Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 393 (2015GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Noel, M.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2015

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• creates the San Juan County Energy Zone;
• adopts energy exploration, access, and development policy for the San Juan County Energy Zone; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ENERGY ZONES AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Michael E. Noel
Senate Sponsor: 
David P. Hinkins
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies the Utah resource management plan for federal lands.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ creates the San Juan County Energy Zone;
▸ adopts energy exploration, access, and development policy for the San Juan County
Energy Zone; and
▸ makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63J-8-102
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 321
63J-8-105
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 321
63J-8-105.5
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 321
ENACTS:
63J-8-105.2
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63J-8-102
 is amended to read:
63J-8-102.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "ACEC" means an area of critical environmental concern as defined in 43 U.S.C.
Sec. 1702.
(2) "AUM" means animal unit months, a unit of grazing forage.
(3) "BLM" means the United States Bureau of Land Management.
(4) "BLM recommended wilderness" means a wilderness study area recommended for
wilderness designation in the final report of the president of the United States to the United
States Congress in 1993.
(5) "Federal land use designation" means one or a combination of the following
congressional or federal actions included in proposed congressional land use legislation:
(a) designation of wilderness within the National Wilderness Preservation System;
(b) designation of a national conservation area;
(c) designation of a watercourse within the National Wild and Scenic River System;
(d) designation of an ACEC;
(e) designation of a national monument in accordance with the Antiquities Act of 1906,
16 U.S.C. Sec. 431 et seq. or by Congress;
(f) designation of a national park within the National Park System;
(g) designation of a national recreational area; or
(h) any other designation, classification, categorization, reservation, withdrawal, or
similar action that has the purpose or effect of eliminating, restricting, or reducing energy and
mineral development, motorized travel, grazing, active vegetation management, or any other
traditional multiple use on public land.
(6) "FLPMA" means the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
Sec. 1701 et seq.
(7) "Forest Service" means the United States Forest Service within the United States
Department of Agriculture.
(8) "Green River Energy Zone" means the lands described as follows in Subsections
(8)(a) and (b), as more fully illustrated in the maps prepared by the Carbon County and Emery
County GIS Departments in February 2013, each entitled "2013 Green River Energy Zone":
(a) BLM and Forest Service lands in Carbon County that are situated in the following
townships: Township 12S Range 6E, Township 12S Range 7E, Township 12S Range 8E,
Township 12S Range 9E, Township 12S Range 10E, Township 12S Range 11E, Township 12S
Range 12E, Township 12S Range 13E, Township 12S Range 14E, Township 12S Range 15E,
Township 12S Range 16E, Township 12S Range 17E, Township 12S Range 18E, Township
13S Range 6E, Township 13S Range 8E, Township 13S Range 9E, Township 13S Range 10E,
Township 13S Range 11E, Township 13S Range 12E, Township 13S Range 13E, Township
13S Range 14E, Township 13S Range 15E, Township 13S Range 16E, Township 13S Range
17E, Township 14S Range 6E, Township 14S Range 8E, Township 14S Range 9E, Township
14S Range 11E, Township 14S Range 12E, Township 14S Range 13E, Township 14S Range
14E, Township 14S Range 15E, Township 14S Range 16E, Township 14S Range 17E,
Township 15S Range 7E, Township 15S Range 8E, Township 15S Range 9E, Township 15S
Range 10E, Township 15S Range 11E, Township 15S Range 12E, Township 15S Range 13E,
