[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42705-42706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18290]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6642-2]


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 FR dated April 4, 2003 (68 FR 
16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-K65249-CA Rating EC2, Stream Fire Restoration 
Project, Implementation, Plumas National Forest, Mt. Hough Ranger 
District, Plumas County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern that the output 
guidelines developed for Alternative C may be inconsistent with the 
overall management strategy embodied in the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan 
Amendment. EPA also expressed concern that the Forest Service has not 
identified road decommissioning opportunities as part of Alternatives B 
and C.
    ERP No. D-AFS-L65423-ID Rating NS, Big Bend Ridge Vegetation 
Management Project and Timber Sale, Provision of Forest Products on a 
Sustained Yield Basis, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Ashton/Island 
Park Ranger District, Fremont County, ID.
    Summary: EPA Region 10 used a screening tool to conduct a limited 
review of this action. Based upon this screen, EPA does not foresee 
having any environmental objections to the proposed action. Therefore, 
EPA will not be conducting a detailed review.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40173-TX Rating EC2, Grand Parkway/TX-99 Improvement 
Project, I-10 to US 290, Funding, Right-of-Way Grant and U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit Issuance, Harris County, TX.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns with the DEIS and proposed 
action, specifically relating to air quality impacts and conformity 
issues. EPA is also concerned with jurisdictional wetland delineations 
and mitigation, particularly the applicants interpretation of Galveston 
District Corps of Engineers policy as well as recent SWANC decisions.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65338-UT Uinta National Forest Revised Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Juab, Sanpete, Tooele, Utah 
and Wasatch Counties, UT.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L39057-OR Rimrock Ecosystem Restoration Project, 
Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Watershed Conditions, 
Implementation, Umatilla National Forest, Heppner Ranger District, 
Grant, Morrow and Wheeler Counties, OR.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-DOE-L09815-00 Fish and Wildlife Implementation Plan, 
Policy Directions for Fish and Wildlife Mitigation and Recovery, 
Implementation and Funding, Pacific Northwest, AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, NM, 
OR, UT, WY and British Columbia.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-NRC-E05099-FL Generic EIS--License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants for the St. Lucie Units 1 and 2, Supplement 11, NUREG-1437,

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Implementation, Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County, FL.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about some aspects of the 
project, but notes that the EIS indicates that the plant will continue 
radiological monitoring of effluents and the appropriate storage and 
disposition of radioactive waste during the license renewal period.
    ERP No. F-USN-K52004-CA Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) 
Development, Replacement and Establishment, Implementation, Del Mar 
Basin Area of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendelton, San Diego County, 
CA
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: July 15, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 03-18290 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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