[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54739-54740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18428]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6667-5]


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 1, 2005 (70 FR 
16815).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20050202, ERP No. D-CGD-A03086-00, Programmatic--Vessel and 
Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements 
and Alternative Technology Revisions, To Increase the Oil Removal 
Capability, U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), United States, Alaska, 
Guam, Puerto Rico and other U.S. Territories.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns related to the synergistic effects 
of chemical dispersants with oil on water quality and organisms within 
the water column, spill modeling, and model limitations for the fate 
and effect of chemically dispersed oil.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20050235, ERP No. D-NPS-F65057-IN, Lincoln Boyhood National 
Memorial General Management Plan, Implementation, Lincoln City, Spencer 
County, IN.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050266, ERP No. D-DOE-A00171-00, Proposed Consolidation of 
Nuclear Operations Related to Production of radioisotope Power Systems, 
Located or Planned Sites: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 
Tennessee; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), New Mexico; and the 
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho, TN, NM, ID.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050310, ERP No. D-JUS-G81013-TX, Laredo Detention Facility, 
Proposed Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated Detention Facility, 
Implementation, Webb County, TX.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050300, ERP No. DS-NOA-E55555-00, Reef Fish (Amendment 25) 
and Coastal Migratory Pelagic (Amendment 17) for Extending the Charter 
Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

    Summary: EPA agrees with the extension of the permit moratorium, 
but recommended that any available moratorium data be evaluated and 
summarized in the FSEIS as part of the decision-making process.

Rating LO

Final EISs

EIS No. 20050270, ERP No. F-NRC-E06024-AL, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants for Browns Ferry, Unit 1, 2 and 33 (TAC Nos. MC7168, 
MC1769, and MC1770), Supplement 21 to NUREG-1437, Implementation, 
Athens, AL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns because of the 
uncertainty of the ultimate location of a permitted repository site for 
the radioactive waste.

EIS No. 20050317, ERP No. F-NAS-E12007-FL, New Horizons Mission to 
Pluto, Continued Preparations and Implementation to Explore Pluto and 
Potentially the Recently Discovered Kuiper Belt, Cape Canaveral Air 
Force Station, FL.

    Summary: EPA's previous issues have been resolved therefore, EPA 
has no objection to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20050334, ERP No. F-DOE-J91000-MT, South Fork Flathead 
Watershed Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Program, Preserve the

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Genetic Purity of the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Population, Flathead 
National Forest, Flathead River, Flathead, Powell and Missoula 
Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to aquatic ecosystem integrity, particularly effects to non-
target species, and ecological impacts of restocking historically 
fishless lakes. EPA emphasizes the need to follow strict pesticide 
application protocols with appropriate management and mitigation 
measures, and establishment of a comprehensive monitoring and adaptive 
management program to minimize ecological and public health risks 
during project implementation.

EIS No. 20050335, ERP No. FS-AFS-J65419-MT, Gallatin National Forest, 
Updated Information, Replaces the Effects Analysis for the Northern 
Goshawk in the Main Boulder Fuels Reduction Project (FEIS), 
Implementation, Gallatin National Forest, Big Timber Ranger District, 
Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action and supports 
the proposed ecological effects monitoring.

    Dated: September 13, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-18428 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]
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