[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14891-14892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4300]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6673-6]


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. 20050510, ERP No. D-FHW-D40334-VA, I-81 Corridor Improvement 
Study in Virginia, Transportation Improvements from

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the Tennessee Border to the West Virginia Border, (Tier 1), Several 
Counties, VA and WV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed 
project arising from the reliability of projecting traffic data to the 
year 2035, and the lack of data in the Tier 1 document to support the 
intended Tier 1 decisions. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050511, ERP No. D-DOE-D09800-PA, Gilberton Coal-to-Clean 
Fuels and Power Project, Construction and Operation a New Demonstration 
Plant, Schuylkill County, PA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the uncertainty 
and lack of information related to cumulative impacts of the various 
emissions associated with the facility, fugitive dust associated with 
construction activities, and a need for greater emphasis on public 
outreach and community involvement efforts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060010, ERP No. D-IBR-G31003-NM, Long-Term Miscellaneous 
Purposes Contract Abstract, To Use Carlsbad Project Water for Purposes 
Other than Irrigation, Eddy County, NM.

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

EIS No. 20060023, ERP No. D-IBR-G39046-00, Upper Rio Grande Basin Water 
Operations Review, To Develop an Integrated Plan for Water Operations 
at the Existing Facilities, NM, CO and TX.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the selected alternative. Rating 
LO.

EIS No. 20060028, ERP No. D-DOD-G11046-NM, Programmatic--Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency (DTRA) Activities on White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), 
Implementation, NM.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the selected alternative. Rating 
LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060040, ERP No. F-FHW-L40203-AK, Juneau Access Transportation 
Project, Improvements in the Lynn Canal/Taiya Inlet Corridor between 
Juneau and Haines/Skagway, Special-Use-Permit and COE Section 10 and 
404 Permits, Tongass National Forest, Klondike Gold Rush National 
Historic Park, Haines States Forest, City and Borough of Juneau, Haines 
Borough, Cities Haines and Skagway, AK.

    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about the new preferred 
Alternative 2B due to uncertainty about whether it represents the Least 
Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) based on 
Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. EPA also recommends including additional 
compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to old growth habitat 
areas.

EIS No. 20050417, ERP No. FS-COE-D35057-MD, Poplar Island Environmental 
Restoration Project, Habitat Restoration and Dredged Material Capacity, 
Chesapeake Bay, Talbot County, MD.

    Summary: EPA's comments on the Draft EIS were adequately addressed; 
we have no objections to the proposed action.

    Dated: March 21, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-4300 Filed 3-23-06; 8:45 am]
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