Township 15S Range 14E, Township 15S Range 15E, and Township 15S Range 16E; and
(b) BLM and Forest Service lands in Emery County, excluding any areas that are or
may be designated as wilderness, national conservation areas, or wild or scenic rivers, that are
situated in the following townships and represented in the Emery County Public Land
Management Act DRAFT Map prepared by Emery County and available at
emerycounty.com/publiclands/LANDS-USE-15.pdf: Township 13S Range 6E, Township 14S
Range 6E, Township 14S Range 7E, Township 15S Range 6E, Township 15S Range 7E,
Township 16S Range 6E, Township 16S Range 7E, Township 16S Range 8E, Township 16S
Range 9E, Township 16S Range 10E, Township 16S Range 11E, Township 16S Range 12E,
Township 16S Range 13E, Township 16S Range 14E, Township 16S Range 15E, Township
17S Range 6E, Township 17S Range 7E, Township 17S Range 8E, Township 17S Range 9E,
Township 17S Range 10E, Township 17S Range 11E, Township 17S Range 12E, Township
17S Range 13E, Township 17S Range 14E, Township 17S Range 15E, Township 18S Range
6E, Township 18S Range 7E, Township 18S Range 8E, Township 18S Range 9E, Township
18S Range 10E, Township 18S Range 11E, Township 18S Range 12E, Township 18S Range
13E, Township 18S Range 14E, Township 18S Range 15E, Township 19S Range 6E,
Township 19S Range 7E, Township 19S Range 8E, Township 19S Range 9E, Township 19S
Range 10E, Township 19S Range 11E, Township 19S Range 12E, Township 19S Range 13E,
Township 19S Range 14E, Township 19S Range 15E, Township 20S Range 6E, Township 20S
Range 7E, Township 20S Range 8E, Township 20S Range 9E, Township 20S Range 10E,
Township 20S Range 11E, Township 20S Range 12E, Township 20S Range 13E, Township
20S Range 14E, Township 20S Range 15E, Township 20S Range 16E, Township 21S Range
6E, Township 21S Range 7E, Township 21S Range 8E, Township 21S Range 9E, Township
21S Range 14E, Township 21S Range 15E, Township 21S Range 16E, Township 22S Range
6E, Township 22S Range 7E, Township 22S Range 8E, Township 22S Range 9E, Township
22S Range 14E, Township 22S Range 15E, Township 22S Range 16E, Township 23S Range
6E, Township 23S Range 7E, Township 23S Range 8E, Township 23S Range 9E, Township
23S Range 13E, Township 23S Range 14E, Township 23S Range 15E, Township 23S Range
16E, Township 24S Range 6E, Township 24S Range 7E, Township 24S Range 8E, Township
24S Range 12E, Township 24S Range 13E, Township 24S Range 14E, Township 24S Range
15E, Township 24S Range 16E, Township 24S Range 17E, Township 25S Range 6E,
Township 25S Range 7E, Township 25S Range 8E, Township 25S Range 11E, Township 25S
Range 12E, Township 25S Range 13E, Township 25S Range 14E, Township 25S Range 15E,
Township 25S Range 16E, Township 25S Range 17E, Township 26S Range 6E, Township 26S
Range 7E, Township 26S Range 8E, Township 26S Range 9E, Township 26S Range 10E,
Township 26S Range 11E, Township 26S Range 12E, Township 26S Range 13E, Township
26S Range 14E, Township 26S Range 15E, Township 26S Range 16E, and Township 26S
Range 17E.
(9) "Multiple use" means proper stewardship of the subject lands pursuant to Section
103(c) of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1702(c).
(10) "National conservation area" means an area designated by Congress and managed
by the BLM.
(11) "National wild and scenic river" means a watercourse:
(a) identified in a BLM or Forest Service planning process; or
(b) designated as part of the National Wild and Scenic River System.
(12) "National Wild and Scenic River System" means the National Wild and Scenic
River System established in 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1271 et seq.
(13) "Office" means the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office created in Section
63J-4-602
.
(14) "OHV" means off-highway vehicle as defined in Section 
41-22-2
.
(15) "Proposed congressional land use legislation" means a draft or a working
document of congressional legislation prepared by a person that includes a federal land use
designation.
(16) "RARE II" means the second United States Forest Service Roadless Area Review
and Evaluation report of 1984.
(17) "R.S. 2477 right-of-way" means a right-of-way established in accordance with 43
U.S.C. Sec. 932 repealed by FLPMA 1976.
