[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26497-26498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6861]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6674-9]


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 7, 2006 (71 FR 
17845).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060002, ERP No. D-BLM-L65500-ID, Coeur d'Alene Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai 
and Shoshone Counties, ID.
    SUMMARY: EPA supports the goals described in preferred alternative 
which strives to balance resource protection with active management of 
commodity resources. However, EPA expressed environmental concerns 
about water quality impacts, and requested more information about how 
source water could be protected and recommended including additional 
discussion on protecting air quality related to prescribed burning.

    Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060053, ERP No. D-AFS-K65299-CA, Slapjack Project, Protect 
Rural Communities from Fire Hazards by Constructing Defensible Fuel 
Profile Zones (DFPZS), Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National 
Forest, Butte and YubaCounties, CA.
    SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental concern about the potential 
for cumulative watershed effects, impacts from the use of

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herbicides within the Wildland Urban Interface, and impacts to late-
successional forest species, and recommended consideration of the 
alternatives that eliminate group selection harvests in watersheds that 
exceed the Threshold of Concern for cumulative watershed effects.
    Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060067, ERP No. D-GSA-K80046-CA, Los Angeles Federal Bureau 
of Investigation (FBI) Federal Building, Consolidation of FBI Field 
Office Headquarters and 11 other Satellite Offices, Federal Central 
District, Los Angeles, CA.
    SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental concerns about traffic related 
air quality impacts, and requested that other alternatives that could 
avoid or reduce those impacts be evaluated.
    Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060068, ERP No. D-AFS-L61131-ID, Emerald Creek Garnet Area, 
To Provide a Public Recreational Area for Collecting Garnet Gemstone, 
US Army COE Section 404 Permit, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, St. 
Joe Ranger District, Latah County, ID
    Summary: EPA supports the goal of reducing impacts to water 
resources; however, EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts 
to water quality and restoring 303 (d) listed streams; the final EIS 
should augment information on impacts to wetland communities.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060071, ERP No. D-AFS-G65100-NM, Santa Fe National Forest 
Plan Amendment for Oil & Gas Leasing and Roads Management, 
Implementation, San Juan Basin, Cuba Ranger District, NM.

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

EIS No. 20060074, ERP No. D-AFS-K65300-AZ, Deep Lake Allotment Project, 
Proposes to Re-authorize Grazing, Mormon Lake Ranger District, Coconino 
National District, Coconino County, AZ

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

EIS No. 20060056, ERP No. DS-IBR-K39095-CA, Central Valley Project, 
West San Joaquin Division, Additional Information, San Luis Unit Long-
Term Water Service Contract Renewal, Cities of Avenal, Coalinga and 
Huron, Fresno, King and Merced Counties, CA

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the project as 
proposed because of potential impacts to water quality and the lack of 
comprehensive information regarding incorporation of drainage 
management plans. EPA requested the contract renewals not be finalized 
until after the Record of Decision for the Drainage Re-evaluation Plan 
is completed.
    Rating EO2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060094, ERP No. F-AFS-F65053-IN, Hoosier National Forest Land 
and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Brown, Crawford, Dubois, 
Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry Counties, IN.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's environmental concerns; 
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20060103, ERP No. F-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: The final EIS addresses EPA's request for information; 
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: May 5, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-6861 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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