[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50410-50411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14150]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6678-6]


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 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060069, ERP No. D-FHW-K40260-CA, Interstate 5/Cosumnes River 
Boulevard Interchange Project, Extension of Cosumnes River Boulevard 
from Franklin Boulevard to Freeport Boulevard with an Interchange at 
Interstate 5, South of the Pocket/Meadowview Road Interchange and North 
of the Laguna Boulevard Interchange, City of Sacramento, Sacramento 
County, CA.

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

EIS No. 20060162, ERP No. D-FHW-G40189-00, TIER 1--DEIS Trans-Texas 
Corridor--35 (TTC-35) System, Improvement to International, Interstate 
and Intrastate Movement of Goods and People, Oklahoma-Mexico/Gulf Coast 
Element.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality and 
water quality impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060192, ERP No. D-AFS-L65511-ID, Myrtle Creek Healthy Forest 
Restoration Act Project, Proposes Aquatic and Vegetation Improvement 
Treatments, Panhandle National Forests, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, 
City of Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, ID.

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

EIS No. 20060200, ERP No. D-COE-F39140-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Ohio River 
Mainstem System Study, System Investment Plan (SIP) for Maintaining 
Safe, Environmentally Sustainable and Reliable Navigation on the Ohio 
River, IL, IN, OH, KY, PA and WV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about how 
implementation of the System Investment Plan would influence the 
ecological future of the Ohio River System, and requested additional 
information regarding adaptive management, institutional arrangements, 
environmental justice, cumulative impact analysis, mitigation, and 
water quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060238, ERP No. D-NRS-H34031-00, West Tarkio Creek Watershed 
Plan, Construction of a Multiple-Purpose Structure for Rural Water 
Supply, Recreational Opportunities and Agricultural Pollution Control, 
Page, Montgomery and Fremont Counties, IA and Atchison County, MO.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project, but 
recommended that the Final EIS provide additional clarification on 
several issues, including the range of reasonable alternatives and 
cumulative impacts. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060266, ERP No. D-FTA-G40190-TX, North Corridor Fixed 
Guideway Project, Propose Transit Improvements from University of 
Houston (UH)-Downtown Station to Northline Mall, Harris County, TX.

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

EIS No. 20060007, ERP No. DS-COE-B32009-MA, Boston Harbor Inner Harbor 
Maintenance Dredging Project, Updated Information, Boston Harbor, 
Mystic River and Chelsea River, MA.

    Summary: EPA requested additional information concerning impacts to 
winter flounder spawning and anadromous fish migration and measures 
that could be taken to avoid those impacts. EPA also made suggestions 
concerning water quality monitoring during project implementation and 
offered to participate in a workgroup to develop an appropriately 
scaled sampling effort. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060226, ERP No. F-FHW-K40249-CA, Lincoln Bypass Construction, 
South of Industrial Boulevard to North of Riosa Road, Funding and US 
Army COE Section 404 Permit, Issuance, Placer County, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
proposed project because of potential impacts to aquatic resources, 
recommends that FHWA clarify the full extent.

EIS No. 20060244, ERP No. F-IBR-K65285-CA, San Luis Drainage Feature 
Re-evaluation Project, Provide Agricultural Drainage Service to the San 
Luis Unit, Several Counties, CA.


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    Summary: EPA was supportive of the selection of the Drainage 
Impaired Land Retirement Alternative, but expressed environmental 
concerns about treatment methods to remove selenium from drainage water 
and potential impacts to air quality. EPA requested additional analysis 
and monitoring commitments prior to implementation of any alternative 
and expressed continued objections if an out of valley alternative.

EIS No. 20060259, ERP No. F-BLM-J02042-UT, Uinta Basin Natural Gas 
Project, Proposal to Produce and Transport Natural Gas in the Atchee 
Wash Oil and Gas Production Region, Resource Development Group, Right-
of-Way Grant, U.S. COE Section 404 Permit and Endangered Species Act 
Permit, Uintah County, UT.

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

EIS No. 20060263, ERP No. F-BIA-F65058-MI, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of 
Potawatomi Indians (the Tribe), Proposes Fee-to-Trust Transfer and 
Casino Project, Calhoun County, MI.

    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20060332, ERP No. FC-NOA-E86002-00, Amendment 26 to the Gulf of 
Mexico Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing 
Quota (IFQ) Program to Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Red 
Snapper Fishery.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20060228, ERP No. FS-COE-B32009-MA, Boston Harbor Inner Harbor 
Maintenance Dredging Project, Updated Information, Boston Harbor, 
Mystic River and Chelsea River, MA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: August 22, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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