[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 65426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25202]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6657-6]


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 FR dated April 02, 2004 (69 
FR 17403).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-G65094-NM Rating LO, Ojo Caliente Proposed 
Transmission Line, Authorization for Construction, Operation, and 
Maintenance of a New 115kV Transmission Line and Substation, Carson 
National Forest and BLM Taos Field Office, Taos and Rio Arriba 
Counties, NM.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred 
Alternative D with options. ERP No. D-AFS-J65424-MT Rating EC2, 
Fishtrap Project, Proposed Timber Harvest, Prescribed Burning Road 
Construction and Other Restoration Activities, Lolo National Forest, 
Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District, Sanders County, MT.
    Summary: EPA supports Alternative 2 and it's potential to improve 
water quality, reduce road density and decrease habitat fragmentation 
in the long-term. However, EPA expressed concerns about the short-term 
impacts of increased sedimentation on water quality and bull trout. EPA 
recommend earlier implementation of road BMP improvements and road 
restoration relative to timber harvest and road construction, and 
additional road closure and decommissioning in the Upper Fishtrap 
drainage.
    ERP No. D-DHS-D11036-MD Rating EC2, National Biodefense Analysis 
and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) Facility at Fort Detrick, 
Construction and Operation, Fort Detrick, Frederick County, MD.
    Summary: EPA is concerned with the fracture trace located directly 
on the proposed project site and the potential impacts to groundwater.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K65263-CA Meteor Project, Proposal for Harvesting 
Timber and Conducting Associated Activities on 744 Acres, 
Implementation, Klamath National Forest, Salmon River Ranger District, 
Siskiyou County, CA.
    Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's concerns and no formal 
comments were sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: November 8, 2004.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-25202 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]
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