[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 37 (Friday, February 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9306-9307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3687]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6660-9]


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).

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Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-F40427-WI Rating EC2, WI-23 Highway Project, 
Transportation Improve between Fond du Lac and Plymouth, Funding, Fond 
du Lac and Sheboygan Counties, WI.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about the proposed 
project's impacts to wetlands, water quality, air quality, stormwater 
management, noise, cumulative impacts, and leaking underground storage 
tanks.
    ERP No. D-FHW-J40168-UT Rating EC2, 11400 South Project, Proposed 
Improvement to the Transportation Network in the Southern Salt Lake 
Valley from 12300/12600 South to 10400/10600 South, and from Bangerter 
Highway to 700 East, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about the proposed project 
regarding indirect and cumulative impacts, which were not adequately 
analyzed in the document.
    ERP No. D-IBR-K30031-CA Rating 3, Central Valley Project, San Luis 
Unit Long-Term Water Service Contract Renewal, West San Joaquin 
Division, Cities of Avenal, Coalinga and Huron, Fresno, King and Merced 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA commented that the Draft EIS did not analyze the 
proposed federal action of full delivery of contract quantities, the 
existing conditions and ongoing water quality degradation in the area, 
or the influence of drainage management on the proposed action. EPA 
recommended a Revised or Supplemental EIS be prepared that fully 
analyzes the proposed federal action and its potential environmental 
impacts.
    ERP No. D-NPS-K65275-AZ Rating EC2, Colorado River Management Plan, 
To Provide a Wilderness-Type River Experience for Visitors, General 
Management Plan, Grand Canyon National Park, Colorado River, Coconino 
County, AZ.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the project's potential 
impacts to water quality and insufficient information regarding 
appropriate mitigation to minimize and avoid those impacts. EPA 
recommended that the National Park Service, Hualapai Tribe, and other 
partners obtain baseline and periodic water quality monitoring 
information in the lower gorge and adaptively manage activities over 
the life of this plan.
    ERP No. DR-CBP-K99031-AZ Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Office of 
Border Patrol Operational Activities within the Border Areas of the 
Tucson and Yuma Sectors, Expansion of Operations of Technology-Based 
Systems, Completion and Maintenance of Approved Infrastructure, 
Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz and Yuma Counties, AZ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project's 
impacts to air quality and wildlife habitat and requested additional 
information regarding the proposed action, mitigation, and the 
relationship to JTF-6 be included in the Final EIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-G40179-TX, Kelly Parkway Project, Construction from 
U.S. 90 to TX-16, to Improvement Transportation Mobility, Facilitate 
Economic Development, and Enhance Safety, Funding and U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.
    Summary: EPA did not send a comment letter on the Final EIS.
    ERP No. F-IBR-K39080-CA, Mendota Pool 10-Year Exchange Agreements, 
Water Provision to Irrigable Lands, Central Valley Project Improvement 
Act (CVPIA), Fresno and Madera Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing concerns regarding the potential 
for adverse impacts to groundwater quality in the Mendota Pool area, 
and requested more frequent monitoring and commitments to mitigate 
impacts.
    ERP No. F-NRS-A36450-00, Programmatic EIS--Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program, Improvements and Expansion, To Preserve Life and 
Property Threatened by Disaster-Caused Erosion and Flooding, U.S. 50 
States and Territories except Coastal Area.
    Summary: EPA continued to recommend that the NRCS take steps to 
better integrate management of its watershed programs. EPA also 
requested clarification as to whether the NRCS will discontinue the use 
of a ``least-cost'' criterion when deciding whether to apply the 
principles of natural stream dynamics and bioengineering to the design 
of EWP restoration efforts.
    ERP No. F-NSF-A99224-00, Development and Implementation of Surface 
Travese Capabilities in Antarctia Comprehensive Environmental 
Evaluation, Antarctica.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.
    ERP No. F-SFW-J64009-CO, Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge 
Comprehensive Conservation Plan, 15-Year Guidance for Management of 
Refuge Operations, Habitat Restoration and Visitor Services, 
Implementation, Jefferson and Boulder Counties, CO.
    Summary: EPA acknowledge that the Final EIS was generally 
responsive to EPA's concerns and provided additional information 
environmental issues associated with the DOE-retained lands and the 
potential transportation corridor impacts on the wildlife refuge. EPA 
continued to express concerns that the indirect impacts of proposed 
development could have been more strongly encouraged.

    Dated: February 22, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-3687 Filed 2-24-05; 8:45 am]
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