Environmental Assessment for Questar Natural Gas Pipeline
Utah and Juab Counties, Utah
Overview:
SWCA was contracted by the Questar Pipeline Company to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for submittal to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The EA was needed to build a buried natural gas pipeline across private lands as well as lands administered by the BLM and the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration.
Services Provided:
Identified environmental issues
Refined route selection
Maintained communication with state and federal agencies
Prepared the Plan of Development for the project
Provided environmental inspection services
Results:
As SWCA collected and analyzed data for preparation of the EA, Questar’s project manager commended SWCA staff on their impressive work. As a result of our EA work, SWCA was retained to provide additional services, including environmental inspection throughout construction of the pipeline.