(18) "San Juan County Energy Zone" means BLM and Forest Service lands situated in
the following townships in San Juan County, as more fully illustrated in the map prepared by
the San Juan County GIS department in December 2014 entitled "San Juan County Energy
Zone": Township 26S Range 21E, Township 26S Range 22E, Township 26S Range 23E,
Township 26S Range 24E, Township 26S Range 25E, Township 26S Range 26E, Township
27S Range 21E, Township 27S Range 22E, Township 27S Range 23E, Township 27S Range
24E, Township 27S Range 25E, Township 27S Range 26E, Township 28S Range 21E,
Township 28S Range 22E, Township 28S Range 23E, Township 28S Range 24E, Township
28S Range 25E, Township 28S Range 26E, Township 29S Range 21E, Township 29S Range
22E, Township 29S Range 23E, Township 29S Range 24E, Township 29S Range 25E,
Township 29S Range 26E, Township 30S Range 21E, Township 30S Range 22E, Township
30S Range 23E, Township 30S Range 24E, Township 30S Range 25E, Township 30S Range
26E, Township 31S Range 22E, Township 31S Range 23E, Township 31S Range 24E,
Township 31S Range 25E, Township 31S Range 26E, Township 32S Range 20E, Township
32S Range 21E, Township 32S Range 22E, Township 32S Range 23E, Township 32S Range
24E, Township 32S Range 25E, Township 32S Range 26E, Township 33S Range 19E,
Township 33S Range 20E, Township 33S Range 21E, Township 33S Range 22E, Township
33S Range 23E, Township 33S Range 24E, Township 33S Range 25E, Township 33S Range
26E, Township 34S Range 19E, Township 34S Range 20E, Township 34S Range 21E,
Township 34S Range 22E, Township 34S Range 23E, Township 34S Range 24E, Township
34S Range 25E, Township 34S Range 26E, Township 35S Range 14E, Township 35S Range
15E, Township 35S Range 16E, Township 35S Range 17E, Township 35S Range 18E,
Township 35S Range 19E, Township 35S Range 20E, Township 35S Range 21E, Township
35S Range 22E, Township 35S Range 23E, Township 35S Range 24E, Township 35S Range
25E, Township 35S Range 26E, Township 36S Range 14E, Township 36S Range 15E,
Township 36S Range 16E, Township 36S Range 17E, Township 36S Range 18E, Township
36S Range 19E, Township 36S Range 21E, Township 36S Range 22E, Township 36S Range
23E, Township 36S Range 24E, Township 36S Range 25E, Township 36S Range 26E,
Township 37S Range 14E, Township 37S Range 15E, Township 37S Range 16E, Township
37S Range 17E, Township 37S Range 21E, Township 37S Range 22E, Township 37S Range
23E, Township 37S Range 24E, Township 37S Range 25E, Township 37S Range 26E,
Township 38S Range 12E, Township 38S Range 21E, Township 38S Range 22E, Township
38S Range 23E, Township 38S Range 24E, Township 38S Range 25E, Township 38S Range
26E, Township 39S Range 12E, Township 39S Range 13E, Township 39S Range 15E,
Township 39S Range 21E, Township 39S Range 22E, Township 39S Range 23E, Township
39S Range 24E, Township 39S Range 25E, Township 39S Range 26E, Township 40S Range
14E, Township 40S Range 15E, Township 40S Range 16E, Township 40S Range 19E,
Township 40S Range 20E, Township 40S Range 21E, Township 40S Range 22E, Township
40S Range 23E, Township 40S Range 24E, Township 40S Range 25E, Township 40S Range
26E, Township 41S Range 16E, Township 41S Range 17E, Township 41S Range 18E,
Township 41S Range 19E, Township 41S Range 20E, Township 41S Range 21E, Township
41S Range 22E, Township 41S Range 23E, Township 41S Range 24E, Township 41S Range
25E, Township 41S Range 26E, Township 42S Range 14E, Township 42S Range 15E,
Township 42S Range 16E, Township 42S Range 17E, Township 42S Range 18E, Township
42S Range 19E, Township 42S Range 20E, Township 42S Range 21E, Township 42S Range
22E, Township 42S Range 23E, Township 42S Range 24E, Township 42S Range 25E,
Township 42S Range 26E, Township 43S Range 14E, Township 43S Range 15E, Township
43S Range 16E, Township 43S Range 17E, Township 43S Range 18E, Township 43S Range
19E, Township 43S Range 20E, Township 43S Range 21E, Township 43S Range 22E,
Township 43S Range 23E, Township 43S Range 24E, Township 43S Range 25E, and
Township 43S Range 26E.
[
(18)
] 
(19)
 "Settlement Agreement" means the written agreement between the state and
the Department of the Interior in 2003 (revised in 2005) that resolved the case of State of Utah
v. Gale Norton, Secretary of Interior (United States District Court, D. Utah, Case No.
2:96cv0870).
[
(19)
] 
(20)
 "SITLA" means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration as
created in Section 
53C-1-201
.
