No, it's not within the park but its light pollution would be visible from the park, and its air pollution would impact the park (which by definition has a Class I air quality designation, meaning no significant deterioration allowed). Almost all of the land involves federal ownership of the minerals. The tract would be about 3,478 acres, with 2,280 acres out-and-out federal BLM land and 1,296 acres in which the surface is privately owned and the subsurface mineral estate is owned by the federal government. (I don't know what the situation is for the other 2 acres.) The BLM land belongs to every American as much as the national park does. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Alton Mine Update The mine is actually in the park? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php