[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 42 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10615-10616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4254]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6661-2]


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 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-G65095-NM Rating LO, Buckman Water Diversion Project, 
Proposal to Divert Water from Rio Grande and San Juan-Chama Project, To 
Meet Water Supply Needs, Sante Fe National Forest and Taos Field 
Office, Sante Fe County, NM.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-BLM-L65471-ID Rating EC2, Fire, Fuels and Related 
Vegetation Management Direction Plan Amendment, Upper Snake River 
District (The District), Amending 12 Existing Land Use Plans, Several 
Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about air quality and grazing 
impacts, and requested additional information on

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acute and chronic effects of chemical treatments.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40802-MS Rating EC1, I-69 Section of Independent 
Utility 11 Project, Construction of Multi-Lane, Interstate 
Highway from Benoit to Robinsonville, US. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 
Mississippi River Bridge, Bolivar, Coahoma, Tunica and Sunflower 
Counties, MS.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed 
project related to water resource impacts (wetlands, streams, and 
floodplains), land use change/habitat loss, and refining mitigation 
commitments.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H50002-NE Rating LO, Bellevue Bridge Study, To 
Improve Connectivity between the Omaha Metropolitan Area and across the 
Missouri River from U.S. 75 to I-29, Coast Guard Permit, NPDES Permit, 
U.S. Army COE
    Section 10 and 404 Permits, Mills County, IA and Sarpy County, NE.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-UAF-G11053-NM Rating LO, New Mexico Training Initiative, 
Proposal to Modify the Training Airspace New Cannon Air Force Base 
(AFB), NM.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-USN-E11054-FL Rating EC2, Navy Air-To-Ground Training at 
Avon Park Air Force Range, To Conduct Air-to-Ground Ordnance Delivery 
and Training, Fleet Forces Command's Fleet Readiness Training Program 
(FRTP), Polk and Highlands Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland and 
noise impacts.
    ERP No. DA-ICC-J53004-MT Rating EC2, Tongue River Railroad 
Construction and Operation of the Proposed Western Alignment Tongue 
River III Southernmost Portion of the 41-mile Ashland to Decker 
Alignment, Rosebud and Bighorn Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern about water quality, wetlands, 
Tribal Trust resources, and indirect/cumulative environmental impacts, 
and requested additional information, data, analysis, and discussion 
related to these issues be included in the final EIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-IBR-K39085-CA San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors 
Water Authority--2005 to 2014, Water Transfer Program, Stanislaus, San 
Joaquin, Merced, Madera, Fresno, San Benito, Santa Clara, Kern, and 
Kings Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing concerns about impacts on water 
quality, flow, and beneficial uses and the relationship to proposed 
water quality improvement measures.
    ERP No. F-NPS-G65017-TX Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River General 
Management Plan, Implementation, Big Bend National Park, Brewster and 
Terrell Counties, TX.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-FHW-E40325-NC Western Section of the Winston-Salem 
Northern Beltway, U.S. 158 north to U.S. 52, TIP Nos. R-2247, Forsyth 
County, NC.
    Summary: EPA continues to express concern due to aquatic stream 
habitat impacts, water supply, watershed impacts, and residential 
relocation impacts.

    Dated: March 1, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-4254 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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