[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57503-57504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16056]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6679-7]


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

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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. 20060233, ERP No. D-FHW-C40336-NY, Long Island Expressway (LIE) 
Rest Area Upgrade Project, Upgrading the Existing Rest Area from Route 
1-495/Long Island Expressway between Exits 51 and 52, Funding, Suffolk 
County, NY

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

EIS No. 20060246, ERP No. D-NRC-C06016-NJ, GENERIC--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants Regarding Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 
Supplement 28 to NUREG-1437, Located adjacent to Barnegat Bay, Lacy and 
Ocean Townships, Ocean County, NJ

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding compliance 
with Section 316 of the Clean Water Act, impacts due to entrainment and 
impingement of fish and shellfish, and impacts to aquatic systems from 
heat shock. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060262, ERP No. D-SFW-K65313-CA, San Joaquin Valley 
Operations and Maintenance Program Habitat Conservation Plan, 
Application for Incidental Take Permits, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, 
Merced, Fresno, Kings, Kern Mariposa, Madera and Tulare Counties, CA

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
listed species due to temporary disturbances and recommended the use of 
enhanced compensation ratios. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060264, ERP No. D-AFS-J65465-WY, Lower Valley Energy (LVE) 
Natural Gas Pipeline Project, Construction and Operation of a 
Pressurized Natural Gas Pipeline, Special-Use-Authorization, Big Piney 
and Jackson Ranger Districts, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Sublette 
and Teton Counties, WY

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to wetlands, vegetation, and riparian habitat in the 
pipeline disturbance corridor. EPA suggests that the Final EIS include 
additional BMPs that avoid or reduce impacts to wetlands and that 
controls on compressor engines or the use of electric motors be 
considered to reduce potential air quality impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060272, ERP No. D-COE-E11060-NC, West Onslow Beach and New 
River Inlet (Topsail Beach) Shore Protection Project, Storm Damages and 
Beach Erosion Reduction, Funding, Pender County, NC

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the long-term 
consequences of the proposal to dredge sand onto the eroding shoreline 
of Top Sail Beach. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20060317, ERP No. D-FHW-C40168-NY, NY Route 347 Safety and 
Mobility Improvement Project, from Northern State Parkway to NY Route 
25A, Funding, Towns of Smithtown, Islip and Brookhaven, Suffolk County, 
NY

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

EIS No. 20060318, ERP No. D-FHW-E40810-NC, Greenville Southwest Bypass 
Study, Transportation Improvements to NC 11 and U.S. 264 Business, U.S. 
Army COE Section 404 Permit, Pitt County, NC

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about high stream and 
wetland impacts, potential impact to a historic district, potential 
indirect and cumulative impacts to water quality, and socio-economic 
impacts to farmlands and residential relocations. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060270, ERP No. DA-COE-E39054-FL, Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow 
Protection, Interim Operation Plan (IOP), Additional Information 
Alternative 7, Providing Additional Flood Control Capacity, 
Implementation, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, FL

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about long-term 
compliance with state/federal water quality standards. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060314, ERP No. F-SFW-K39087-CA, Bair Island Restoration and 
Management Plan, Tidal Action Restoration, Don Edwards San Francisco 
Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Bair Island State Ecological Reserve, 
South San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County, CA

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20060351, ERP No. F-FRC-G03031-00, Carthage to Perryville 
Project, Construction and Operation of a Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities, Center Point Energy Gas Transmission, Located in various 
counties and parishes in eastern Texas and northern Louisiana

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency 
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    Dated: September 25, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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