[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43980-43981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16827]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6653-9]


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-BLM-J65413-MT Rating EC2, Dillon Resource Management 
Plan, Provide Direction for Managing Public Lands within the Dillon 
Field Office, Implementation, Beaverhead and Madison Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential 
impacts to water quality, habitat and on ecosystem processes. EPA 
believes the final EIS should include additional information to explain 
how the RMP and actions taken will provide a complete and consistent 
guide to managing the area, and assessing and mitigating significant 
impacts of the action.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65016-UT, Bear Hodges II Timber Sale Management 
Plan, Selective Timber Harvest of Spruce Stands With or Without Road 
Construction, Implementation, Wasatch National Forest (WCNF), Logan 
Ranger District, Cache and Rich Counties, UT.
    Summary: The final EIS adequately responded to EPA's previous 
concerns. Therefore, EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65406-MT, West Troy Project, Proposes Timber 
Harvesting, Natural Fuels Reduction Treatments, Pre-Commercial 
Thinning, and Watershed Rehabilitation (Decommissioning) Work, Kootenai 
National Forest, Three River Ranger District, Lincoln County, MT.
    Summary: While the final EIS addressed many of EPA's previous 
concerns, EPA continues to express concerns that additional necessary 
watershed restoration work be completed in light of the large backlog 
and uncertain funding.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65447-00, East Bridge Cattle Allotment Management 
Plan Revision (AMP), Authorization of Continued Grazing, Caribou-
Targhee National Forest, Soda Springs Ranger District, Caribou and 
Bonneville Counties, ID and Lincoln County, WY.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-NPS-J65384-MT, Glacier National Park Commercial Services 
Plan, General Management Plan, Implementation, Glacier National Park,

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a Portion of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Flathead and 
Glacier Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

    Dated: July 20, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-16827 Filed 7-22-04; 8:45 am]
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