[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47807-47808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13663]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6678-4]


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. 20060149, ERP No. D-AFS-L65509-WA, School Fire Salvage Recovery 
Project, Salvage Harvest Fire-Killed (dead) and Fire-Damaged (dying) 
Trees, Implementation, Pomeroy Ranger District, Umatilla National 
Forest, Columbia and Garfield Counties, WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for increased sediment delivery to streams, the potential for mass 
wasting from logging on steep slopes and the uncertainty associated 
with using the WEPP model to predict sediment loading to streams. 
Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060150, ERP No. D-BLM-K65306-CA, Alturas Field Office 
Project, Resource Management Plan,

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Implementation, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality/
riparian impacts from livestock and roads, and the sustain ability of 
rangeland management under the preferred alternative. EPA recommended 
reductions in grazing in areas not meeting range health standards, and 
additional acreage designated for special management. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060237, ERP No. D-AFS-L65514-AK, Traitors Cove Timber Sale 
Project, Timber Harvest and Road Construction, Implementation, 
Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, Tongas 
National Forest, AK.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about cumulative impacts to the 
watershed from the proposed action, as well as, past actions. The Final 
EIS should include modifications or mitigation for these impacts. 
Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20060241, ERP No. D-AFS-L65516-WA, Olympic National Forest, 
Beyond Prevention: Site-Specific Invasive Plant Treatment Project, 
Implementation, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason Counties, 
WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about aquatic 
invasive plant infestations and how these would be treated to prevent 
deterioration of water quality. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20060245, ERP No. D-FHW-E40807-SC, Interstate 73 Southern 
Project, Construction from I-95 to the Myrtle Beach Region, Funding, 
NPDES Permit, U.S. Coast Guard Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 404 
Permit, Dillon, Horry and Marion Counties, SC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to wetlands and the Little Pee Dee River Heritage Preserve as 
well as noise impacts and environmental justice issues. Potential 
indirect impacts to wildlife habitat acreage is also a concern. Rating 
EC1.

EIS No. 20060256, ERP No. D-AFS-K65312-CA, Pilgrim Vegetation 
Management Project, Proposes Commercial Thinning/Sanitation, Shasta-
Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about human and non-target species 
exposure to Borax and the effects of the project on sensitive species. 
EPA recommended the project design include road improvements to address 
identified sedimentation and erosion concerns. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060257, ERP No. D-AFS-L61232-AK, Helicopter Access to Conduct 
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) in Wilderness, Implementation, 
Tongas and Chugach National Forest, AK.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060250, ERP No. F-FHW-E40798-NC, Greensboro-High Point Road 
(NC-1486-NC-4121) Improvements from U.S. 311 (I-74) to Hilltop Road 
(NC-1424), Funding, Cities of Greensboro and High Point, Town of 
Jamestown, Guilford County, NC.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
protection of surface water quality within the Randleman Reservoir 
watershed. EPA also has concerns regarding construction-related mobile 
source air toxic as well as impacts to migratory birds.

EIS No. 20060289, ERP No. F-AFS-L65509-WA, School Fire Salvage Recovery 
Project, Salvage Harvest Fire-Killed (dead) and Fire-Damaged (dying) 
Trees, Implementation, Pomeroy Ranger District, Umatilla National 
Forest, Columbia and Garfield Counties, WA.

    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns about increased sediment 
in streams, mass wasting and uncertainties associated with using the 
WEPP model to predict sediment loading.

EIS No. 20060301, ERP No. F-NPS-L65491-ID, Minidoka Internment National 
Monument (Former Minidoka Relocation Center), General Management Plan, 
Implementation, Jerome County, ID.

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

    Dated: August 15, 2006.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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