[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29147-29148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7661]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6675-4]


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 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060083, ERP No. D-AFS-K65301-AZ, Jacob Ryan Vegetation 
Management Project, Implementation, Kaibab National Forest, North 
Kaibab Ranger District, Coconino County, AZ.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
effects to regional air quality, water quality, and old growth forest; 
and recommended that the final EIS include a more detailed air quality 
effects analysis, implementation plan for BMPs, and management strategy 
to maintain old growth forest. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060139, ERP No. F1-AFS-K65269-CA, Southern California 
National Forests Land Management Plans, Revision of the Angeles, 
Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino National Forests Land

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Management Plans, Implementation, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San 
Diego Counties, CA.

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

EIS No. 20060076, ERP No. F-CGD-G39043-00, Main Pass Energy Hub 
Deepwater Port License Application, Proposes to Construct a Deepwater 
Port and Associated Anchorages, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 
Permits, Gulf of Mexico (GOM), southeast of the coast of Louisiana in 
Main Pass Lease Block (MP) 2999 and from the Mississippi coast in MP 
164.

    Summary: EPA appreciates the improvements that have been 
incorporated into the proposed LNG project; therefore, concludes that 
the ORV technology would result in minor adverse impacts to water 
quality and biological resources. EPA recommends that USCG and the 
Maritime Administration consider operational modifications to further 
reduce impacts.

EIS No. 20060111, ERP No. FC-COE-H36012-MO, St. Johns Bayou and New 
Madrid Floodway Project, Channel Enlargement and Improvement, Revised 
Information to Clarify and Address Issues of Concern, Flood Control 
National Economic Development (NED), New Madrid, Mississippi and Scott 
Counties, MO.

    Summary: EPA does not object to proposed project.

    Dated: May 16, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-7661 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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