SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Two environmental groups are appealing federal land managers’ approval of a natural gas pipeline system north of Moab.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the Sierra Club filed the appeal Friday with the Bureau of Land Management’s Salt Lake City office.
The groups say the proposed pipeline system on public land near Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park’s Island in the Sky area should have been considered in conjunction with the main pipeline installed.
They say the BLM “significantly underplayed” the impacts of oil and gas development on the scenic landscape.
KSL reports (https://bit.ly/1tYIsoc ) Denver-based Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. is seeking the pipeline system to help convey natural gas captured from flaring at its well sites.
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Information from: KSL-TV, https://www.ksl.com/
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