[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26605-26606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12350]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6640-3]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental 
ReviewProcess (ERP), under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and section 
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act as amended. Requests 
for copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal 
Activities at (202) 564-7167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to 
draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in the 
Federal Register dated April 1, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-COE-E32180-FL Rating EC1, Miami Harbor Navigation 
Improvements Project to Study the Feasibility of Widening and Deepening 
Portions of the Port, Miami-Dade County, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed some environmental concerns about the 
unavoidable project impacts to sensitive biological resources, but 
concluded the proposed mitigation plan should adequately address these 
losses in the long-term.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H40178-MO Rating EC2, I-64/US 40 Corridor, 
Reconstruction of the existing I-64/US 40 Facility with New Interchange 
Configurations and Roadway, Funding, City of St.Louis, St. Louis 
County, MO.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns regarding the proposed 
project on the basis of the degree of information provided to ensure 
compliance with section 4(f). EPA requests that consultation with the 
State HistoricalPreservation Officer (SHPO) be undertaken to identify 
appropriate mitigation measures for the properties that will be 
adversely impacted if the preferred alternative is selected. EPA also 
requests that identified Environmental Justice communities be evaluated 
for opportunities to reduce cumulative environmental and human health 
burdens through project implementation.
    ERP No. D-NRC-H06005-NE Rating EC2, GENERIC EIS--Fort Calhoun 
Station, Unit 1, Renewal of the Operating Licenses (OLs) for an 
Additional 20 Years, Supplement 12 (NUREG-1437)Omaha Public Power 
District, Washington County, NE.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the proposed re-
licensing on the basis of the long (10 year) lead time before the 
current license expires. EPA recommended that the NRC improve 
cumulative effects information on current and future heat contributors 
to the Missouri River, and that NRC detail possible cooling strategies 
if faced with limited Missouri River assimilative capacity (heat) in 
the future.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L65300-ID Rating LO, Goose Creek Watershed Project, 
Reviewing and Updating Information on the Pileated Woodpecker and Soil 
Impacts, Payette National Forest, New Meadows Ranger District, Adams 
County, ID.
    Summary: EPA has no concerns with the proposed action; however, EPA 
suggests including information on the potential cumulative effects of 5 
other proposed timber sale projects on pileated woodpecker habitat 
within the National Forest.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L65325-ID Rating LO, Sloan-Kennally Timber Sale 
Project, Reviewing and Updating Information on the Pileated Woodpecker 
and Soil Impacts, Payette National Forest, McCallRanger District, Adams 
County, ID.
    Summary: EPA has no significant concerns with the proposed action; 
however, EPA suggests including information on the potential cumulative 
effects of 5 other proposed timber sale projects on pileated woodpecker 
habitat within the National Forest.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L65336-ID Rating LO, Brown Creek Timber Sale 
Project, Reviewing and Updating Information on the Pileated Woodpecker 
and Soil Impacts, Payette National Forest, New Meadow Ranger District, 
Adams County, ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed no concerns with the proposed action; 
however, EPA suggests including information on the potential cumulative 
effects of 5 other proposed projects on pileated woodpecker habitat 
within the National Forest.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L65346-ID Rating LO, Middle Fork Weiser River 
Watershed Project, Reviewing and Updating Information on the Pileated 
Woodpecker and Soil Impacts, Payette National Forest, Council Ranger 
District, Adams County, ID.
    Summary: EPA has no concerns with the proposed action; however, EPA 
suggests including information on the

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potential cumulative effects of 5 other proposed timber sale projects 
on pileated woodpecker habitat within the National Forest.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L65379-ID Rating LO, Little Weiser Landscape 
Vegetation Management Project, Reviewing and Updating Information on 
the Pileated Woodpecker and Soil Impacts, Payette National Forest, 
Adams County, ID.
    Summary: EPA has no concerns with the proposed action; however, EPA 
suggests including information on the potential cumulative effects of 5 
other proposed timber sale projects on pileated woodpecker habitat 
within the National Forest.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-BLM-G65083-NM Farmington Resource Management Plan, 
Implementation, Managing Public Lands within the Farmington Field 
Office (FF0) Boundaries and Federal Oil and Gas Resources within the 
New Mexico Portion of San Juan Basin, San Juan, McKinley, Rio Arriba 
and Sandoval Counties, NM.
    Summary: EPA's comments on air quality impacts and mitigation have 
been addressed with additional air quality analysis and assurance that 
the NMAQB air permitting program will minimize air quality impacts. The 
FourCorners Ozone Task Force will offer future recommendations to BLM 
for consideration in the plan.
    ERP No. F-FHW-E40788-AL Memphis to Atlanta Corridor Construction, 
I-65 in North Central Alabama eastward to the Georgia State Line, U.S. 
Army COE Section 404, U.S. Coast Guard and NPDES Permits, Limestone, 
Morgan, Madison, Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb and CherokeeCounties, AL.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns with the 
proposed project regarding impacts to wetlands and aquatic resources, 
storm water, noise, relocations and other natural habitat impacts. EPA 
recommends that tangible minimization and/or mitigation commitments for 
these impacts be developed and implemented.
    ERP No. F-FHW-E40789-MS East Harrison County Connector 
Construction, I-10 to U.S. 90, Funding, U.S. Army COE and US Coast 
Guard Permits Issuance and Possible Transfer of Federal Lands, Harrison 
County, MS.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns with impacts 
arising from the proposed project relating to noise, floodplains, 
wetlands and historic properties. EPA wishes to reiterate the 
importance of MDOT and FHWA's commitment to provide wetland and noise 
mitigation for impacts attributable to the proposed project.
    ERP No. F-FHW-H40170-MO US 50 East-Central Corridor Highway 
Improvements, US 50 to US 63 east of Jefferson City, Funding and Major 
Transportation Investment Analysis, Osage, Gasconade and Franklin 
Counties, MO.
    Summary: The FEIS adequately supplements information needs and 
addresses the concerns that EPA had expressed in the review of the DEIS 
for this project. Consequently, EPA has no objections.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40245-CA CA-78/111 Brawley Bypass, Construction of 
an Expressway from CA-86 to CA-111, City of Brawley, Funding, Imperial 
County, CA.
    Summary: EPA has continuing environmental concerns about air 
quality impacts arising from the proposed project, particularly 
regarding PM-10. EPA supports the commitment to offset the loss of 
prime farmland from the project by purchasing conservation easements. 
EPA requests that unresolved air quality issues and mitigation for 
farmland impacts be addressed in the Record of Decision.
    ERP No. F-NPS-D61054-VA Jamestown Project, Improvements at the 
Jamestown Unit of Colonial National Park and the JamestownNational 
Historic Site, Implementation, James City County, VA.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections with the proposed action.
    ERP No. F-SFW-G91002-NM Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus 
amarus) Critical Habitat Designation, Implementation, Bernalillo, 
Sandoval, Socorro and Valencia Counties, NM.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred 
plan of action. EPA's comments on the Draft EIS were addressed.

    Dated: May 13, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 03-12350 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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