[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 26817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10992]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6651-3]


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-FHW-F40422-IN Rating EC2, US 231 Highway Improvements 
Project, I-64 to IN-56 in Haysville, Funding, NPDES Permit and U.S. 
Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits Issuance, Dubois County, IN.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns with the proposed project 
regarding impacts to wetlands and upland forest ecosystems and the lack 
of complete conceptual mitigation plans for these impacts. EPA also 
recommends clarification on the purpose and need of the project.
    ERP No. D-NOA-L64049-AK Rating LO, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
King and Tanner Crab Fisheries and Fishery Management Plan, 
Implementation, United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. D-NOA-L91022-00 Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Bycatch Management, Establishment of Policies and Program 
Direction to Minimize Baycatch in the West Coast Groundfish Fisheries, 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, WA, OR and CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns relating to bycatch 
issues.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K65265-CA McNally/Sherman Pass Restoration Project, 
Fire Killed Trees Removal, Road Construction and Associated Restoration 
of the Burned Area, Sequoia National Forest, Cannell Meadow Ranger 
District, Tulare County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FHW-G50010-00 I-69 Mississippi River Crossing, 
Construction, from a western terminus at U.S. 65 near McGehee, AR to an 
eastern terminus at MS-1 near Benoit, MS, US Coast Guard Bridge Permit, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 10 and 404 Permits and NPDES 
Permit Issuance, Desha County, AR and Bolivar County, MS.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-NOA-C91004-00 Generic Essential Fish Habitat Amendment to 
Spiny Lobster, Queen Conch, Reef Fish and Coral Fishery Management 
Plans, Implementation, U.S. Caribbean Extending to U.S. Exclusive 
Economic Zone (EEZ), Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-NOA-D91000-00 Framework Adjustment 4 to the Atlantic 
Mackeral, Squid and Bullfish Fishery Management Plan, Implementation, 
Extension of Moratorium to the Illex Fishery, Fishery Management 
Council.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-NPS-F61021-WI Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 
Wilderness Study, Wilderness Designation or Nondesignation, Ashland and 
Bayfield Counties, WI.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. FS-COE-E30038-FL Phipps Ocean Park Beach Restoration 
Project to Provide Shore Protection for the Shoreline surrounding 
Phipps Ocean Park within the Town of Palm Beach, Regulatory 
Authorization and U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Section Permits 
Issuance, Palm Beach County, FL.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

    Dated: May 11, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-10992 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]
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