[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35598-35599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14467]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6652-9]


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-AFS-K65269-NV Rating EC2, Martin Basin Rangeland Project, 
Authorize Continued Livestock Grazing in Eight Allotments:
    Martin Basin, Indian, West Side Flat Creek, Buffalo, Bradshaw, 
Buttermilk, Granite Peak and Rebel Creek Cattle and Horse Allotments, 
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Santa Rosa Ranger District, Humboldt 
County, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns with potential adverse impacts to 
riparian resources. EPA recommended a more aggressive implementation 
schedule, reduced permitted animal numbers and seasons where ecosystem 
functions are known to be impaired, and a commitment to tiered 
environmental documentation for specific Allotment Management Plans.
    ERP No. D-COE-K11114-CA Rating EO2, Mare Island Reuse of Dredged 
Material Disposal Ponds, Issuing Section 404 Permit under the Clean Act 
and Section 10 Permit Rivers and Harbor Act, San Francisco Bay Area, 
City of Vallejo, Solando County, CA.
    Summary: EPA objects to the project as proposed based on the 
potential unmitigated loss of aquatic habitat from filling over 250 
acres of seasonal wetlands, and the lack of environmental safeguards 
for key aspects of site operation.
    ERP No. D-COE-K36139-CA Rating LO, Hamilton City Flood Damage 
Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration, Propose to Increase Flood 
Protection and Restore the Ecosystem, Sacramento River, Glenn County, 
CA.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project.
    ERP No. DR-AFS-J65303-MT Rating EC2, Bridger Bowel Ski Area, 
Special Use Permit and Master Development Plan, Improve the Current 
Recreation

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Experience, Gallatin National Forest, Bozeman Ranger District, Gallatin 
County, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with project impacts 
to water quality, fisheries, vegetation and wildlife. Additional 
information should be provided regarding the need for expansion beyond 
existing permit boundaries. EPA believes Alternative 4 better balances 
environmental and resource management trade-offs while addressing 
purpose and need. The FEIS should include an improved analysis and 
disclosure of the ski area expansion's indirect effects.
    ERP No. DS-BLM-K36197-NV Rating EC2, Clark County Regional Flood 
Control Master Plan, Updated Information to the 1991 FEIS, Facilities 
Construction and Operation, Right-of-Way Approval and U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit, Clark County, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns based on the project's potential 
impacts to air quality, waters of the U.S., shallow groundwater, and 
biological resources. EPA recommended additional information in the 
FEIS regarding these resources, other reasonable alternative to meet 
the project purpose, indirect impacts, and mitigation measures.
    ERP No. D1-AFS-J65308-UT Rating EC2, Wasatch Powderbird Guides 
Permit Renewal, Authorization to Continue Providing Guided Helicopter 
Skiing Activities on National Forest System (NFS) Land in the Wasatch-
Cache and Uinta National Forests, Special-Use Permit (SUP), Provo and 
Salt Lake City, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential 
impacts to wilderness, wildlife and recreation from helicopter skiing 
operations and that a discussion on fuel storage and potential impacts 
should be included in the Final EIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65436-OR Juncrock Timber Sale Project, Treat Forest 
Vegetation, MT. Hood National Forest, Barlow Ranger District, Wasco 
County, OR.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65442-OR Baked Apple Fire Salvage Project, Salvaging 
Fire Killed Trees in the Matrix Portion of the 2002 Apple Fire, Umpqua 
National Forest, Umpqua Ranger District, Douglas County, OR.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-G65084-00 El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National 
Historic Trail, Comprehensive Management Plan, Implementation, TX and 
NM.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FTA-C40150-NY Second Avenue Subway Project, Improve 
Transit Access to Manhattan's East Side and Reduce Excess Crowds on the 
Lexington Avenue Subway, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTC) 
New York City Transit (NYCT), New York, NY.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project. EPA did 
suggest that the ROD provide commitments to regarding emission control 
measures should the project sponsors elect to use barges in the last 
phase of the project.
    ERP No. FR-COE-E34030-FL Central and Southern Project, Indian River 
Lagoon-South Feasibility Study, Final Integrated Project Implementation 
Report, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, (CERP), Martin and 
St. Lucie Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

    Dated: June 22, 2004
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-14467 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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