[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20608-20609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8671]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6650-4]


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 02, 2004 (69 FR 17403).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-K65266-AZ Rating LO, Arizona Snowbowl Facilities 
Improvements, Proposal to Provide a Consistent/Reliable Operating 
Season, Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, AZ.
    Summary: While EPA had no objections to the plan as proposed, EPA 
did request clarification on Tribe consultation and mitigation of 
erosion and air quality impacts associated with construction.
    ERP No. D-BIA-J60021-UT Rating EC2, Tekoi Balefill Project on the 
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians Reservation, Approval of Long-Term 
Lease of Indian Land for a Commercial Solid Waste Disposal Facility, 
Salt Lake City, Tooele County, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding environmental oversight 
of the landfill during design, construction, operation, and closure. 
Although the landfill will be regulated under RCRA, there are no 
provision for Tribes to develop approved RCRA municipal solid waste 
programs to permit and oversee the landfill. Additional information is 
also needed regarding faults at the proposed site and groundwater 
availability.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40799-TN Rating EC2, Appalachian Development Highway 
System Corridor K (Relocated Highway U. S. 64), Improvements from West 
of the Ocoee River to TN-68 near Ducktown, Funding, U.S. Army Corps 
Section 10 and 404 Permits, Polk County, TN.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the potential of the 
project to further degrade water quality and aquatic habitat in the 
Ocoee River watershed.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H40182-00 Rating LO, US-159 Missouri River Crossing 
Project, Rehabilitate or Replace the Missouri River Bridge at Rulo, 
Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Richardson County, NE and 
Holt County, MO.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed project. However, EPA 
does request clarification on the type of bridge configuration that the 
build alternative would employ as well as the potential impact to 
wildlife movement and habitat use within the riparian section of the 
floodplain. EPA also requests that the Memorandum of Agreement between 
the NDOR and SHPO be included in the FEIS.
    ERP No. DB-NOA-G64002-00 Rating LO, Reef Fish Management Plan 
Amendment 22, To Set Red Snapper Sustainable Fisheries Act Targets and 
Thresholds, Set a Rebuilding Plan, and Establish Bycatch Reporting 
Methodologies for the Reef Fish Fishery, Gulf of Mexico.
    Summary: While EPA has no objections to the proposed action, EPA 
recommended that the red snapper bycatch issue associated with the 
shrimp fishery be addressed in future amendments to the shrimp FMP.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65371-WY Medicine Bow National Forest Revised Draft 
Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Albany, Carbon and 
Laramie Counties, WY.
    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns regarding potential 
adverse impacts to aquatic and soil resources.
    ERP No. F-FHW-J40156-ND US 2 Highway Transportation Improvements 
from near U.S. 85 (milepost 31.93) to west of U.S. 52 (milepost 
131.24), Funding, NPDES and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permits Issuance, 
Williams, Mountrail and Ward Counties, ND.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns with the 
proposed project due to wetland and aquatic resource impacts and the 
limited details regarding mitigation for these impacts.
    ERP No. F-NRC-E06022-SC Generic--License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Supplement 15, Fairfield County, SC.
    Summary: EPA continues to have concerns and recommended that the 
project assure that there is radiological monitoring of all plant 
effluents, and that there is appropriate storage and disposition of 
radioactive waste.


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    Dated: April 13, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-8671 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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