[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 81 (Friday, April 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21004-21005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8099]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL6686-4]


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 6, 2007 (72 FR 
17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060541, ERP No. D-BLM-L65529-ID, Pocatello Resource 
Management Plan, To Provide Direction for Managing Public Lands in the 
Idaho Falls Districts, Pocatello Field Office (PFO), Implementation, 
Several Counties, ID.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for adverse impacts to water quality, aquatic habitat and wildlife, 
additional roads and snowmobiles and off road vehicles. The Final EIS 
should consider mitigation to strengthen resource protection measures. 
Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060523, ERP No. DA-COE-E39050-FL, Herbert Hoover Dike Major 
Rehabilitation Project, To Reconstruct and Rehabilitate Reach 2 and 3, 
Supplement to the 1999 Draft EIS, Palm Beach, Glades and Martin 
Counties, FL.

    Summary: EPA supports the proposed rehabilitation of the Herbert 
Hoover Dike; however, EPA expressed environmental concerns about 
potential environmental impacts. Specifically, EPA expressed 
environmental concerns about potential impacts to wetlands, and 
requested additional information regarding the wetlands mitigation 
proposal. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20060512, ERP No. DS-BLM-J02038-WY, Pinedale Anticline Oil and 
Gas Exploration and Development Project, Updated Information on a 
Proposal for Long-Term Development with Year Round Drilling, Sublette 
County, WY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections about the project: 
The range of alternatives analyzed; adverse impacts to air quality; and 
adverse impacts to wildlife. EPA recommends that the Final EIS should 
consider available alternatives to mitigate significant impacts to the 
environment. Rating EO2.

EIS No. 20070064, ERP No. DS-FHW-G40129-AR, U.S. 67 Construction, U.S. 
67/167 to I-40 West/I-430 Interchange around the North Little Rock 
Metropolitan Area, New and Updated Information, Funding, Pulaski 
County, AR.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070143, ERP No. F-WPA-J08027-SD, White Wind Farm Project, 
Construct a Large Utility-Scale Wind-Powered Electric Energy Generating 
Facility, Sherman Township, Brookings County, SD.

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

EIS No. 20060522, ERP No. FA-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 supports implementation of the proposed operation 
plan, as it appears to be the best practicable solution to the Cape 
Sable Seaside Sparrow issue.

    Dated: April 24, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-8099 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]
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