[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3290-3291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-651]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6671-5]


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. 20050308, ERP No. D-BLM-K65289-NV, Ely District Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, White Pine, Lincoln Counties and a 
Portion of Nye County, NV.

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

    EIS No. 20050365, ERP No. D-NRC-F06027-OH, American Centrifuge 
Plant, Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Facility, Construction, 
Operation, and Decommission, License Issuance, Piketon, OH.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the generic approach in the 
preparation of the DEIS, because it does not address all related 
enrichment, decommissioning, and disposal activities and does not fully 
evaluate all feasible alternatives. EPA requested additional 
information on the handling and control of source, product and waste 
materials, more comprehensive cancer rate data, more comprehensive 
pollutant modeling data, a more comprehensive radiation monitoring 
scheme, and the most current annual radiological emission data. EPA 
also requested an analysis of the cumulative impacts for (1) 
construction of Cylinder Storage Yard X-745H on the currently impaired 
stream (Little Beaver Creek) due to additional erosion and 
sedimentation impacts, and (2) groundwater contamination. Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20050374, ERP No. D-BLM-K65290-CA, Ukiah Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Several Counties, CA.

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

    EIS No. 20050414, ERP No. D-NRC-C06015-NY, Generic--License Renewal 
of Nuclear Plants for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, 
Supplement 24 to NUREG 1437, Implementation, Lake Ontario, Oswego 
County, NY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project's 
impingement and entrainment impacts to fish and shellfish, as well as 
from heat shock and the need to perform a narrower EJ analysis. EPA 
also requested that the issues of waste treatment and pollution 
prevention be addressed. Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20050441, ERP No. D-COE-L32013-AK, Delong Mountain Terminal 
Project, Proposed Construction and Operation of Navigation 
Improvements, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to subsistence resources and the ability of native 
hunters to harvest these resources. EPA recommended consideration of 
changes to the preferred alternative and additional mitigation measures 
to reduce these impacts be considered during Government-to-Government 
Consultation with the local Tribes. EPA also recommended that the Final 
EIS include additional information regarding the planning process, 
evaluation of alternatives, cost estimates, and economic analysis. 
Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20050469, ERP No. D-NOA-A91073-00, Programmatic--Towards an 
Ecosystem Approach for the Western Pacific Region: From Species Based 
Fishery Management Plans to Place-Based Fishery Ecosystem Plans, 
Realignment, Implementation, Western Pacific Region (America Samoa, 
Guam, Hawaii, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), and U.S. 
Pacific Remote Island Areas.

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

    EIS No. 20050481, ERP No. D-FTA-H40187-MO, St. Louis Metro South 
Metrolink Extension, Transportation Improvement, City of St. Louis, St. 
Louis County, MO.

    Summary: EPA has expressed environmental concerns about the 
proposed project regarding potential impacts to floodplains, park and 
recreation lands, water quality, wetlands, noise and vibration. EPA is 
also concerned about the uncertainty of potential issues that could 
arise between now and the projected construction start date, which is 
likely greater than 5 years, considered to be the useful life of an 
EIS. Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20050493, ERP No. D-NPS-G61043-AR, Pea Ridge National 
Military Park General Management Plan, Implementation, AR.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred action as described 
in the DEIS. Rating LO.

    EIS No. 20050460, ERP No. DS-USN-A10072-00, Surveillance Towed 
Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar Systems, 
Updated and Additional Information, Implementation.

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

    EIS No. 20050483, ERP No. DS-UAF-G11038-00, Realistic Bomber 
Training Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake Vortices on Surface 
Structures, Dyess Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.

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

Final EISs

    EIS No. 20050420, ERP No. F-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 does not object to the proposed project.

    EIS No. 20050474, ERP No. F-COE-K11114-CA, Mare Island Reuse of 
Dredged Material Disposal Ponds as a Confirmed Updated Dredged Material 
Disposal Facility, Issuing Section 404 Permit Clean Water Act and 
Section 10 Permit Rivers and Harbor Act, San

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Francisco Bay Area, City of Vallejo, Solando County, CA.

    Summary: EPA concerns regarding responsibility for key aspects of 
site operations were addressed in the Final EIS; therefore, EPA does 
not object to the proposed action.

    EIS No. 20050482, ERP No. F-AFS-J65427-WY, Cottonwood II Vegetation 
Management Project, Vegetation Management in the North and South 
Cottonwood Creek Drainages, Implementation, Bridger-Teton National 
Forest, Big Piney Ranger District, Sublette County, WY.

    Summary: EPA has remaining concerns about potential adverse impacts 
to water quality, soils, fish and wildlife habitat, and socio-economic 
impacts to the community.
    EIS No. 20050499, ERP No. F-AFS-H65022-MO, Mark Twain National 
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Revise to the 
1986 Land and Resource Management Plan, several counties, MO.

    Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's concerns on air quality 
impacts of prescribed burning, degree of cumulative impacts assessment 
and provides more detail on the adaptive management process. Therefore, 
EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    EIS No. 20050505, ERP No. F-AFS-L65481-00, Caribou Travel Plan 
Revision, Determine the Motorized Road and Trail System, 
Implementation, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Westside, Soda Spring 
and Montpeller Ranger Districts, Bannock, Bear River, Bonneville, 
Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties, ID; Box Elder and Cache 
Counties, UT and Lincoln County, WY.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about the travel 
plan's potential adverse impacts to water quality, air quality, and 
wilderness; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    EIS No. 20050512, ERP No. F-NPS-D61056-DC, Rock Creek Park and the 
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Project, General Management Plan, 
Implementation, Washington, DC.

    Summary: The Final EIS has adequately addressed EPA's concerns with 
road improvements and visitor safety, wildlife management, and historic 
resources; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    EIS No. 20050536, ERP No. F-FAA-A12043-00, Horizontal Launch and 
Reentry of Reentry Vehicles, Facilitate the Issuance of Licenses in 
United States.

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

    EIS No. 20060000, ERP No. F-BLM-G65096-NM, McGregor Range Resource 
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA), Implementation, Otero County, NM.

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

    Dated: January 17, 2006.
Pearl Young,
Management Analyst, Office of Federal Activities.
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