Final Mitigation Approach and Agreement For Potential Impacts to Greater Sage- grouse From the Uinta Basin RailwayMitigation Agreement • September 28th, 2021
Contract Type FiledSeptember 28th, 2021The Uinta Basin Railway Project is a freight rail line proposed by the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition (Coalition), in collaboration with railway owner and operator Uinta Basin Railway, LLC, (UBRY). The project when constructed will provide common-carrier railway service connecting the Uinta Basin to the North American interstate common-carrier railway network. This project recognizes the importance of protecting the natural wildlife and at the same time the positive economic benefit it would provide to the State of Utah. The Coalition and UBRY have worked closely with the State of Utah’s Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office (PLPCO) and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) to develop this Mitigation Approach and Agreement to mitigate, minimize, and avoid impacts to the Greater Sage-grouse, a species of conservation concern, and its habitat. This Mitigation Approach and Agreement build on PLPCO’s letter dated July 23, 2020, and the reply letter from the Coalition and