[
(20)
] 
(21)
 (a) "Subject lands" means the following non-WSA BLM lands:
(i) in Beaver County:
(A) Mountain Home Range South, Jackson Wash, The Toad, North Wah Wah
Mountains, Central Wah Wah Mountains, and San Francisco Mountains according to the
region map entitled "Great Basin Central" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal
for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011; and
(B) White Rock Range, South Wah Wah Mountains, and Granite Peak according to the
region map entitled "Great Basin South" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(ii) in Box Elder County: Little Goose Creek, Grouse Creek Mountains North, Grouse
Creek Mountains South, Bald Eagle Mountain, Central Pilot Range, Pilot Peak, Crater Island
West, Crater Island East, Newfoundland Mountains, and Grassy Mountains North according to
the region map entitled "Great Basin North" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal
for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(iii) in Carbon County: Desbrough Canyon and Turtle Canyon according to the region
map entitled "Book Cliffs" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in
Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on
February 17, 2011;
(iv) in Daggett County: Goslin Mountain, Home Mountain, Red Creek Badlands,
O-wi-yu-kuts, Lower Flaming Gorge, Crouse Canyon, and Diamond Breaks according to the
region map entitled "Dinosaur" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(v) in Duchesne County: Desbrough Canyon according to the region map entitled
"Book Cliffs" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(vi) in Emery County:
(A) San Rafael River and Sweetwater Reef, according to the region map entitled
"Canyonlands Basin" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in
Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on
February 17, 2011;
(B) Flat Tops according to the region map entitled "Glen Canyon," which is available
by clicking the link entitled "Dirty Devil" at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011; and
(C) Price River, Lost Spring Wash, Eagle Canyon, Upper Muddy Creek, Molen Reef,
Rock Canyon, Mussentuchit Badland, and Muddy Creek, according to the region map entitled
"San Rafael Swell" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah"
at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(vii) in Garfield County:
(A) Pole Canyon, according to the region map entitled "Great Basin South" linked in
the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(B) Dirty Devil, Fiddler Butte, Little Rockies, Cane Spring Desert, and Cane Spring
Desert Adjacents, according to the region map entitled "Glen Canyon," which is available by
clicking the link entitled "Dirty Devil" at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(C) Lampstand, Wide Hollow, Steep Creek, Brinkerhof Flats, Little Valley Canyon,
Death Hollow, Studhorse Peaks, Box Canyon, Heaps Canyon, North Escalante Canyon, Colt
Mesa, East of Bryce, Slopes of Canaan Peak, Horse Spring Canyon, Muley Twist Flank,
Pioneer Mesa, Slopes of Bryce, Blue Hills, Mud Springs Canyon, Carcass Canyon, Willis
Creek North, Kodachrome Basin, and Kodachrome Headlands, according to the region map
entitled "Grand Staircase Escalante" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011; and
(D) Notom Bench, Mount Ellen, Bull Mountain, Dogwater Creek, Ragged Mountain,
Mount Pennell, Mount Hillers, Bullfrog Creek, and Long Canyon, according to the region map
entitled "Henry Mountains" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness
in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on
February 17, 2011;
(viii) in Iron County: Needle Mountains, Steamboat Mountain, Broken Ridge, Paradise
Mountains, Crook Canyon, Hamlin, North Peaks, Mount Escalante, and Antelope Ridge,
according to the region map entitled "Great Basin South" linked in the webpage entitled
"Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(ix) in Juab County: Deep Creek Mountains, Essex Canyon, Kern Mountains, Wild
Horse Pass, Disappointment Hills, Granite Mountain, Middle Mountains, Tule Valley, Fish
Springs Ridge, Thomas Range, Drum Mountains, Dugway Mountains, Keg Mountains West,
Keg Mountains East, Lion Peak, and Rockwell Little Sahara, according to the region map
entitled "Great Basin Central" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(x) in Kane County:
(A) Willis Creek North, Willis Creek, Kodachrome Badlands, Mud Springs Canyon,
Carcass Canyon, Scorpion, Bryce Boot, Paria-Hackberry Canyons, Fiftymile Canyon,
Hurricane Wash, Upper Kanab Creek, Timber Mountain, Nephi Point, Paradise Canyon,
Wahweap Burning Hills, Fiftymile Bench, Forty Mile Gulch, Sooner Bench 1, 2, & 3, Rock
Cove, Warm Bench, Andalex Not, Vermillion Cliffs, Ladder Canyon, The Cockscomb, Nipple
Bench, Moquith Mountain, Bunting Point, Glass Eye Canyon, and Pine Hollow, according to
the region map entitled "Grand Staircase Escalante" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's
Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the
webpage existed on February 17, 2011; and
(B) Orderville Canyon, Jolley Gulch, and Parunuweap Canyon, according to the region
map entitled "Zion/Mohave" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness
in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on
February 17, 2011;
(xi) in Millard County: Kern Mountains, Wild Horse Pass, Disappointment Hills,
Granite Mountain, Middle Mountains, Tule Valley, Swasey Mountain, Little Drum Mountains
North, Little Drum Mountains South, Drum Mountains, Snake Valley, Coyote Knoll, Howell
Peak, Tule Valley South, Ledger Canyon, Chalk Knolls, Orr Ridge, Notch View, Bullgrass
