[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 32 (Friday, February 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7651-7652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2734]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6684-2]


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. 20060045, ERP No. D-AFS-L65504-ID, Payette National Forest 
Travel Management Plan, Designate a System of Road, Trails and Areas 
Open to Motorized and Non-Motorized Use, Implementation, Adam, 
Washington, Idaho, Valley Counties, ID
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about impacts to the 
public water supply, impaired streams and aquatic habitat. Rating EC1.
    EIS No. 20060401, ERP No. D-FRC-K05062-CA, Oroville Facilities 
Project, Issuing an New Federal License to Continue Hydroelectric Power 
(FERC No. 2100), Feather River, Sierra Nevada, Butte County, CA
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential water 
quality impacts and the method of analysis used to assess impacts of 
the no-action alternative, and requested additional information 
regarding consultation with tribal governments and the analysis of 
cumulative impacts. Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20060406, ERP No. D-BLM-L65524-PA, Bay Resource Management 
Plan, Implementation, Located within the Bristol Bay and Goodnews Bay 
Areas, AK
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for adverse impacts regarding the limited number of special 
designations in the preferred alternative; effectiveness of proposed 
Required Operating Procedures (ROPs) and Stipulations, especially in 
regard to future management of lands open to mineral, oil, and gas 
exploration and development. Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20060449, ERP No. D-AFS-L65526-ID, Salmon-Challis National 
Forest, Lost River/Lemhi Grazing Allotments, To Improve Range

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Condition and Trend, Lost River and Challis Ranger Districts, Salmon-
Challis National Forest, Butte, Clark, Custer and Lemhi Counties, ID
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for adverse impacts to streams that are currently 303(d) listed for 
temperature, sediment and other water quality criteria. Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20060486, ERP No. D-NPS-D65038-MD, White-Tailed Deer 
Management Plan, Implementation, Catoctin Mountain Park, Frederick and 
Washington Counties, MD
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
    EIS No. 20060274, ERP No. DD-AFS-L65155-00, Northern Spotted Owl 
Management Plan, Removal or the Modification to the Survey and Manage 
Mitigation Measures, Standards and Guidelines (to the Northwest Forest 
Plan) New Information to Address Three Deficiencies in Final 
Supplemental EIS (2004), Northwest Forest Plan, OR, WA, and CA
    Summary: The analysis in EIS provides adequate support for the 
decision to add individual species to the agencies' Special Status 
Species Program (SSSP) lists, and provides important information for 
developing future land management and species conservation decisions. 
EPA encourages the agencies to fully support and regularly update the 
SSSP programs, and consider the importance of the current network of 
late successional forests in late-successional species' persistence and 
viability. Rating LO.
    EIS No. 20060307, ERP No. DS-FHW-L40222-WA, WA-99 Alaskan Way 
Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project, Additional Information and 
Evaluation of Construction Plan, Provide Transportation Facility and 
Seawall with Improved Earthquake Resistence, U.S. Army COE Section 10 
and 404 Permits, Seattle, WA
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air 
quality and human health during construction, and recommends the 
development of an air quality construction mitigation plan. Rating EC2.

FINAL EISs

    EIS No. 20060451, ERP No. F-CGD-B03015-MA, Neptune Liquefied 
Natural Gas (LNG), Construction and Operation, Deepwater Port License 
Application, (Docket Number USCG-2004-22611) Massachusetts Bay, 
Gloucester and Boston, MA
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action, but offered 
comments that can be addressed in the Record of Decision and the 
remainder of the licensing process.
    EIS No. 20060495, ERP No. F-FHW-L40226-WA, WA-28
    Eastside Corridor Project, Proposal to Improve WA-28 (Sunset 
Highway) Corridor from WA-2-97 (Ocdabashian Bridge) to 9th Street NE. 
in East Wenatcheee, City of East Wenatchee, Douglas County, WA
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about the 
preferred alternative's (3B) impacts on air quality and wetlands.
    EIS No. 20060515, ERP No. F-FHW-C40161-NY, NY-17 Parksville/SH-
5223, Liberty-County Line, Part 1 Construction and Reconstruction to 
Interstate Standards, Funding and U.S. Army COE Permit Issuance, Town 
of Liberty, Sullivan County, NY
    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative.
    EIS No. 20060531, ERP No. F-FRC-L05236-0R, Clackamas River 
Hydroelectric Project, Application for Relicensing of an Existing 173 
megawatt(MS) Project, (FERC No. 2195-011) Clackamas River Basin, 
Clackamas County, OR
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about 
temperature and dissolved oxygen impacts and recommends that FERC work 
with ODEQ to assure water quality standards will be met.
    EIS No. 20060545, ERP No. F-FTA-G40191-TX, Southeast Corridor 
Project, Proposed Fixed-Guideway Transit System, Funding, Metropolitan 
Transit Authority (METRO) of Harris County, Houston, Harris County, TX
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
    EIS No. 20070002, ERP No. F-FHW-F40420-MN, I-94/TH-10 Interregional 
Connection from St. Cloud to Becker Transportation Improvements, 
Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Sherurne, Stearns, and 
Wright Counties, MN
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to water quality, wetlands, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and 
floodplains as well as potential cumulative impacts to the Mississippi 
Riverway.
    EIS No. 20070005, ERP No. F-IBR-K39082-AZ, Welton-Mohawk Title 
Transfer Project, Transfer of the Facilities, Works, and Lands of the 
Welton Mohawk Division of the Gila Project, Welton-Mohawk Irrigation 
and Drainage District, Yuma County, AZ
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    EIS No. 20070009, ERP No. F-AFS-K65317-CA, Antelope-Pardee 500kV 
Transmission Project, Construct, Operate and Maintain a New 25.6 mile 
500kV Transmission Line, Right-of-Way Permit and Special Use 
Authorization, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, CA
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: February 12, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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