[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39940-39941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16848]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6641-7]


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 4, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-K65254-AZ Rating LO, Cross-County Travel by Off-
Highway Vehicle Project, Motorized Wheeled Cross-Country Travel 
Restrictions, Apache-Sitegreaves, Conino, Kaibab, Prescott and Tonto 
National Forests, AZ.
    Summary: EPA had no significant concerns with the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-AFS-K65255-CA Rating LO, Spalding Land Exchange Project, 
Proposed Land Exchange between Spalding Community Service District 
(SCSD) and Lassen National Forest (LNF), Special Use Permit, Lassen 
County, CA.

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    Summary: EPA has no significant concerns with the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K65250-NV Rating LO, Black Rock Desert-High Rock 
Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA) and Associated 
Wilderness and Other Contiguous Lands Resource Management Plan, 
Implementation, Great Basin, NV.
    Summary: EPA had no significant concerns with the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40173-LA Rating LO, I-49 South Lafayette Regional 
Airport to LA-88 Route U.S. 90 Project, Upgrading Existing U.S. 90 from 
the Lafayette Regional Airport to LA-88, Funding, Iberia, Lafayette and 
St. Martin Parishes, LA.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H40179-MO Rating LO, Missouri River Corridor Widening 
and Improvements, New Four Lane Expressway, Corridor consist of Four 
Segments: Front Street, Chouteau Trafficway, South Riverfront 
Expressway (SRE) and Little Blue Expressway (LBE), Funding, Jackson and 
Clay Counties, MO.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project. However, 
EPA recommends that a chronological evaluation of other planned actions 
relative to the proposed implementation schedule of the Missouri River 
Corridor be utilized to derive the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-NPS-C61055-NJ Rating LO, Morristown National Historical 
Park General Management Plan, Implementation, Morris and Somerset 
Counties, NJ.
    Summary: EPA has no objections with the management plan and 
requests the opportunity to review future NEPA documents prepared for 
specific actions outlined in the programmatic plan.
    ERP No. DA-FHW-B40037-RI Rating EC2, Jamestown Bridge Replacement 
Project, New Information Regarding the Demolition of the Old Jamestown 
Bridge (Bridge No. 400), Federal Aid Project Number (BRF-0138(002), 
U.S. Coast Guard Bridge, NPDES and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permits 
Issuance, Towns of North Kingstown and Jamestown, Washington and 
Newport Counties, RI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information to more fully describe flora and fauna to the 
project area and the existing conditions at candidate reef sites; to 
document the impacts associated with both the demolition and disposal 
phases of the project; and to address air quality issues associated 
with the work.
    ERP No. DS-FTA-C40150-NY Rating EC2, Second Avenue Subway Project, 
Transit Access Improvements to Manhattan's East Side and Excess Crowd 
Reduction on the Lexington Avenue Subway, Funding, New York, NY.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns with the proposed project's 
air quality impacts, particularly carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate 
matter, as well as wetland impacts.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-F65032-MN Holmes/Chipmunk Timber Sale Project, 
Implementation, Superior National Forest, LaCroix Ranger District, 
Saint Louis County, MN.
    Summary: EPA determined that previous environmental concerns have 
been addressed in this Final EIS.
    ERP No. F-AFS-K65245-AZ Kachina Village Forest Health Project, 
Forest Health Improvements and Potential Wildfire Reductions on 
National Forest System Land, Implementation, Coconino National Forest, 
Mormon Lake Ranger District, Coconino County, AZ.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K09808-NV Ivanpah Energy Center Project, 500 Megawatt 
(MW) Gas-Fired Electric Power Generating Station Construction and 
Operation, Approval, Right-of-Way Grant, BLM Temporary Use Permit, FHWA 
Permit to Cross Federal Aid Highway, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 
Permits and NPDES Permit Issuance, Clark County, NV.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FHW-E40783-SC Dave Lyle Boulevard Extension on New 
Location, SC-161/Dave Lyle Boulevard Intersection in York County to SC-
75, at the US-521/SC-75 Intersection, near the South Carolina/North 
Carolina Border in Lancaster, Funding, York and Lancaster Counties, SC.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns with the 
proposed project regarding impacts and mitigation for endangered 
species, wetlands, and traffic noise.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40410-IL Milan Beltway Extension, Airport Road to 
Blackhawk Road/John Deere Expressway, Funding and Permits Issuance, 
Rock River, Rock Island County, IL.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative, which 
we believe will have minimal environmental impacts, provided mitigation 
is implemented, and which meets the stated purpose of addressing area 
traffic volume.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40247-CA CA-22/West Orange County Connection 
Project, Transportation Improvements between I-605 and CA-55, Funding, 
Cities of Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Garden Grove, Westminster, Santa 
Ana and Orange, Orange County, CA.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project. However, 
EPA asked that FHWA's Record of Decision clarify if the project 
disturbs or removes polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a toxic 
substance, at facilities or structures proposed for displacement.
    ERP No. F-JUS-K81028-CA Juvenile Justice Facility and East County 
Hall of Justice Development, Potential Construction of Both Projects on 
the Same Site or on Separate Sites, Alamenda County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to this project.
    ERP No. F-NPS-K65239-AZ Tonto National Monument General Management 
Plan, New Administrative Facility Construction within the Monument 
Boundaries, Implementation, AZ.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-AFS-L61199-ID Salmon Wild and Scenic River Management 
Plan, Timeline Change From December 31, 2002 to December 31, 2005 and 
Clarification of Economic Impacts on the Camps, Stub Creek, Arctic 
Creek and Smith Gulch Creek, Salmon National Forest, Salmon County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: June 30, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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