[Federal Register: April 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 72)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-020-09-5101-00-J206, U-76985]

 
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Plan Amendment to the Pony Express 
Resource Management Plan (RMP)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a plan amendment to the Pony 
Express Resource Management Plan (RMP).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salt Lake Field Office, 
Utah is starting a plan amendment process to the RMP which may allow an 
exception to the Transportation and Utility Corridor Decision for a 
railroad and related facilities outside a designated corridor. The 
railroad would serve the proposed Private Fuel Storage (PFS) nuclear 
storage site on the Goshute Indian Reservation.

DATES: The comment period for identification of issues for the 
potential plan amendment will commence on April 15, 1999. Comments must 
be submitted on or before May 30, 1999. Two scoping meetings focusing 
on environmental issues associated with the amendment will be held on 
April 29, 1999: from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Little America Inn, Grand 
Ballroom A, 500 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101; from 6:30 
p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Tooele High School, Auditorium, 240 West Second 
Street, Tooele, UT 84074.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the BLM plan amendment should be sent to Bureau 
of Land Management, Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt 
Lake City, UT 84119.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Information on the BLM plan 
amendment contact Leon Berggren, Resource Advisor, telephone (801) 977-
4350. Existing planning documents and information are available at the 
above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Salt Lake Field Office, BLM, received an 
application from PFS for a railroad line on the west side of Skull 
Valley, and is cooperating with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
by providing an analysis of the railroad and plan amendment for 
inclusion into an environmental impact statement to be prepared by NRC. 
The proposed BLM amendment would consider an exception to the 
Transportation and Utility Corridor Decision, to allow a right-of-way 
for a railroad and related facilities to PFS outside a designated 
corridor. Issues identified for the railroad access include: fire, 
rangeland health, noxious weeds, cultural resources, wildlife, wild 
horses, wetlands, historic trails, wilderness study areas, recreation, 
visual, access, minerals, geology, and threatened and endangered 
plants. Public participation is being sought at this initial stage in 
the planning process to ensure the RMP amendment addresses all issues, 
problems, and concerns from those interested in the management of lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Salt Lake Field Office.
Mike Pool,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-9382 Filed 4-14-99; 8:45 am]
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