[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32486-32487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13552]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6640-7]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental 
Review Process (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-BLM-G80002-00 Rating EC2, New Mexico Products Pipeline 
(NMPP) Project, Refined Petroleum

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Products Pipeline System Construction and Operation, Right-of-Way 
Grants, Odessa, TX to Bloomfield, NM.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the lack of 
information on mitigation and reducing environmental impacts from 
pipeline construction, disclosure of information comparing the 
alternatives, discussion on increased risks of a new pipeline and 
relative risks of safety and explosion and spills, and details for 
permitting requirements.
    ERP No. D-BLM-J65374-WY Rating EC2, Snake River Resource Management 
Plan, BLM-Administrated Public Land and Resources Allocation and 
Management, Snake River, Jackson Hole, Teton County, WY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the preferred 
alternative will not adequately manage land use on a watershed basis, 
implement restoration and improve the riparian function and hibitat 
diversity of the Snake River. EPA recommends considering ways to reduce 
mixed ownership and develop partnership strategies such as a corridor-
wide management plan to restore the river to its properly functioning 
condition.
    ERP No. DB-AFS-J65287-UT Rating EC2, Long Deer Vegetation 
Management Project, South Spruce Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project, 
Implementation, Dixie National Forest, Cedar City Ranger District, Iron 
and Kane Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential 
adverse impacts to aquatic resources and contiguous terrestrial habitat 
from harvest activities and road closures in the project area. The 
DSEIS should include additional detailed information regarding adaptive 
management, alternatives, ecosystem characterization and fuel loading, 
roads and habitat fragmentation.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K65246-AZ, Flagstaff/Lake Mary Ecosystem Analyses 
Area, Amendment to the Coconino National Forest Plan, Implementation, 
Coconino National Forest, Peaks and Mormon Lake Ranger Districts, 
Coconino County, AZ.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40346-MI, US 31 Petoskey Area Improvement Study, 
Congestion Reduction on U.S. 31 in the City of Petoskey and Townships 
of Resort and Bear Creek, Funding and US Army COE Section 404 Permit 
Issuance, Emmet County, MI.
    Summary: EPA's previous environmental concerns regarding the 
ability of build alternatives to meet study goals, their impacts to 
wetlands, and the potential for land use changes have been addressed by 
the selection of the No Build Alternative. EPA has no remaining 
concerns.
    ERP No. F-NPS-K65080-AZ, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument 
General Management Plan, Implementation, Flagstaff Area, Coconino 
County, AZ.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-NPS-K65081-AZ, Wupatki National Monument General 
Management Plan, Implementation, Flagstaff Area, Coconino County, AZ.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-NPS-K61121-NV, Great Basin National Park General 
Management Plan Amendment, Visitor Learning Center Construction on an 
80-acre Parcel of Land north of the Town of Baker, White Pine County, 
NV.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: May 27, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 03-13552 Filed 5-29-03; 8:45 am]
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