[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60508-60509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17014]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6680-2]


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. 20060084, ERP No. D-AFS-K65302-CA, Commercial Park Stock Permit 
Reissuance for the Sierra National Forest and Trail Management Plan for 
the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, Application Reissuance Special-Use-Permit, 
Mariposa, Madera and Fresno Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the adverse 
impacts of sediment and manure to water quality. Alternative 3--
Destination Management offers the best remedy and should be given 
additional consideration. The final EIS should include a detailed 
monitoring and enforcement plan.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060181, ERP No. D-BLM-K08031-00, Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 
Transmission Line Project, Construction and Operation a New 230-mile 
500 kV Electric Transmission Line between Devers Substation in 
California and Harquahala Generating Substation in Arizona.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential 
impacts to wetlands and air quality. The final EIS should include a 
more detailed discussion of cumulative impacts to air quality and 
riparian habitat.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060321, ERP No. D-AFS-K65318-CA, Diamond Vegetation 
Management Project, To Shift Existing Conditions Toward Desired Future 
Conditions, MT. Hough Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, Plumas 
County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
water quality and requested additional information on cumulative 
watershed effects in Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas. The final EIS 
should include mitigation measures to further reduce erosion from 
roads, stream bank instability and channel erosion.
    Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060281, ERP No. F-NPS-K39095-CA, Furnace Creek Water 
Collection System, Reconstruction, Death Valley National Park, 
Implementation, Inyo County, CA.

    Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's concerns with a discharge of 
reverse osmosis residuals into Furnace Creek; therefore, EPA has no 
objections to the project.

EIS No. 20060288, ERP No. F-FTA-K54030-CA, Warm Springs Extension, 
Proposing 5.4 mile Extension of the BART System in the City of Fremont, 
Funding, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Alameda County, 
CA.

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

EIS No. 20060367, ERP No. F-FHW-J40172-UT, Syracuse Road 1000 West to 
2000 West, Transportation Improvements, Funding and U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit, Syracus City, Davis County, UT.

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


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    Dated: October 10, 2006.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-17014 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]
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