, telephone (435) 865–
3073; 176 DL Sargent Dr., Cedar City,
UT 84721; pvwsproject@gmail.com.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to leave a message or question for the
above individual. The FRS is available
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Replies are provided during normal
business hours. If you would like to
request to view a hard copy, please call
the Cedar City Field Office for more
information at (435) 865–3000, Monday
through Friday, except holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
15, 2017, CICWCD applied for a ROW
SUMMARY:
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grant for the PVWS Project on BLMadministered public land in western
Iron and Beaver counties, Utah. The
proposed project would develop and
convey groundwater rights as permitted
by the Utah Division of Water Resources
to the CICWCD in Pine Valley, located
in Beaver County west of Milford, Utah.
The Draft EIS considers the proposed
action to develop production wells
within Pine Valley in Beaver County.
The project also includes the
development of buried lateral pipelines
to connect the wells to a buried
mainline, access roads, power
transmission lines, a solar energy field,
a 10-million-gallon underground water
storage tank, and an up to 70-mile-long
underground water transmission
pipeline to transport water to Iron
County communities. The ROW as
proposed would be 50 feet wide, for a
term of 30-years. During construction,
there would be an additional 70-footwide temporary ROW; therefore, the
total ROW width during that timeframe
would be 120 feet.
The BLM is required to respond to
CICWCD’s application for a ROW under
Title V of FLPMA and 43 CFR part 2800.
The decision to be made by the BLM is
to: Approve, approve with
modifications, or deny the issuance of a
ROW grant to CICWCD for the PVWS
Project.
The BLM initiated scoping with the
publication of a Notice of Intent in the
Federal Register on July 15, 2020 (85 F
R 42914), and the scoping period
remained open through August 19,
2020. The bureau held an online public
scoping meeting on August 5, 2020. A
summary of the comments received
during the scoping period can be found
in the scoping report posted at https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/
project/1503915/510. The Draft EIS
considers in detail the impacts of the
Proposed Action Alternative, an
Adaptive Northern Well Sites (ANWS)
Alternative, and a No Action
Alternative. Under the No Action
Alternative, the BLM would deny
CICWCD’s application for a ROW grant
for construction and operation of the
proposed project. The No Action
Alternative provides a baseline against
which to compare the action
alternatives in the EIS.
The Proposed Action Alternative
includes development of up to 15
production wells, 10 of which would be
on BLM-administered public land, an
estimated seven monitoring wells, up to
70 miles of buried pipeline, and other
associated and appurtenant facilities.
There are also eight existing monitoring
wells drilled under a previous
authorization that would be included in
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the new 30-year ROW grant. Power to
the well pumps would be provided by
an approximately 35-megawatt solar
energy field that would be constructed
in Pine Valley on approximately 200
acres located within the southern half of
a 640-acre section of CICWCD-owned
land. No portion of the solar energy
field would be on BLM-administered
land. Three sections of pipeline would
be constructed for the project. Smaller
lateral or collection lines would extend
from each of the production wells to the
main line. A main line (Pine Valley
main pipeline) would convey the water
from the lateral lines to a point 4.7 miles
west of Lund, Utah, and a larger main
line (Avon Road main pipeline) would
convey the water from the point 4.7
miles west of Lund to Cedar City, Utah.
The project would require an estimated
total of up to 70 miles of pipeline. Of
this total, up to 42.6 miles would be
located on BLM-administered land.
Water from the Pine Valley main
pipeline would be collected into storage
tanks located within a 10-acre site at the
high point of the alignment. The tanks
themselves would be approximately 200
feet wide by 200 feet long by 35 feet tall
and contain up to 10 million gallons of
water. The tanks would be located
within 2.5 acres of land owned by the
Utah School and Institutional Trust
Lands Administration, with pipes
extending across BLM-administered
land to and from the main line located
along Pine Valley Road. One pressurereducing station may be required near
Lund to reduce the pipeline pressure at
this location. No portion of the pressurereducing station would be on BLMadministered land. Approximately six
miles of unimproved roads would be
used to access the monitoring wells.
