Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2001 / Notices 29981

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–070–99–5101–00; J–608; UTU–77149,

UTU–77164, UTU–78301, FERC Doc. No.

CP00–68–000]

San Juan County, New Mexico; La

Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, and San

Miguel Counties, Colorado; and San

Juan, Grand, Emery, Carbon, Sanpete,

Utah, Juab and Salt Lake Counties,

Utah; Final EIS for a Refined Petroleum

Products Pipeline, Natural Gas

Pipelines and Utility Corridor Analysis

and Plan Amendments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, a Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

has been prepared by the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM), Utah State

Office. The FEIS was prepared to

analyze the impacts of proposed

transportation of refined petroleum

products and natural gas through

pipelines located on public lands

administered by BLM, National Forest

System lands and State and private

lands in northwest New Mexico,

southwest Colorado, and southeast to

north-central Utah. In addition, the

Final EIS analyzes utility corridors

across the Manti-LaSal and Uinta

National Forests which may or may not

expand the existing designated corridors

and /or identify other corridors. This

analysis may result in Forest Plan

amendments to the Manti-LaSal and

Uinta National Forest Land and

Resource Management Plans. The

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(FERC) and United States Forest

Service, Manti-LaSal, San Juan and

Uinta National Forests, are Cooperating

Agencies in accordance with Title 40,

Code of Federal Regulations, § 1501.6.

DATES: The Final EIS will be distributed

and made available to the public on

June 1, 2001, for a 30 day review period.

Copies of the Final EIS will be mailed

to individuals, agencies, or companies

who previously requested copies by

responding to an inquiry by the Bureau

of Land Management. No decision on

the proposed action shall be made or

recorded until at least 30 days after

publication of a Notice of Availability

by the Environmental Protection

Agency.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the

FEIS will be available for review at the

following locations:

• Salt Lake City, Utah—209 East 500

South, Salt Lake City, Utah

• West Valley City, Utah—2880 West

3650 South, West Valley City, Utah

• Payson, Utah—439 West Utah Ave,

Payson, Utah

• Nephi, Utah—22 East 100 North,

Nephi, Utah

• Price, Utah—159 East Main, Price,

Utah

• Moab, Utah—Grand Co. Library, 25

South 100 East, Moab, Utah

• Durango, Colorado—Durango Public

Library, 1188 Second Avenue,

Durango, CO

• Dolores, Colorado—Dolores Public

Library, PO Box 847, Dolores, CO

• Farmington, New Mexico—

Farmington Public Library, 100

West Broadway, Farmington, NM

A limited number of copies of the

document will be available at the

following BLM and Forest Service

Offices:

• Bureau of Land Management, Utah

State Office, 324 South State Street,

Salt Lake, Utah

• Uinta National Forest, 88 West 100

North, Provo, Utah,

• Bureau of Land Management

• Filmore Field Office, 35 East 500

North, Fillmore, Utah,

• Bureau of Land Management, Price

Field Office, 125 South, 600 West,

Price, Utah

• Manti La-Sal National Forest, 599

West Price River Drive, Price, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management, Moab

Field Office, 82 East Dogwood

Road, Moab, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management,

Monticello Field Office, 435 North

Main Street, Monticello, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management, Durango

Field Office. 15 Burnett Court,

Durango, Colorado

• San Juan National Forest, Delores,

Colorado

• Bureau of Land Management,

Farmington, Field Office, 1235 La

Plata Highway, Farmington, New

Mexico

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please

contact Ms. LaVerne Steah, Project

Manager, at the above address or phone:

(801) 539–4114 or e-mail:

LaVernelSteah@blm.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three

proponents (Williams Pipeline

Company, Questar Pipeline Company

and Kern River Gas Transmission

Company) filed right-of-way

applications with the Bureau of Land

Management in 1998 and 1999 to

construct and operate petroleum

products and natural gas pipelines and

ancillary facilities on public lands

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management, National Forest System

Lands administered by the United States

Forest Service (USFS), and private and

state owned lands in the states of New

Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. The three

projects are independent of each other

(each project could be constructed and

operated regardless of whether the other

two projects are approved). The three

projects were analyzed together because

they would share common utility

corridors across the Manti-LaSal and

Uinta National Forests and would cause

cumulative impacts.

The BLM and the USFS examined

alternative natural gas and petroleum

transportation methods and several

alternative pipeline route segments to

address concerns about potential

petroleum products leaks and spill

effects on natural resources, water and

people, natural gas leaks and failure

effects on natural resources and people,

and effects on the character of USFS

inventoried roadless and unroaded

areas. Two major (30 miles or longer)

route alternatives, and two short (5

miles or less) route variations were

carried forward in the analysis in

addition to the proposed action and the

no action alternative. Also, as part of the

proposed action is a proposal to amend

one or more forest plans following the

1982 regulations (36 CFR, part 219).

A Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) was issued on

February 23, 2001, analyzing the

impacts and identifying alternatives and

mitigation measures. A 52 day public

comment period and eight public

meetings were held in Utah, Colorado

and New Mexico to receive comments

on the DEIS. A total of 123 comments

(84 oral comments and 39 letters) were

received. These comments have been

analyzed, and appropriate changes have

been made in the FEIS. The public

comments have been summarized and

printed in the FEIS, along with BLM’s

responses.

Linda Colville,

Acting Utah State Director.

[FR Doc. 01–13974 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–934–5700; COC60743, COC60750,

COC60755, COC60756, COC60757,

COC60758, COC60759, COC60760]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Leases

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188 (d) and (e), and 43 CFR