Knoll, Notch Peak, Barn Hills, Cricket Mountains, Burbank Pass, Middle Burbank Hills, King
Top, Barn Hills, Red Tops, Middle Burbank Hills, Juniper, Painted Rock Mountain, Black
Hills, Tunnel Springs, Red Canyon, Sand Ridge, Little Sage Valley, Cat Canyon, Headlight
Mountain, Black Hills, Mountain Range Home North, Tweedy Wash, North Wah Wah
Mountains, Jackson Wash, and San Francisco Mountains, according to the region map entitled
"Great Basin Central" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in
Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on
February 17, 2011;
(xii) in Piute County: Kingston Ridge, Rocky Ford, and Phonolite Hill, according to
the region map entitled "Great Basin South" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal
for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(xiii) in San Juan County:
(A) Horseshoe Point, Deadhorse Cliffs, Gooseneck, Demon's Playground, Hatch
Canyon, Lockhart Basin, Indian Creek, Hart's Point, Butler Wash, Bridger Jack Mesa, and Shay
Mountain, according to the region map entitled "Canyonlands Basin" linked in the webpage
entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(B) Dark Canyon, Copper Point, Fortknocker Canyon, White Canyon, The Needle, Red
Rock Plateau, Upper Red Canyon, and Tuwa Canyon, according to the region map entitled
"Glen Canyon," which is available by clicking the link entitled "Dirty Devil" at the webpage
entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(C) Hunters Canyon, Behind the Rocks, Mill Creek, and Coyote Wash, according to
the region map entitled "Moab/La Sal" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011; and
(D) Hammond Canyon, Allen Canyon, Mancos Jim Butte, Arch Canyon, Monument
Canyon, Tin Cup Mesa, Cross Canyon, Nokai Dome, Grand Gulch, Fish and Owl Creek
Canyons, Comb Ridge, Road Canyon, The Tabernacle, Lime Creek, San Juan River, and
Valley of the Gods, according to the region map entitled "San Juan" linked at the webpage
entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(xiv) in Sevier County: Rock Canyon, Mussentuchit Badland, Limestone Cliffs, and
Jones' Bench, according to the region map entitled "San Rafael Swell" linked at the webpage
entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(xv) in Tooele County:
(A) Silver Island Mountains, Crater Island East, Grassy Mountains North, Grassy
Mountains South, Stansbury Island, Cedar Mountains North, Cedar Mountains Central, Cedar
Mountains South, North Stansbury Mountains, Oquirrh Mountains, and Big Hollow, according
to the region map entitled "Great Basin North" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's
Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the
webpage existed on February 17, 2011, excluding the areas that Congress designated as
wilderness under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006; and
(B) Ochre Mountain, Deep Creek Mountains, Dugway Mountains, Indian Peaks, and
Lion Peak, according to the region map entitled "Great Basin Central" linked in the webpage
entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011;
(xvi) in Uintah County:
(A) White River, Lower Bitter Creek, Sunday School Canyon, Dragon Canyon, Wolf
Point, Winter Ridge, Seep Canyon, Bitter Creek, Hideout Canyon, Sweetwater Canyon, and
Hell's Hole, according to the region map entitled "Book Cliffs" linked in the webpage entitled
"Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011; and
(B) Lower Flaming Gorge, Crouse Canyon Stone Bridge Draw, Diamond Mountain,
Wild Mountain, Split Mountain Benches, Vivas Cake Hill, Split Mountain Benches South,
Beach Draw, Stuntz Draw, Moonshine Draw, Bourdette Draw, and Bull Canyon, according to
the region map entitled "Dinosaur" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for
Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(xvii) in Washington County: Couger Canyon, Docs Pass, Slaughter Creek, Butcher
Knife Canyon, Square Top, Scarecrow Creek, Beaver Dam Wash, Beaver Dam Mountains
North, Beaver Dam Mountains South, Joshua Tree, Beaver Dam Wilderness Expansion, Red
Mountain, Cottonwood Canyon, Taylor Canyon, LaVerkin Creek, Beartrap Canyon, Deep
Creek, Black Ridge, Red Butte, Kolob Creek, Goose Creek, Dry Creek, Zion National Park
Adjacents, Crater Hill, The Watchman, and Canaan Mountain, according to the region map
entitled "Zion/Mohave" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in
Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on
February 17, 2011, excluding the areas that Congress designated as wilderness and
conservation areas under the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009; and
(xviii) in Wayne County:
(A) Sweetwater Reef, Upper Horseshoe Canyon, and Labyrinth Canyon, according to
the region map entitled "Canyonlands Basin" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal
for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage
existed on February 17, 2011;
(B) Flat Tops and Dirty Devil, according to the region map entitled "Glen Canyon,"
which is available by clicking the link entitled "Dirty Devil" at the webpage entitled "Citizen's
Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the
webpage existed on February 17, 2011;
(C) Fremont Gorge, Pleasant Creek Bench, Notom Bench, Mount Ellen, and Bull
Mountain, according to the region map entitled "Henry Mountains" linked at the webpage
entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011; and
(D) Capital Reef Adjacents, Muddy Creek, Wild Horse Mesa, North Blue Flats, Red
Desert, and Factory Butte, according to the region map entitled "San Rafael Swell" linked at
the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://www.protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17,
2011.