Temporary construction access would
be via public roads and/or contained
within the temporary 120-foot-wide
ROW associated with the construction.
Twenty temporary staging areas are
identified along the Pine Valley main
pipeline and Avon Road main pipeline
corridors. Construction would take up
to approximately 42 months.
The BLM developed the ANWS
Alternative to address some of the
uncertainty surrounding potential
groundwater impacts and assess
whether a project alternative with a
more northerly wellfield configuration
would reduce potential impacts to
aquifers south of Pine Valley. The
ANWS Alternative is an adaptive
management approach. Up to six
production wells and an estimated
seven monitoring wells would be
completed as described in the Proposed
Action Alternative. After monitoring, if
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drawdown in the southern aquifers
becomes a concern, up to nine
additional production wells (for a total
of up to 15), and associated pipelines,
would be installed farther north in Pine
Valley, along the Pine Valley Road. The
number and location of new production
wells would be based on the level of
impacts to the southern aquifer, as
shown through monitoring. In addition
to the potential impacts from the
Proposed Action Alternative, up to 7.3
additional miles of pipeline and up to
7.4 additional miles of power
transmission line may be required. This
would bring the total pipeline miles
required under the ANWS Alternative to
up to 77.3.
An adaptive management monitoring
and mitigation plan is included as a
component of project implementation
under both action alternatives, which
requires monitoring to identify how the
aquifer is responding and provides
mitigation measures that could be
implemented to minimize impacts from
the changes in groundwater level. The
BLM has not identified a preferred
alternative in the Draft EIS. A preferred
alternative will be identified in the
Final EIS after consideration of
comments received from the public.
The BLM will continue to provide
and coordinate public participation
opportunities to assist the agencies in
satisfying the public involvement
requirements under section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470f) pursuant to 36
CFR 800.2(d)(3). Information about
historic and cultural resources within
the area potentially affected by the
Proposed Action Alternative will assist
the BLM in identifying and evaluating
impacts to such resources in the context
of both NEPA and Section 106 of the
NHPA.
The BLM will continue to consult
with American Indian Tribes on a
government-to-government basis in
accordance with Executive Order 13175
and other policies. Tribal concerns,
including impacts on Indian trust assets
and potential impacts to cultural
resources, will be given due
consideration. Federal, State, and local
agencies, along with Tribes and other
stakeholders that may be interested in or
affected by the proposed PVWS Project,
are encouraged to review and comment
on the Draft EIS. The BLM will respond
to substantive comments by making
appropriate revisions to the documents
or explaining why a comment did not
warrant a change.
Before including your phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
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your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask the BLM in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, the BLM cannot guarantee that
it will be able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 2800, 40 CFR
1502.9, 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 46.435,
and 43 CFR 1610.2.
Gregory Sheehan,
State Director, Bureau of Land Management,
Utah.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1230]
Certain Electric Shavers and
Components and Accessories Thereof;
Commission Determination To Review
in Part an Initial Determination
Granting in Part Complainant’s Motion
for Summary Determination of a
Violation of Section 337; Schedule for
Filing Written Submissions on the
Issues Under Review and on Remedy,
the Public Interest, and Bonding
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has
determined to review in part an initial
determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 33) of
the presiding administrative law judge
(‘‘ALJ’’), granting in part summary
determination on violation of section
337 and including a recommended
determination (‘‘RD’’) on remedy and
bonding. The Commission has
determined to review the ID’s findings
concerning the economic prong of the
domestic industry requirement. The
Commission requests briefing from the
parties on the issue under review, and
briefing from the parties, interested
government agencies, and interested
persons on the issues of remedy, the
public interest, and bonding.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sidney A. Rosenzweig, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
708–2532. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help
accessing EDIS, please email
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EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal, telephone
(202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 18, 2020, the Commission
instituted this investigation based on a
complaint filed by Complainant Skull
Shaver (‘‘Skull Shaver’’) of Moorestown,
New Jersey. 85 FR 73510–11 (Nov. 18,
2020). The complaint alleged violations
of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based on
the importation into the United States,
the sale for importation, or the sale
within the United States after
importation of certain electric shavers
and components and accessories thereof
by reason of infringement of certain
claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,726,528 and
D672,504. Id. The Commission’s notice
of investigation named the following
eleven entities as respondents:
Rayenbarny Inc. (‘‘Rayenbarny’’) of New
York, New York; Bald Shaver Inc.
