[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 57 (Friday, March 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15314-15315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5934]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6661-8]


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-F65048-WI Rating EC2, Lakewood/Laona Plantation 
Thinning Project, To Implement Vegetation Management Activities, 
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Lakewood Ranger District, Forest, 
Langlade, and Oconto Counties, WI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed 
project's cumulative and indirect impacts.
    ERP No. D-COE-B09801-MA Rating 3, Cape Wind Energy Project, 
Construct and Operate 130 Wind Turbine Generators on Horseshoe Shoal in 
Nantucket Sound, MA.
    Summary: EPA commented that the information and analysis provided 
in the Draft EIS was inadequate, noting that the DEIS does not provide 
enough information to fully characterize baseline environmental 
conditions, the environmental impacts of the project, and alternatives 
that avoid or minimize those impacts.
    ERP No. D-COE-G32057-TX Rating LO, Cedar Bayou Navigation Channel 
(CBNC) Improvements Project, Implementation, Near Baytown in Harris and 
Chambers Counties, TX.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the proposed alternative.
    ERP No. D-SFW-K99034-CA Rating EC2, Coachella Valley Multiple 
Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains Trails Plan, Issuance of Incidental Take Permits, Riverside 
County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water and air 
quality impacts, and requested additional information regarding 
consultation with tribal governments, environmental justice issues, 
enforcement of the Plan, and impacts to cultural resources and 
migratory birds.

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    ERP No. DS-NPS-K65325-CA Rating LO, Merced Wild and Scenic River 
Revised Comprehensive Management Plan, Amend and Supplement 
Information, Yosemite National Park, El Portal Administrative Site, 
Tuolume, Merced, Mono, Mariposa and Madera Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative.
    However, EPA requests that the Park Service consider additional 
protection measures for the exceptional cultural resources in El Portal 
when delineating and zoning the river boundary.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-E65069-AL, Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration Project, 
Proposes a Five-Year Project to Begin Restoration of Native Longleaf, 
Talladega National Forest, Oakmulgee District, Tuscaloosa, Hale, Bibbs, 
and Perry Counties, AL.
    Summary: EPA supports the Forest Service in its efforts to restore 
the longleaf pine ecosystem and enhance red-cockade woodpecker habitat, 
and has no objections to this project.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65410-WY, Upper Green River Area Rangeland Project, 
Propose Site Specific Grazing Management Practices, Bridger-Teton 
Forest, Sublette, Teton and Fremont Counties, WY.
    Summary: The Final EIS was not responsive to EPA's comments on the 
Draft EIS. EPA continues to express environmental concerns with 
potential adverse impacts to water quality, aquatic resources, and 
riparian areas from livestock grazing.
    ERP No. F-DOI-K99033-00, Programmatic EIS--Lower Colorado River 
Multi-Species Conservation Program, Issuing a Incidental Take Permit 
based on the Plan, Extending from Lake Mead to the Southerly 
International Boundary with Mexico, AZ, NV and CA.
    Summary: EPA's concerns have been addressed; therefore, EPA has no 
objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40382-MN, Ayd Mill Road Corridor, Improvements from 
I-35 E to St. Anthony Avenue (I-94) 2.6 kilometer (1.6 miles), Funding, 
City of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN.
    Summary: EPA's concerns regarding mitigation to protect surface 
water quality have been satisfactorily addressed; therefore, EPA has no 
objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-NAS-K11114-HI, Outrigger Telescopes Project, Proposed for 
the W.M. Keck Observatory Site within the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, 
Funding, Construction, Installation and Operation, Island of Hawaii.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing concerns about potential impacts 
to cultural resources.

    Dated: March 22, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-5934 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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