(b) "Subject lands" also includes all BLM and Forest Service lands in the state that are
not Wilderness Area or Wilderness Study Areas;
(c) "Subject lands" does not include the following lands that are the subject of
consideration for a possible federal lands bill and should be managed according to the 2008
Price BLM Field Office Resource Management Plan until a federal lands bill provides
otherwise:
(i) Turtle Canyon and Desolation Canyon according to the region map entitled "Book
Cliffs" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17, 2011;
(ii) Labyrinth Canyon, Duma Point, and Horseshoe Point, according to the region map
entitled "Canyonlands Basin" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness
in Utah" at http://protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February
17, 2011; and
(iii) Devil's Canyon, Sid's Mountain, Mexican Mountain, San Rafael Reef, Hondu
Country, Cedar Mountain, and Wild Horse, according to the region map entitled "San Rafael
Swell" linked at the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at
http://protectwildutah.org/proposal/index.html as the webpage existed on February 17, 2011.
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(21)
] 
(22)
 "Uintah Basin Energy Zone" means BLM and Forest Service lands situated
in the following townships in Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties, as more fully illustrated
in the map prepared by the Uintah County GIS Department in February 2012 entitled "Uintah
Basin Utah Energy Zone":
(a) in Daggett County, Township 3N Range 17 E, Township 3N Range 18E, Township
3N Range 19E, Township 3N Range 20E, Township 3N Range 22E, Township 3N Range 23E,
Township 3N Range 24E, Township 3N Range 25E, Township 2N Range 17E, Township 2N
Range 18E, Township 2N Range 19E, Township 2N Range 20E, Township 2N Range 21E, and
Township 2S Range 25E;
(b) in Duchesne County, Township 3N Range 4W, Township 3N Range 3W, Township
3N Range 2W, Township 3N Range 1W, Township 2N Range 6W, Township 2N Range 5W,
Township 2N Range 4W, Township 2N Range 3W, Township 2N Range 1W, Township 1N
Range 9W, Township 1N Range 8W, Township 1N Range 7W, Township 1N Range 6W,
Township 1S Range 9W, Township 1S Range 8W, Township 4S Range 9W, Township 4S
Range 3W, Township 4S Range 2W, Township 4S Range 1W, Township 8S Range 15E,
Township 8S Range 16E, Township 8S Range 17E, Township 5S Range 9W, Township 5S
Range 3W, Township 9S Range 15E, Township 9S Range 16E, Township 9S Range 17E,
Township 6S Range 9W, Township 6S Range 8W, Township 6S Range 7W, Township 6S
Range 6W, Township 6S Range 5W, Township 6S Range 3W, Township 10S Range 15E,
Township 10S Range 16E, Township 10S Range 17E, Township 7S Range 9W, Township 7S
Range 8W, Township 7S Range 7W, Township 7S Range 6W, Township 7S Range 5W,
Township 7S Range 4W, Township 10S Range 11E, Township 10S Range 12E, Township 10S
Range 13E, Township 10S Range 14E, Township 10S Range 15E, Township 10S Range 16E,
Township 10S Range 17E, Township 11S Range 10E, Township 11S Range 11E, Township
11S Range 12E, Township 11S Range 13E, Township 11S Range 14E, Township 11S Range
15E, Township 11S Range 16E, and Township 11S Range 17E; and
(c) in Uintah County: Township 2S Range 18E, Township 2S Range 19E, Township
2S Range 20E, Township 2S Range 21E, Township 2S Range 22E, Township 2S Range 23E,
Township 2S Range 24E, Township 2N Range 1W, Township 2N Range 1E, Township 2N
Range 2E, Township 3S Range 18E, Township 3S Range 19E, Township 3S Range 20E,
Township 3S Range 21E, Township 3S Range 22E, Township 3S Range 23E, Township 3S
Range 24E, Township 4S Range 19E, Township 4S Range 20E, Township 4S Range 21E,
Township 4S Range 22E, Township 4S Range 23E, Township 4S Range 24E, Township 4S
Range 25E, Township 5S Range 19E, Township 5S Range 20E, Township 5S Range 21E,
Township 5S Range 22E, Township 5S Range 23E, Township 5S Range 24E, Township 5S
Range 25E, Township 6S Range 19E, Township 6S Range 20E, Township 6S Range 21E,
Township 6S Range 22E, Township 6S Range 23E, Township 6S Range 24E, Township 6S
Range 25E, Township 7S Range 19E, Township 7S Range 20E, Township 7S Range 21E,
