[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69966-69967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22887]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6669-5]


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. 20050249, ERP No. D-BLM-L65488-ID, Cotterel Wind Power Project 
and Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment, To Build a 190-240 
megawatt, Wind-Powered Electrical Generation Facility, Right-of-Way 
Application, City of Burley, Towns of Albion and Malta, Cassia County, 
ID.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
    Rating LO.

EIS No. 20050353, ERP No. D-FHW-C50014-NY, Willis Avenue Bridge 
Reconstruction, Proposing Reconstruction of 100-year old Willis Avenue 
Bridge over the Harem River between Manhattan and the Bronx, New York 
and Bronx Counties, NY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
impacts, and requested additional information be included in the final 
EIS to address this issue.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050355, ERP No. D-COE-G32059-LA, Port of Iberia Project, To 
Determine the Feasibility of Deepening the Existing Navigation Channels 
between the POI and the Gulf of Mexico, Portions of the Gulf 
Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and Freshwater Bayou (FWB), LA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.
    Rating LO.

EIS No. 20050377, ERP No. D-COE-C39017-NY, Montuak Point Storm Damage 
Reduction Project, Proposed Reinforcement of an Existing Stone 
Revetment Wall, Suffolk County, NY.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative, which 
will arrest the erosion with little environmental impact to the project 
area.
    Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20050205, ERP No. F-FRC-B03012-RI, KeySpan Liquefied Natural 
Gas (LNG) Facility Upgrade Project, Construction and Operation, and 
Algonquin Gas Transmission Project, Proposal for Site, Construct and 
Operate a New Natural Gas Pipeline, Coast Guard Permit, U.S. Army COE 
Section 10 and 404

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Permits, Providence County, RI and New England.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
need for additional air emission control measures on marine vessels, 
additional mitigation measures to address impacts from entrainment of 
fish, eggs, and larvae by ship ballast water intakes, and requested an 
opportunity for additional discussions about potential environmental 
justice impacts.

EIS No. 20050320, ERP No. F-AFS-J65426-UT, Wasatch Plateau Grazing 
Project, Proposal to Continue to Authorize Sheep Grazing by Issuance of 
a Term Grazing Permits on 31 Sheep Allotments, Manti-La Sal National 
Forest, Sanpete, Ferron and Price Ranger Districts, Sanpete, Carbon, 
Utah and Emery County, UT.

    Summary: The FEIS addressed EPA's concerns with impact to water 
quality.

EIS No. 20050408, ERP No. F-FHW-F40432-WI, U.S. 41 Highway Corridor 
Project, Transportation Improvement between the Cities of Oconto and 
Perhtigo, Funding, Marinette and Oconto Counties, WI.
    Summary: While EPA has no objection to the proposed action, it 
asked to be involved in planning the wetland restoration of the more 
than 300 acres required for compensatory mitigation.

EIS No. 20050449, ERP No. F-USN-E11054-FL, 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 Highland Counties, FL.

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

    Dated: November 15, 2005.
Elaine Suriano,
Environmental Scientist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-22887 Filed 11-17-05; 8:45 am]
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