[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74809-74810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7444]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6670-4]


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. 20050356, ERP No. D-FRC-G03028-00, Port Arthur Liquefield 
Natural Gas (LNG) Project, Construction and Operation, U.S. Army COE 
section 10 and 404 Permits, (FERC/EIS-0182D), Jefferson and Orange 
Counties, TX; and Cameron, Calcasieu, and Beauregard Parishes, LA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information to be included in the FEIS in the areas of air 
quality impacts, sediment analysis, dredged material placement for 
beneficial uses, habitat restoration and mitigation.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050361, ERP No. D-FRC-L05232-WA, Rocky Reach Hydroelectric 
Project, (FERC/DEIS-0184D), Application for a New License for the 
Existing 865.76 Megawatt Facility, Public Utility District No. 1 (PUD), 
Columbia River, Chelan County, WA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

Rating LO.

EIS No. 20050388, ERP No. D-FRC-L05233-WA, Lewis River Hydroelectric 
Projects, Relicensing the Swift No. 1 (FERC No. 2111-018), Swift No. 2 
(FERC No. 2213-011), Yale (FERC No. 2071-013), Merwin (FERC No. 935-
053) Project, Application for Relicense, North Fork Lewis River, 
Cowlitz, Clark and Shamania Counties, WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
impacts, and requested additional information regrading water quality 
impacts be included in the final EIS.

Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20050440, ERP No. F-SFW-L65451-AK, Alaska Peninsula and 
Becharof National Wildlife Refuges, Revised Comprehensive Conservation 
Plan, Implementation, AK.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the project as proposed. No formal 
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20050451, ERP No. F-AFS-L39061-WA, Fish Passage and Aquatic 
Habitat Restoration at Hemlock Dam, Implementation, Gifford Pinchot 
National Forest, Mount Adams District, Skamania County, WA.

    Summary: No formal comment letter sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20050464, ERP No. F-AFS-G65072-00, Ouachita National Forest,

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Proposed Revised Land Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Several 
Counties, AR; and LeFlore and McCurtain Counties, OK.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20050466, ERP No. F-COE-C39018-NJ, Liberty State Park Ecosystem 
Restoration Project, Hudson Raritan Estuary Study, To Address the 
Adverse Impacts Associated with Past Filling Activities, Port Authority 
of New and New Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.

    Summary: No formal comment letter sent to preparing agency.

EIS No. 20050467, ERP No. F-COE-C39017-NY, Montuak Point Storm Damage 
Reduction Project, Proposed Reinforcement of an Existing Stone 
Revetment Wall, Suffolk County, NY.

    Summary: No comment letter was sent was sent to the proposing 
agency.

EIS No. 20050477, ERP No. F-COE-K36141-AZ, Santa Cruz River, Paseo de 
las Iglesias Feasibility Study, To Identify, Define and Solve 
Environmental Degradation, Flooding and Water Resource Problems, City 
of Tucson, Pima County, AZ.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20050352, ERP No. FS-NPS-L65264-WA, Elwha River Ecosystem 
Restoration Implementation Project, Updated Information, Olympic 
Peninsula, Challam County, WA.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: December 13, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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