[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 77 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20900-20901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8115]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6662-7]


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

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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 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20050011, ERP No. D-FAA-D40328-VA, Washington Dulles 
International Airport Project, Acquisition of Land, Construction and 
Operation, IAD 2004 Airport Layout Plan (ALP), Dulles, VA

    Summary: EPA expressed concern due to wetland and stream impacts 
associated with the proposed action, and requested that wetland impacts 
associated with the clear zones be included in the mitigation plan. EPA 
also requested that the wetland avoidance alternative (Alternative 5) 
should be carried forward for detail study to more closely track the 
alternatives analysis requirements under Section 404 of the Clean Water 
Act.
Rating EC2
EIS No. 20050033, ERP No. D-IBR-K60035-NV, Humboldt Project Conveyance, 
Transferring 83, 530 Acres from Federal Ownership to the Pershing 
County Water Conservation District (PCWCD), Pershing and Lander 
Counties, NV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to water quality, and requested that the Final EIS provide 
additional information to support the cumulative impacts analysis, and 
further discussion of tribal consultation efforts and impacts to Indian 
sacred sites.
Rating EC2
EIS No. 20050036, ERP No. D-AFS-K65278-CA, Burlington Ridge Trails 
Project, To Eliminate, Reconstruct/or Reroute Unsound Trail Sections, 
Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada 
County, NV.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action, but 
requested additional monitoring after the project is implemented to 
confirm wildlife is not being impacted.
Rating LO
EIS No. 20050056, ERP No. D-FHW-G40184-TX, Trinity Parkway Project, 
Construction of Limited Access Toll Facility from IH-35 E/TX-183 to US-
175/TX-310, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Dallas County, 
TX.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project.
Rating LO
EIS No. 20050080, ERP No. D-FRC-G03025-TX, Ingleside Energy Center 
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal and San Patricio Pipeline 
Natural Gas Pipeline, Authorization to Construct, Install and Operate, 
San Patricio and Nueces Counties, TX.

    Summary: EPA had no objections to the selection of the proposed 
alternative.
Rating LO

Final EISs

EIS No. 20040581, ERP No. F-DOE-K08029-00, Imperial-Mexicali 230-kV 
Transmission Lines, Construct a Double-Circuit 230-kV Transmission 
Line, Presidential Permit and Right-of-Way Grants, Imperial Valley 
Substation to Calexico at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Imperial County, CA 
and US.-Mexico Border.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action, but 
recommends that DOE continue working with all stakeholders to support 
and encourage use of off-site mitigation measures as a valuable means 
to address the limitations in modeling ozone impacts, and to ensure 
that there would be no net increase of air pollution in the Imperial 
County region.

EIS No. 20050079, ERP No. F-AFS-K65273-CA, Cottonwood Fire Vegetation 
Management Project, Control Vegetation that is Competing with Conifer 
Seedlings, Sierraville Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest, Sierra 
County, CA.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's comments providing 
additional information on the final decisions; no formal comment letter 
was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20050097, ERP No. F-FRC-G03023-TX, Cheniere Corpus Christi 
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project, To Provide Facilities for the 
Importation, Storage and Vaporization of Liquefied Natural Gas, Nueces 
and San Patricio Counties, TX.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the potential introduction of 
invasive species from increased foreign vessel traffic.

EIS No. 20050106, ERP No. F-AFS-J65018-MT, Sheep Creek Salvage Project, 
Moving Current Resource Conditions and Trends Toward Desired Future 
Conditions, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Beaverhead County, 
MT.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's request for additional 
sediment modeling and additional measures to mitigate sediment delivery 
to streams. EPA reiterates the need to monitor actual water quality 
effects from the salvage harvests, and if necessary, develop additional 
mitigation measures to promote consistency with TMDL development and to 
further improve Trail Creek.

EIS No. 20050112, ERP No. F-AFS-J65397-WY, Woodrock Project, Proposal 
for Timber Sale, Travel Management and Watershed Restoration, 
Implementation, Bighorn National Forest, Tongue Ranger District, 
Sheridan County, WY.

    Summary: EPA does not expect substantial impacts form the proposed 
action. However, EPA recommends focusing harvest activities on Forest-
private lands interface areas both to protect property and to minimize 
impacts in important wildlife habitat areas.

EIS No. 20050129, ERP No. F-AFS-J65431-UT, Duck Creek Fuels Treatment 
Analysis, To Reduce Fuels, Enhance Fire-Tolerant Vegetation and Provide 
Fuel Breaks, Dixie National Forest, Cedard City Ranger District, Kane 
County, UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns about impacts to water 
quality, fish and wildlife habitats, soils and old growth forest 
resources.

    Dated: April 19, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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