[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 36 (Friday, February 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8153-8154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3113]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6684-4]


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

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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. 20060155, ERP No. D-NPS-J65461-CO, Great Sand Dunes 
National and Preserve. General Management Plan/Wilderness Study, 
Implementation, Alamos and Saguache Counties, CO.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
    EIS No. 20060203, ERP No. D-BLM-J01081-WY, Maysdorf Coal Lease by 
Application (LBA) Tract, (Federal Coal Application WYW154432), 
Implementation, Campbell Counties, WY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for adverse impacts to air quality. The Final EIS should include 
information demonstrating how compliance with national air quality 
standards for particulate matter will be achieved and as well as a more 
detailed mitigation plan. Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20060380, ERP No. D-AFS-J67033-CO, Robin Redbreast 
Unpatented Lode Claim Mining Plan of Operations, Implementation, U.S. 
Army COE Section 404 Permit, Located above the Middle Fork of the 
Cimarron River within the Uncompahgre Wilderness, Ouray Ranger 
District, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, 
Hinsdale County, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
water quality from acid mine drainage. The Final EIS should include 
additional analysis of groundwater conditions and flow rates and more 
information regarding water treatment to meet water quality criteria. 
Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20060526, ERP No. D-AFS-G65102-NM, Canadian River Tamarisk 
Control, Proposes to Control the Nonnative Invasive Species Tamarisk 
(also Known as salt cedar) Cibola National Forest, Canadian River, 
Harding and Mora Counties, New Mexico.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the selection of the preferred 
alternative. Rating LO.

Final EISs

    EIS No. 20060513, ERP No. F-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: The final EIS addressed EPA's previous concerns related to 
alternatives, visitation impacts and safety. The Final EIS also 
included a comprehensive analysis of existing conditions and actions to 
improve water quality, habitat and mitigation for wetlands impacts.
    EIS No. 20060516, ERP No. F-AFS-J65423-UT, Reissuance of 10-Year 
Term Grazing Permits to Continue Authorize Grazing on Eight Cattle 
Allotments, Permit Reissuing, Beaver Mountain Tushar Range, Millard, 
Piute, Garfield, Beaver and Iron Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about the 
potential for impacts to water quality and aquatic resources.
    EIS No. 20060520, ERP No. F-AFS-J65449-UT, Fishlake National Forest 
Off-Highway Vehicle Route Designation Project, Proposes to Designate a 
System of Motorized Road, Trails, and Areas to Revise and Update the 
Existing Motorized Travel Plan, UT.
    Summary: The Final EIS was responsive to EPA's previous concerns 
about the cumulative impacts analysis and the analysis of existing 
conditions by adding summary information from integrated riparian 
surveys and forest monitoring reports.
    EIS No. 20060524, ERP No. F-NRC-D03004-VA, Early Site Permit (ESP) 
at the North Anna Power Station ESP Site (TAC No. MC1128), New and 
Updated Information, Construction and Operation, NUREG-1811, Louisa 
County, VA.
    Summary: EPA's comments from the Draft EIS and Supplemental EIS 
were adequately addressed in the Final EIS.
    EIS No. 20070004, ERP No. F-NOA-L91028-AK, Alaska Groundfish 
Harvest Specifications Project, Establish Harvest Strategy for the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) 
Groundfish Fisheries, AK.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: February 20, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-3113 Filed 2-22-07; 8:45 am]
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