[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 79 (Friday, April 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 22025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9290]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6650-6]


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 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-COE-E36182-KY Rating LO, Pike County (Levisa Fork) 
Section 202 Flood Damage Reduction Project, Design, Construction and 
Implementation, Flood Damage Reduction Measures, Appalachian Mountain, 
Big Sandy River, Pike County, KY.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the construction of the flood 
protection measures.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40181-AR Rating LO, Conway Western Arterial Loop, 
Construct from South and West sides of Conway, Faulkner County, AR.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H40181-00 Rating LO, South Omaha Veterans Memorial 
Bridge Improvements, Across the Missouri River for Highway US-275 
between the Cities of Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa, NPDES 
and US Army COE Section 404 Permit, NE and IA.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-USA-E11052-GA Rating EC1, Digital Multi-Purpose Range 
Complex at Fort Benning, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, 
Gunnery Training Facilities for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) and 
the Abrams M1A1 Tank System (Tank), Fort Benning, GA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding noise impacts that are 
expected to increase beyond the boundaries of the Fort Benning 
reservation. EPA requested monitoring of noise to ensure that episodes 
do not increase in degree and scope.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-CGD-L59001-WA Seattle Monorail Project (SMP), Green Line 
14-Mile Monorail Transit System Construction and Operation, Reviewing a 
Water Crossing at the Lake Washington Ship Canal Bridge and Duwamish 
Waterway Bridge Modification, USCG Bridge, Endangered Species Act 
Section 7 and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permits Issuance, City of 
Seattle, WA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-H34028-00 Missouri River Master Water Plan Operation, 
Multipurpose Project, SD, NE, IA, MO.
    Summary: EPA recommended that the Corps work closely with the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service to comply with the requirements of the 
Endangered Species Act, with a particular emphasis on measures needed 
to protect the pallid sturgeon. EPA also expressed continued concerns 
on impacts to water quality and tribal cultural resources.
    ERP No. F-FTA-K54028-CA Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Development 
Downtown Extension/Redevelopment Project, New Multi-Modal Terminal 
Construction, Peninsula Corridor Service Extension and Establishment of 
a Redevelopment Plan, Funding, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA believes that the document adequately discusses the 
environmental impacts of the proposed project and has no objections to 
the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-TVA-E39062-00 Programmatic EIS--Tennessee Valley 
Authority Reservoir Operations Study, Implementation, TN, AL, KY, GA, 
MS, NC and VA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the overall operating 
uncertainties of the new reservoir operation system, as well as whether 
the proposed water flows and volumes will be adequate for compliance 
with relevant water permits, water quality criteria and statutes.

    Dated: April 20, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-9290 Filed 4-22-04; 8:45 am]
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