[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54899-54900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24000]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6644-1]


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 04, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65389-MT Rating EC2, North Belts Travel Plan and the 
Dry Range Project, Provision of Motorized and Non-motorized Recreation, 
Helena National Forest, Broadwater, Lewis and Clark and Meagher 
Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns regarding potential water 
quality effects and inconsistency of road management with TMDL 
development for impaired surface waters and potential adverse effects 
to wildlife habitat, security and connectivity with Alternatives 1, 2 
and 3. EPA believes Alternatives 4 and 5 or a new modified alternative 
with reduced environmental effects should be considered as the 
preferred alternative. EPA supports inclusion of road, trail and 
watershed improvements in the preferred alternative, and believes 
additional information is needed to fully assess and mitigate all 
potential impacts of the management actions.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K70009-CA Rating EC2, West Mojave Plan, Habitat 
Conservation Plan and Federal Land Use Plan Amendment, Implementation, 
California Desert Conservation Area, Portions of San Bernardino, Kern, 
Inyo, and Los Angeles Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and recommended 
additional mitigation measures to further protect desert tortoise and 
riparian/wetland and stream functions.
    ERP No. D-COE-C39016-NJ Rating EC2, Union Beach Community Project, 
Provision of Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction to Residential, 
Commercial and Recreational Resources, Located along the Raritan Bay 
and Sandy Hook Bay Shoreline, Monmouth County, NJ.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns and requested that the 
final EIS include additional information on the wetlands mitigation 
plan and a Clean Air Act General Conformity Applicability Analysis.
    ERP No. D-FHW-C40159-NJ Rating EC2, Penns Neck Area Transportation 
Service Improvements, Phase I Archeological Survey, U.S. 1, Sections 2S 
and 3J, Funding, West Windsor and Princeton Townships, Mercer County, 
and Plainsboro Township, Middlesex County, NJ.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns with the proposed project's 
impacts regarding stormwater runoff, surface waters and vehicular 
traffic.
    ERP No. D-FHW-D40093-PA Rating LO, City of Lebanon Bridge Over 
Norfolk Southern Railroad Tracks Construction Project, 12th Street to 
Lincoln Avenue, Funding, Lebanon County, PA.
    Summary: EPA does not have objections regarding the proposed 
project.
    ERP No. D-FHW-D40321-PA Rating EC2, Woodhaven Road Project, Traffic 
Congestion Reduction on Byberry Road between Roosevelt Boulevard and 
Huntingdon Pike, Funding, Philadelphia, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, 
PA.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns regarding avoidance and 
minimization of the proposed project's impacts to surface waters and 
wetlands, forested habitats and environmental justice areas.
    ERP No. D-FRC-L05200-OR Rating LO, Bull Run Hydroelectric Project 
(FERC No.477-024), Proposal to Decommission the Bull Run Project and 
Remove Project Facilities including Marmot Dam, Little Sandy Diversion 
Dam and Roslyn Lake, and an Application to Surrender License, Sandy, 
Little Sandy, Bull Run Rivers, Town of Sandy, Clackamas County, OR.
    Summary: EPA supports the selection and implementation of the 
Settlement Agreement alternative including FERC staff recommended 
modifications as it will result in long term environmental benefits.
    ERP No. D-NRC-E06022-SC Rating EC1, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Supplement 15, 
Fairfield County, SC.
    Summary: EPA notes that while the impacts of the project appear to 
be within acceptable limits, the plant will need to continue 
radiological monitoring of all effluents and the appropriate storage 
and disposition of radioactive waste during the license renewal period.

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    ERP No. DA-AFS-G65062-NM Rating LO, Agua/Caballos Timber Sale, 
Timber Harvest and Existing Vegetation Management, Implementation, 
Carson National Forest, El Rito Ranger District, Taos County, NM.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to the selection of the 
preferred alternative.
    ERP No. DS-NRS-E36161-MS Rating LO, Town Creek Watershed Project, 
Impacts of Floodwater Retarding Structures (FWRS) No. 1, 5, 8, and 59 
and Deletion of FWRS No. 10A, Funding, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 
Union Counties, MS.
    Summary: EPA determined that the unavoidable losses associated with 
implementation of this flood control proposal are within acceptable 
limits and will be appropriately mitigated.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65369-00 Boise National Forest, Payette National 
Forest and Sawtooth National Forest, Forest Plan Revision, 
Implementation, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup, several counties, ID, Malhaur 
County, OR and Box Elder County, UT.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-K30031-CA Imperial Beach Shore Protection Project, 
Shore Protection and Prevention of Damage to Adjacent Beachfront 
Structures, Silver Strand Shoreline, City of Imperial Beach, San Diego 
County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FHW-E50292-FL St. Augustine Bridge of Lions (SR AIA) 
Rehabilitation or Replacement of the Existing Two Lane Bridge Crossing 
over the Matanzas River, Intracoastal Waterway, U.S. Coast Guard Bridge 
Permit and NPDES Permit Issuance, St. Augustine, St. John County, FL.
    Summary: EPA lacks objections to the preferred alternative. 
However, EPA recommends a stipulation for river bottom restoration and 
debris removal.
    ERP No. F-SFW-A64059-00 Programmatic EIS-Double crested Cormorant 
(DCCO) Management Plan, Reduction of Resource Conflicts, Flexibility 
Enhancements of Natural Resource Agencies in dealing with DCCO Related 
Resource Conflicts and to ensure the Conservation of Healthy, Viable 
DCCO Population, Implementation, The Contiguous United States.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: September 16, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 03-24000 Filed 9-18-03; 8:45 am]
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