(‘‘Bald Shaver’’) of Toronto, Canada;
Suzhou Kaidiya Garments Trading Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Suzhou’’) d.b.a. ‘‘Digimator’’ of
Suzhou, China; Shenzhen Aiweilai
Trading Co., Ltd. (‘‘Aiweilei’’) d.b.a.
‘‘Teamyo’’ of Shenzhen, China;
Wenzhou Wending Electric Appliance
Co., Ltd. of Yueqing City, China;
Shenzhen Nukun Technology Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Nukun’’) d.b.a. ‘‘OriHea’’ of Shenzhen,
China; Yiwu Xingye Network
Technology Co. Ltd. (‘‘Yiwu Xingye’’)
d.b.a. ‘‘Roziapro’’ of Yiwu, China;
Magicfly LLC (‘‘Magicfly’’) of Hong
Kong; Yiwu City Qiaoyu Trading Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Yiwu City’’) of Yiwu, China;
Shenzhen Wantong Information
Technology Co., Ltd. (‘‘Wantong’’) d.b.a.
‘‘WTONG’’ of Shenzhen, China; and
Shenzhen Junmao International
Technology Co., Ltd. (‘‘Junmao’’) d.b.a.
‘‘Homeas’’ of Shenzhen, China. The
notice of investigation also named the
Office of Unfair Import Investigations
(‘‘OUII’’) as a party. Id.
The Commission terminated
Rayenbarny from the investigation
because its accused product was
actually imported by Benepuri LLC
(‘‘Benepuri’’) of Menands, New York;
the Commission allowed Benepuri to
intervene as a respondent. Notice, 85 FR
82514, 82515 (Dec. 18, 2020). The
Commission later granted Skull Shaver’s
motion to amend the Complaint and the
notice of investigation to correct the
name of Wenzhou Wending Electric
Appliance Co., Ltd. d.b.a. ‘‘Paitree’’ is
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Wenzhou Wending Electric Appliance
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Wenzhou’’), and to correct
the addresses of several respondents.
Notice, 86 FR 14645, 14645 (Mar. 17,
2021). The Commission terminated
Magicfly from the investigation on the
basis of settlement. Notice at 2 (May 19,
2021). The Commission terminated
Nukun and Benepuri from the
investigation on the basis of withdrawal
of the complaint. Notice at 2 (June 21,
2021) (Nukun); Notice at 2 (Oct. 28,
2021) (Benepuri). All of the remaining
respondents (i.e., all respondents other
than Magicfly, Nukun, Benepuri and
Rayenbarny) defaulted. See Notice at 3
(May 21, 2021) (seven defaulting
respondents); Notice at 2 (Dec. 9, 2021)
(Bald Shaver). Taken together, the eight
defaulting respondents are: Suzhou;
Yiwu City; Wenzhou; Aiweilai; Junmao;
Wantong; Yiwu Xingye; and Bald
Shaver.
On May 26, 2021, Skull Shaver filed
a motion for summary determination of
violation of section 337 by the eight
defaulting respondents and for a
recommendation that the Commission
issue a general exclusion order (‘‘GEO’’)
and cease and desist orders (‘‘CDOs’’).
See Complainants’ Motion for Summary
Determination of Violation and for
Recommended Determination on
Remedy and Bonding (‘‘Skull Shaver
Motion’’). On June 7, 2021, OUII filled
a response in support of Skull Shaver’s
motion. See Commission Investigative
Staff’s Response to Skull Shaver’s
Motion for Summary Determination of
Violation (‘‘OUII Response’’). No
respondent filed a response to Skull
Shaver’s motion.
