[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12355-12356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3443]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6673-2]


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 datedApril 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20050501, ERP No. D-NRS-G39045-AR, Walnut Bayou Irrigation 
Project, Natural Resource Plan for the Little Red River Watershed, 
Little River County, AR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about potential 
impacts to wetlands, and requested additional information to address 
wetland impacts and required mitigation.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050518, ERP No. D-BLM-J02049-WY, Atlantic Rim Natural Gas 
Field DevelopmentProject, Proposed Natural Gas Development to 2000 
Wells, 1800 to Coal Beds and 200 to Other Formations, Carbon County, 
WY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air and water/
wetland impacts, and requested additional information on these issues 
and mitigation.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050520, ERP No. D-BIA-L61230-OR, Coyote Business Park, 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Proposes to 
Develop, Build and Manage a Light Industrial Commercial Business Park, 
Umatilla County, OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about surface and 
ground water quality impact, and suggests that the use of low input 
development strategies could help reduce those impacts.
    Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20050535, ERP No. D-BIA-L03012-AK, Cordova Oil Spill Response 
Facility, Construct an Oil Spill Response Facility at Shepard Point, 
NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Cordova, AK.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
rocky shoreline habitat and special aquatic resources (eelgrass beds).
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050543, ERP No. D-NPS-D61058-VA, Manassas National 
Battlefield Park GeneralManagement Plan, Implementation, Fairfax and 
Prince William Counties, VA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland, 
vegetation wildlife, transportation, and the local community impacts, 
and requested additional forest and wetland mitigation and additional 
information on the impacts of closing U.S. Route 29 and VA Route 234 
within Manassas National Battlefield Park.
    Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050551, ERP No. D-NAS-A12044-00, Programmatic--Development of 
AdvancedRadioisotope Power Systems, Two New AdvancedRPS's: Multi-
Mission Radioisotope ThermoelectricGenerator (MMRTG) and Stirling 
RadioisotopeGenerator (SRG).

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050552, ERP No. D-FRC-E03014-FL, Cypress Pipeline Project and 
Phase VII ExpansionProject, Construction and Operation, U.S. Army COE 
Section 10 and 404 Permits, Northern and Central Florida.

    Summary: EPA's expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
forested wetlands, including approximately 180 acres along the 
centerline which would be permanently converted to herbaceous wetlands. 
Rating EC2.


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EIS No. 20060016, ERP No. DC-NOA-E86002-00, Amendment 26 to the Gulf of 
Mexico Reef FishFishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing 
Quota (IFQ) Program to Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Red 
Snapper Fishery.
    Summary: While EPA has no objections to the proposed action, it did 
request clarification of some EJ issues. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060017, ERP No. F-AFS-E65071-FL, Ocala National Forest Access 
Designation Process, Roads and Trails Systems Development, 
Implementation, Lake, Marion and Putnam Counties, FL.

    Summary: While EPA does not object to the proposed action, it did 
suggest recommendations to improve the monitoring plan.

EIS No. 20060035, ERP No. F-AFS-F65056-OH, Wayne National Forest, 
Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, 
SeveralCounties, OH.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20060037, ERP No. F-AFS-F65047-IN, German Ridge Restoration 
Project, to Restore Native Hardwood Communities, Implementation, 
Hoosier National Forest, Tell City Ranger District, Perry County, IN.

    Summary: While EPA's previous concerns were resolved, it requested 
that the USFS to include a chronology of management actions by season 
as a planning feature to help minimize potential impacts to sensitive 
animals during migration and breeding.

EIS No. 20060054, ERP No. FS-NOA-E55555-00, Reef Fish (Amendment 25) 
and Coastal MigratoryPelagics (Amendment 17) for Extending the Charter 
Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: March 7, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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