Township 7S Range 22E, Township 7S Range 23E, Township 7S Range 24E, Township 7S
Range 25E, Township 8S Range 17E, Township 8S Range 18E, Township 8S Range 19E,
Township 8S Range 20E, Township 8S Range 21E, Township 8S Range 22E, Township 8S
Range 23E, Township 8S Range 24E, Township 8S Range 25E, Township 9S Range 17E,
Township 9S Range 18E, Township 9S Range 19E, Township 9S Range 20E, Township 9S
Range 21E, Township 9S Range 22E, Township 9S Range 23E, Township 9S Range 24E,
Township 9S Range 25E, Township 10S Range 17E, Township 10S Range 18E, Township 10S
Range 19E, Township 10S Range 20E, Township 10S Range 21E, Township 10S Range 22E,
Township 10S Range 23E, Township 10S Range 24E, Township 10S Range 25E, Township
11S Range 17E, Township 11S Range 18E, Township 11S Range 19E, Township 11S Range
20E, Township 11S Range 21E, Township 11S Range 22E, Township 11S Range 23E,
Township 11S Range 24E, Township 11S Range 25E, Township 12S Range 20E, Township
12S Range 21E, Township 12S Range 22E, Township 12S Range 23E, Township 12S Range
24E, Township 12S Range 25E, Township 13S Range 20E, Township 13S Range 21E,
Township 13S Range 22E, Township 13S Range 23E, Township 13S Range 24E, Township
13S Range 25E, Township 13S Range 26 E, Township 14S Range 21E, Township 14S Range
22E, Township 14S Range 23E, Township 14S Range 24E, Township 14S Range 25E, and
Township 14S Range 26E.
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] 
(23)
 "Wilderness" [
is as
] 
means the same as that term is
 defined in 16 U.S.C.
Sec. 1131.
[
(23)
] 
(24)
 "Wilderness area" means those BLM and Forest Service lands added to the
National Wilderness Preservation System by an act of Congress.
[
(24)
] 
(25)
 "Wilderness Preservation System" means the Wilderness Preservation
System established in 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1131 et seq.
[
(25)
] 
(26)
 "WSA" and "Wilderness Study Area" mean the BLM lands in Utah that
were identified as having the necessary wilderness character and were classified as wilderness
study areas during the BLM wilderness review conducted between 1976 and 1993 by authority
of 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1782 and labeled as Wilderness Study Areas within the final report of the
President of the United States to the United States Congress in 1993.
Section 2. Section 
63J-8-105
 is amended to read:
63J-8-105.
Maps available for public review.
A printed copy of the maps referenced in Subsections 
63J-8-102
(8), [
(20)
] 
(18)
, [
and
]
(21)
, and (22)
 shall be available for inspection by the public at the offices of the Utah
Association of Counties.
Section 3. Section 
63J-8-105.2
 is enacted to read:
 63J-8-105.2.
San Juan County Energy Zone established -- Finding -- Management
and land use priorities.
(1) There is established the San Juan County Energy Zone in San Juan County for the
purpose of maximizing efficient and responsible development of energy and mineral resources.
(2) The land area and boundaries of the San Juan County Energy Zone are described in
Subsection 
63J-8-102
(18) and illustrated on the map described in Section 
63J-8-105
.
(3) The state finds that:
(a) the lands comprising the San Juan County Energy Zone contain abundant
world-class deposits of energy and mineral resources, including oil, natural gas, potash,
uranium, vanadium, limestone, copper, sand, gravel, wind, and solar; and
(b) the highest management priority is the responsible management, development, and
extraction of existing energy and mineral resources in order to provide long-term domestic
energy and supplies for the state and the United States.
(4) The state supports:
(a) efficient and responsible full development of all existing energy and mineral
resources located within the San Juan County Energy Zone, including oil, natural gas, potash,
uranium, vanadium, limestone, copper, sand, gravel, wind, and solar; and
(b) a cooperative management approach by federal agencies, the state, and local
governments to achieve broadly supported management plans for the full development of all
energy and mineral resources within the San Juan County Energy Zone.
