Utah
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The BLM has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that analyzes the impacts related to the development of Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project in Juab, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah Counties. The proposed project includes the construction, operation, and maintenance of approximately 140 miles of double-circuit 500/345 kilovolt (kV) transmission line and two new future 500/345/138kV substations. The proposed project would require an amendment of the BLM Salt Lake Field Office Pony Express Resource Management Plan for designation of a utility corridor. This project may affect the areas around the communities of Mona, Nephi, Eureka, Goshen, Stockton, Tooele, Grantsville, Stansbury Park, West Jordan, South Jordan, Magna, and Salt Lake City. Three public open house meetings will be held to provide information and solicit public comments on the proposed project and the DEIS.
The DEIS is now available for public review and comment. The DEIS analyzes the potential environmental issues that were identified during scoping. The DEIS is available for review at the BLM Salt Lake and Fillmore Field Offices and is also available for download below. Public open house meetings to gather public input will be held in Magna, Nephi, and Tooele. The public comment period is from May 15, 2009 to August 12, 2009.
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PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS
Please join the BLM at any of the following Public Open Houses from 5:00-8:00 p.m. to discuss the proposed project:
June 23, 2009
Tooele County Courthouse
47 South Main
Tooele, UT
June 24, 2009
8623 West 300 South
Magna, UT
June 25, 2009
Juab County Fairgrounds, Multi-purpose Room
350 West Center Street
Nephi, UT
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA)
NEPA is a federal law that serves as the nation's basic charter for environmental protection. NEPA requires that all federal agencies consider the potential environmental impacts of their proposed actions. NEPA promotes better agency decision-making by ensuring that high quality environmental information is available to agency officials and the public before the agency decides whether and how to undertake a major federal action. Through the NEPA process, you have an opportunity to learn about a proposed action and to provide information and comments to the agency.
To implement NEPA, all federal agencies follow procedures issued by the President's Council on Environmental Quality. For major federal actions that may significantly affect the quality of the human environment, NEPA requires an EIS be prepared. An EIS provides a detailed analysis of the potential environmental impacts of a proposed action and a range of reasonable alternatives. The BLM has prepared an EIS for the Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project.
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PROJECT TIMELINE
Below is the anticipated timeline for the project:
• Public Scoping: October 16 – November 14, 2007
• Draft EIS: Spring 2009
• Final EIS and Record of Decision: Fall 2009
• Right-of-Way Acquisition: Spring 2010
• Construction: 2010-2012
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SUBMIT COMMENTS ON THE DEIS
The BLM invites you to comment on the proposed project and the DEIS. Written public comments may be submitted during the 90-day public review and comment period (May 15 to August 12, 2009) by the following methods:
• Submit a written comment at a public open house meeting
• Email comments to: UT_M2OTL_EIS@blm.gov
• Mail comments to the BLM:
Salt Lake Field Office Fillmore Field Office
ATTN: Mike Nelson OR ATTN: Clara Stevens
2370 S. 2300 W. 35 East 500 North
Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Fillmore, UT 84631
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PROJECT MAILING LIST AND NEWSLETTER
Throughout the course of the project, updates will be sent to individuals who request to be placed on the mailing list. To receive newsletters or to request to be placed on the mailing list, contact UT_M2OTL_EIS@blm.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
E-mail UT_M2OTL_EIS@blm.gov
Click here for May 15, 2009 News Release
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DOWNLOAD PROJECT DOCUMENTS AND MAPS
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
• Dear Reader Letter
• Volume I
• Volume II – Appendices, Maps, and Simulations
• Proponent’s Proposed Route and Alternative Routes Map
• Notice of Availability (5/15/09), BLM
• Notice of Availability (5/15/09), EPA
Scoping
• Federal Register Notice of Intent (10/16/07)
• Federal Register Notice of Intent Addendum (11/5/08)
• Scoping Report (January 2008)
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