[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 86 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25301-25302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8531]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6686-6]


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 6, 2007 (72 FR 
17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060414, ERP No. D-USA-J11022-CO, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site 
(PCMS) Transformation Program, Implementation, Base Realignment and 
Closure Activities, Fort Carson, Las Animas, Otero and Huerfano 
Counties, CO.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts, water quality impacts and impacts to wildlife and vegetation, 
and requested additional information on energy conservation and 
pollution prevention.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060510, ERP No. D-NRC-B06006-MA, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 29 to NUREG-1437, Regarding the License 
Renewal of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Cape Cod Bay, Town of 
Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about entrainment and 
impingement impacts and cooling water discharge impacts, and requested 
additional information on thermal backwash operations, the fish return 
system, and mitigation.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060521, ERP No. D-NRC-B06007-VT, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 30 to NUREG-1437, Regarding Vermont Yankee 
Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, VT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts related 
to entrainment and impingement of fish and other aquatic organisms, and 
impacts from heat shock.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070044, ERP No. D-AFS-G65104-NM, Surface Management of Gas 
Leasing and Development, Proposes to Amend the Forest Plan include 
Standard and Guidelines Related to Gas Leasing and Development in the 
Jicarilla Ranger District, Carson National Forest, Rio Arriba County, 
NM.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

Rating LO.

EIS No. 20070047, ERP No. D-COE-F09803-MN, Minnesota Steel Project, 
Construction and Operation of an Open Pit Taconite Mine Facilities, 
Concentrator, Pellet Plant, Direct Reduced Iron Plant and Steel Mill 
Project, located west of Nashwauk, Itasca County, MN.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetlands 
impacts and the proposed mitigation, as well as impacts to water and 
air quality and tribal resource uses.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070084, ERP No. D-BPA-L08065-WA, Port Angeles--Juan de Fuca 
Transmission Project, Construct a 550-Megawatt Direct Current Cable 
from Victoria, British Columbia, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to 
Port Angeles, Presidential Permit, Clallam County, WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the

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potential for sediment discharge and increased turbidity in the Strait 
of Juan de Fuca and Harbor, as well as degradation of water quality 
within marine waters and creeks that are currently listed under the 
Clean Water Act Section 303(d) for low dissolved oxygen and fecal 
coliform.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070092, ERP No. DC-COE-E36167-FL, Central and Southern 
Florida Project, Tamiami Trail Modifications, Modified Water Deliveries 
to Everglades National Park, Acquisition of Real Estate Rights to 
Portions of Privately Owned Properties along the Tamiami Trail, Dade 
County, FL.

    Summary: EPA continues to support the proposed partial bridging and 
elevation of Tamiami Trail as a component of Everglades restoration, 
and has no objection to the proposed project.

Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070029, ERP No. F-GSA-B40096-ME, Madawaska Border Station 
Project, Replacement of Existing Border Station in Madawaska, Selected 
the Build Alternative, International Border between United States and 
Canada, Aroostook County, ME

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project, and continues 
to encourage the GSA to further investigate an anti-idling program for 
the project.

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division Office of Federal Activities.
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