LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Officials in five Utah counties want Gov. Gary Herbert to back an effort to protect livestock grazing on public lands where a developer is building a natural gas pipeline.
Herbert spokeswoman Angie Welling told The Herald Journal the governor is sensitive to the counties’ concerns, and the state public lands policy chief is monitoring the issue.
A letter from Cache, Box Elder, Rich, Uintah and Tooele counties seeks Herbert’s support to ensure grazing rights won’t be affected in the Utah portion of the 680-mile Ruby Pipeline.
Pipeline developer El Paso Corp. has begun work on the 42-inch natural gas conduit across Utah and Nevada from Wyoming to Oregon.
