[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36073-36074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9952]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6676-6]


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

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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. 20060091, ERP No. D-AFS-K65303-CA, Phoenix Project Area, Treat 
Poor Forest Health, High Fire Hazard Condition, Develop a Network of 
Defensible Fuel Profile Zones (DFPZs), and Restore Aspen Stand, 
Sierraville Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest, Sierra and Nevada 
Counties, CA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to 
watershed resources, air quality, and noxious weeds, and recommended 
additional measures to avoid or mitigate them. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060109, ERP No. D-NPS-E65080-KY, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace 
National Historic Site, General Management Plan, Implementation, LaRue 
County, KY.

Summary

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

EIS No. 20060124, ERP No. D-AFS-F65062-MN, Echo Trail Area Forest 
Management Project, Forest Vegetation Management and Related 
Transportation System, Superior National Forest Land and Resource 
Management Plan, Lacroix Ranger District and Kawishiwi Ranger District, 
St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to 
water quality and soil resources from erosion, oil spill or leaks, and 
compaction as well as emissions from logging equipment, and suggested 
that the Final EIS include a mitigation plan detailing avoidance or 
mitgation measures for potential impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060137, ERP No. D-AFS-F65063-WI, Twentymile Restoration 
Project Area, Restore Northern Hardwood Forests to an Uneven-aged 
Condition, Great Divide Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicolet National 
Forest, Ashland and Bayfield Counties, WI.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed alternative 
meeting the goals set forth in the biological opinion for the 
management of sensitive species as well as being consistent with the 
Forest Plan goals of maintaining adequate habitat to support viable 
populations. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060165, ERP No. D-NPS-J65463-CO, Rocky Mountain National 
Park, Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and 
Larimer Counties, CO.

Summary

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060185, ERP No. F-AFS-F65055-MI, Hiawatha National Forest, 
Proposed Land and Resource Management Plan, Forest Plan Revision, 
Implementation, Alger, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, 
Marquette, and Schoolcraft Counties, MI.

Summary

    EPA does not object to the preferred alternative.

    Dated: June 20, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-9952 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]
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