On September 23, 2021, OUII filed a
notice of supplemental authority
concerning the domestic industry
requirement. On September 28, 2021,
the ALJ issued an order (Order No. 31)
ordering certain supplementation of
Skull Shaver’s domestic industry
analysis. On October 14, 2021, Skull
Shaver submitted its supplement in
response to Order No. 31. No other
responses to Order No. 31 were filed.
On November 18, 2021, the ALJ grantedin-part Skull Shaver’s motion for
summary determination as the subject
ID.
The ID finds that Skull Shaver owns
the asserted patents, and that those
patents are valid and enforceable. ID at
3. The ID further finds that although all
respondents imported, sold for
importation, or sold within the United
States after importation at least one
accused article, the only respondents
whose articles infringe the asserted
patents are Yiwu Xingye and Yiwu City.
Id. at 3–4. The ID finds that personal
jurisdiction is not necessary over each
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Pine Valley Water Supply Project
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Beaver and Iron Counties, UT
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for a right-of-way (ROW) application submitted by the Central
Iron County Water Conservancy District (CICWCD), referred to as the
Pine Valley Water Supply (PVWS) Project.
DATES: This notice initiates the 45-day comment period. To ensure
comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on
the proposed PVWS Project Draft EIS by February 22, 2022. The BLM will
announce public involvement opportunities at least 15 days in advance
on the BLM ePlanning project website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/1503915/510.
ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available for review on the BLM ePlanning
project website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/1503915/510. Written comments related to the PVWS Project Draft EIS may
be submitted by either of the following methods:
1. Email: [email protected].
2. Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Attn: PVWS, 176 DL Sargent
Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84721.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brooklynn Cox, Cedar City Field Office
Realty Specialist, telephone (435) 865-3073; 176 DL Sargent Dr., Cedar
City, UT 84721; [email protected]. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the
above individual. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. Replies are provided during normal business hours. If you would
like to request to view a hard copy, please call the Cedar City Field
Office for more information at (435) 865-3000, Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 2017, CICWCD applied for a ROW
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grant for the PVWS Project on BLM-administered public land in western
Iron and Beaver counties, Utah. The proposed project would develop and
convey groundwater rights as permitted by the Utah Division of Water
Resources to the CICWCD in Pine Valley, located in Beaver County west
of Milford, Utah.
The Draft EIS considers the proposed action to develop production
wells within Pine Valley in Beaver County. The project also includes
the development of buried lateral pipelines to connect the wells to a
buried mainline, access roads, power transmission lines, a solar energy
field, a 10-million-gallon underground water storage tank, and an up to
70-mile-long underground water transmission pipeline to transport water
to Iron County communities. The ROW as proposed would be 50 feet wide,
for a term of 30-years. During construction, there would be an
additional 70-foot-wide temporary ROW; therefore, the total ROW width
during that timeframe would be 120 feet.
The BLM is required to respond to CICWCD's application for a ROW
under Title V of FLPMA and 43 CFR part 2800. The decision to be made by
the BLM is to: Approve, approve with modifications, or deny the
issuance of a ROW grant to CICWCD for the PVWS Project.
The BLM initiated scoping with the publication of a Notice of
Intent in the Federal Register on July 15, 2020 (85 F R 42914), and the
scoping period remained open through August 19, 2020. The bureau held
an online public scoping meeting on August 5, 2020. A summary of the
comments received during the scoping period can be found in the scoping
report posted at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/1503915/510. The Draft EIS considers in detail the impacts of the
Proposed Action Alternative, an Adaptive Northern Well Sites (ANWS)
Alternative, and a No Action Alternative. Under the No Action
Alternative, the BLM would deny CICWCD's application for a ROW grant
for construction and operation of the proposed project. The No Action
Alternative provides a baseline against which to compare the action
alternatives in the EIS.
The Proposed Action Alternative includes development of up to 15
production wells, 10 of which would be on BLM-administered public land,
an estimated seven monitoring wells, up to 70 miles of buried pipeline,
and other associated and appurtenant facilities. There are also eight
existing monitoring wells drilled under a previous authorization that
would be included in the new 30-year ROW grant. Power to the well pumps
would be provided by an approximately 35-megawatt solar energy field
that would be constructed in Pine Valley on approximately 200 acres
located within the southern half of a 640-acre section of CICWCD-owned
land. No portion of the solar energy field would be on BLM-administered
land. Three sections of pipeline would be constructed for the project.