(5) The state requests that the federal agencies that administer lands within the San
Juan County Energy Zone:
(a) fully cooperate and coordinate with the state and with San Juan County to develop,
amend, and implement land and resource management plans and to implement management
decisions that are consistent with the purposes, goals, and policies described in this section to
the maximum extent allowed under federal law;
(b) expedite the processing, granting, and streamlining of mineral and energy leases
and applications to drill, extract, and otherwise develop all existing energy and mineral
resources located within the San Juan County Energy Zone, including oil, natural gas, potash,
uranium, vanadium, copper, sand, gravel, wind, and solar resources;
(c) allow continued maintenance and increased development of roads, power lines,
pipeline infrastructure, and other utilities necessary to achieve the goals, purposes, and policies
described in this section;
(d) refrain from any planning decisions and management actions that will undermine,
restrict, or diminish the goals, purposes, and policies for the San Juan County Energy Zone as
stated in this section; and
(e) refrain from implementing a policy that is contrary to the goals and purposes within
this section.
(6) The state calls upon Congress to establish an intergovernmental standing
commission, with membership consisting of representatives from the United States
government, the state, and local governments, to guide and control planning and management
actions in the San Juan County Energy Zone in order to achieve and maintain the goals,
purposes, and policies described in this section.
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the state's grazing and livestock
policies and plans on land within the San Juan County Energy Zone shall continue to be
governed by Sections 
63J-4-401
 and 
63J-8-104
.
Section 4. Section 
63J-8-105.5
 is amended to read:
63J-8-105.5.
Uintah Basin Energy Zone established -- Findings -- Management
and land use priorities.
(1) There is established the Uintah Basin Energy Zone in Daggett, Uintah, and
Duchesne Counties for the purpose of maximizing efficient and responsible development of
energy and mineral resources.
(2) The land area and boundaries of the Uintah Basin Energy Zone are described in
Subsection 
63J-8-102
[
(21)
]
(22)
 and illustrated on the map described in Section 
63J-8-105
.
(3) The state finds that:
(a) the lands comprising the Uintah Basin Energy Zone contain abundant, world-class
deposits of energy and mineral resources, including oil, natural gas, oil shale, oil sands,
gilsonite, coal, phosphate, gold, uranium, and copper, as well as areas with high wind and solar
energy potential; and
(b) the highest management priority for all lands within the Uintah Basin Energy Zone
is responsible management and development of existing energy and mineral resources in order
to provide long-term domestic energy and supplies for Utah and the United States.
(4) The state supports:
(a) efficient and responsible full development of all existing energy and mineral
resources located within the Uintah Basin Energy Zone, including oil, oil shale, natural gas, oil
sands, gilsonite, phosphate, gold, uranium, copper, solar, and wind resources; and
(b) a cooperative management approach among federal agencies, state, and local
governments to achieve broadly supported management plans for the full development of all
energy and mineral resources within the Uintah Basin Energy Zone.
(5) The state calls upon the federal agencies who administer lands within the Uintah
Basin Energy Zone to:
(a) fully cooperate and coordinate with the state and with Daggett, Uintah, and
Duchesne Counties to develop, amend, and implement land and resource management plans
and to implement management decisions that are consistent with the purposes, goals, and
policies described in this section to the maximum extent allowed under federal law;
(b) expedite the processing, granting, and streamlining of mineral and energy leases
and applications to drill, extract, and otherwise develop all existing energy and mineral
resources located within the Uintah Basin Energy Zone, including oil, natural gas, oil shale, oil
sands, gilsonite, phosphate, gold, uranium, copper, solar, and wind resources;
(c) allow continued maintenance and increased development of roads, power lines,
pipeline infrastructure, and other utilities necessary to achieve the goals, purposes, and policies
described in this section;
(d) refrain from any planning decisions and management actions that will undermine,
restrict, or diminish the goals, purposes, and policies for the Uintah Basin Energy Zone as
stated in this section; and
(e) refrain from implementing a policy that is contrary to the goals and purposes
described within this section.
(6) The state calls upon Congress to establish an intergovernmental standing
commission among federal, state, and local governments to guide and control planning
decisions and management actions in the Uintah Basin Energy Zone in order to achieve and
maintain the goals, purposes, and policies described in this section.
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the state's grazing and livestock
policies and plans on land within the Uintah Basin Energy Zone shall continue to be governed
by Sections 
63J-4-401
 and 
63J-8-104
.
Section 5. 
Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
the date of veto override.