U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEWS RELEASE
Utah State Office
Utah State Office
| Contacts: | Amanda Harrington, 435-636-3630 |
BLM Announces Public Comment Period for Emery Telcom Ford Ridge Fiber Optic Line EA
Price, Utah—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office announces that the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Emery Telcom Fiber Optic Line is available for public comment. The 15-day public comment period begins on September 25 and ends on October 9, 2012. This EA analyzes the potential impacts of Emery Telcom’s proposal to install a fiber optic line across Federal lands in Carbon and Utah County, Utah.
Emery Telcom has submitted an application for a right-of-way (ROW) in order to install a fiber optic communication line for the purpose of providing services to the communication sites located on Ford Ridge in Carbon County, Utah. Under the proposed action, Emery Telcom would construct and maintain a partially buried/partially aerial fiber optic communication line. The total project would include the installation of 18.38 miles of fiber optic cable line, with 2.8 miles crossing federally managed lands. All activities associated with construction, operation, and maintenance of the line would be within the authorized limits of the ROW.
Additional information about this project is included in the EA available for public review and comment. An electronic copy of the EA can be found on the BLM’s Environmental Notification Bulletin Board (ENBB) at https://www.blm.gov/ut/enbb/index.php or a hard copy can be obtained from the Price Field Office upon request. Comments which contain only opinions or preferences will not receive a formal response. However, they will be considered in the BLM decision-making process. The most useful comments are those that identify alternatives, identify issues relevant to the proposal, or contain new technical or scientific information.
Please reference the Emery Telcom Ford Ridge Fiber Optic Line EA when submitting comments. 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. BLM will not consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety.
Please submit written comments to:
Bureau of Land Management
Price Field Office
Attn: Amanda Harrington
125 South 600 West
Price, UT 84501
Phone: (435) 636-3630
Fax: (435) 636-3657
Email: UT_PR_Comments@blm.gov
For further information, please contact Amanda Harrington, Realty Specialist, at (435) 636-3630.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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