Smaller lateral or collection lines would extend from each of the
production wells to the main line. A main line (Pine Valley main
pipeline) would convey the water from the lateral lines to a point 4.7
miles west of Lund, Utah, and a larger main line (Avon Road main
pipeline) would convey the water from the point 4.7 miles west of Lund
to Cedar City, Utah. The project would require an estimated total of up
to 70 miles of pipeline. Of this total, up to 42.6 miles would be
located on BLM-administered land. Water from the Pine Valley main
pipeline would be collected into storage tanks located within a 10-acre
site at the high point of the alignment. The tanks themselves would be
approximately 200 feet wide by 200 feet long by 35 feet tall and
contain up to 10 million gallons of water. The tanks would be located
within 2.5 acres of land owned by the Utah School and Institutional
Trust Lands Administration, with pipes extending across BLM-
administered land to and from the main line located along Pine Valley
Road. One pressure-reducing station may be required near Lund to reduce
the pipeline pressure at this location. No portion of the pressure-
reducing station would be on BLM-administered land. Approximately six
miles of unimproved roads would be used to access the monitoring wells.
Temporary construction access would be via public roads and/or
contained within the temporary 120-foot-wide ROW associated with the
construction. Twenty temporary staging areas are identified along the
Pine Valley main pipeline and Avon Road main pipeline corridors.
Construction would take up to approximately 42 months.
The BLM developed the ANWS Alternative to address some of the
uncertainty surrounding potential groundwater impacts and assess
whether a project alternative with a more northerly wellfield
configuration would reduce potential impacts to aquifers south of Pine
Valley. The ANWS Alternative is an adaptive management approach. Up to
six production wells and an estimated seven monitoring wells would be
completed as described in the Proposed Action Alternative. After
monitoring, if drawdown in the southern aquifers becomes a concern, up
to nine additional production wells (for a total of up to 15), and
associated pipelines, would be installed farther north in Pine Valley,
along the Pine Valley Road. The number and location of new production
wells would be based on the level of impacts to the southern aquifer,
as shown through monitoring. In addition to the potential impacts from
the Proposed Action Alternative, up to 7.3 additional miles of pipeline
and up to 7.4 additional miles of power transmission line may be
required. This would bring the total pipeline miles required under the
ANWS Alternative to up to 77.3.
An adaptive management monitoring and mitigation plan is included
as a component of project implementation under both action
alternatives, which requires monitoring to identify how the aquifer is
responding and provides mitigation measures that could be implemented
to minimize impacts from the changes in groundwater level. The BLM has
not identified a preferred alternative in the Draft EIS. A preferred
alternative will be identified in the Final EIS after consideration of
comments received from the public.
The BLM will continue to provide and coordinate public
participation opportunities to assist the agencies in satisfying the
public involvement requirements under section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470f) pursuant to 36 CFR
800.2(d)(3). Information about historic and cultural resources within
the area potentially affected by the Proposed Action Alternative will
assist the BLM in identifying and evaluating impacts to such resources
in the context of both NEPA and Section 106 of the NHPA.
The BLM will continue to consult with American Indian Tribes on a
government-to-government basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175
and other policies. Tribal concerns, including impacts on Indian trust
assets and potential impacts to cultural resources, will be given due
consideration. Federal, State, and local agencies, along with Tribes
and other stakeholders that may be interested in or affected by the
proposed PVWS Project, are encouraged to review and comment on the
Draft EIS. The BLM will respond to substantive comments by making
appropriate revisions to the documents or explaining why a comment did
not warrant a change.
Before including your phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that
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your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask the BLM
in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, the BLM cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 2800, 40 CFR 1502.9, 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR
46.435, and 43 CFR 1610.2.
Gregory Sheehan,
State Director, Bureau of Land Management, Utah.
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