[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 17 (Friday, January 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3845-3846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1236]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6683-5]


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. 20060298, ERP No. D-AFS-J61109-CO, Arapahoe Basin 2006 
Improvement Plan, Enhancing the Recreational Experience Addressing 
Lifts, Parking, and Terrain Network, Montezuma Bowl, Implementation, 
U.S. Army COE 404 Permit, White River National Forest, Summit County, 
CO

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about adverse impacts 
to high-altitude wetlands and the lack of sufficient information to 
determine whether less damaging alternatives might exist.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20060360, ERP No. D-AFS-L65522-WA, Gifford-Pinchot National 
Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Washington 
Portion) Site-Specific Invasive Plant Treatment Project, 
Implementation, Skamania, Cowlitz, Lewis, Clark, Klickitat Counties, WA

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20060427, ERP No. D-BLM-G65101-NM, Special Status Species 
Resource Management Plan Amendment, Managing Public Land and Federal 
Minerals in Portions of Chaves, Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt Counties, NM

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action as described in 
the DEIS.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20060430, ERP No. D-BLM-J65473-WY, Eagle Butte West Coal Lease 
Application, Issuance of Lease for a Tract of Federal Coal, Wyoming 
Powder River Basin, Campbell County, WY

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental and human health concerns 
about the potential for cumulative air quality impacts to exceed NAAQS 
thresholds for PM10. In addition, we have concerns about the proximity 
of the mining operation to homes and an elementary school. EPA 
recommended the FEIS include an implementation plan for mitigation and 
monitoring measures to minimize exposure to particulates and 
NO2 for children at the elementary school.

 Rating EC2

EIS No. 20060457, ERP No. D-COE-G32060-TX, Brazos Harbor Navigation 
District Project, Proposed Port Freeport Channel Widening to the 
Entrance and Jetty Reach of the Freeport Harbor Jetty Channel and 
Entrance, Brazoria County, TX

    Summary: EPA does not object to the implementation of the preferred 
alternative.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20060434, ERP No. DS-AFS7-L65508-AK, Kenai Winter Access 
Project, Updated Information on New Alternative, Develop a Winter 
Access Management Plan for 2006/2007 Winter Season, Implementation, 
Seward Ranger District, Chugach National Forest, Located on the Kenai 
Peninsula in South Central, AK

    Summary: EPA has no additional comments on the Supplement to the 
Draft EIS.

 Rating LO

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060466, ERP No. F-BLM-J01080-WY, Pit 14 Coal Lease-by-
Application Project, Black Butte Coal Mine, Surface Mining Operations, 
Federal Coal Lease Application WYW160394, Sweetwater County, WY

    Summary: The Final EIS adequately addressed EPA's concerns about 
moving the coal hopper and quantifying the mercury content of Black 
Butte coal in relation to other WY and U.S. coal. While mitigation 
strategies for the control of fugitive dust from mining operations and 
roads were discussed, we encourage the use of adaptive management to 
further reduce fugitive dust.

EIS No. 20060497, ERP No. F-FRC-E03015-MS, Clean Energy Liquefied 
Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal and Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities, 
Construction and Operation, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits 
(FERC/EIS-0192D), Port of Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to air quality, and recommended additional analyses that fully 
considers all existing and proposed air emission sources in the air 
quality modeling, as well as the Breton Class I area visibility study. 
EPA also recommended that additional analyses regarding thermal 
radiation and flammable vapor hazard scenarios be provided to more 
clearly demonstrate the conclusion of insignificant risk.

EIS No. 20060519, ERP No. F-AFS-J65444-MT, Gallatin National Forest, 
Proposed Travel Management Plan, Implementation, Forest Land and 
Resource Management, Madison,

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Gallatin, Park, Meagher, Sweetgrass and Carbon Counties, MT

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about 
potential effects to water quality, fisheries, wildlife and other 
resources from roads and motorized uses.

EIS No. 20060529, ERP No. F-AFS-L65517-0R, Maury Mountains Allotment 
Management Plan, To Implement or Eliminate Livestock Grazing in Six 
Allotments in the Maury Mountains of the Ochoco National Forest, 
Prineville, OR

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

    Dated: January 23, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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