[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 26814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9138]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6686-8]


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. 20070033, ERP No. D-FTA-C54010-00, Access to the Region's Core 
Project, To Increase Trans-Hudson Commuter Rail Capacity, Improve 
System Safety and Reliability between Secaucus Junction Station in NJ 
and midtown Manhattan, Funding, Hudson County, NJ and New York County, 
NY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
wetlands and air quality. EPA recommends that FTA provides more 
information on cumulative impacts as well as a wetlands mitigation 
plan. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070078, ERP No. D-NPS-C61011-NY, Sagamore Hill National 
Historic Site, General Management Plan, Implementation, Oyster Bay, 
Nassau County, NY.

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

EIS No. 20070097, ERP No. D-NOA-A91075-00, Programmatic--Marine Mammal 
Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP), Day-to-Day Operation on 
Stranding, Response, Rehabilitation, Release, and Disentanglement 
Activities.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
    However, EPA did request that NMFS clarify questions pertaining to 
water quality, contaminants, and human health. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070057, ERP No. F-FHW-E40763-NC, Winston-Salem Northern 
Beltway, ( Eastern Section) U.S. 52 south to I-40 Business and I-40 
Business south to U.S. 311, Improvements to the Surface Transportation 
Network, TIP Project Nos. U2579 and U-2579A, Forsyth County, NC ( This 
EIS 20070057 and EIS 20070058 are combined in a 
single document.)

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to streams, terrestrial forest habitat, and impacts to migratory birds. 
EPA recommends that the Record of Decision disclose planned mitigation 
for these impacts.

EIS No. 20070106, ERP No. F-FRC-H03002-00, Rockies Express Western 
Phase Project, Construction and Operation for the Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities: Rockies Express (CP06-354-000), TransColorado (CP06-401-
000) and Overthrust (CP06-423-000), CO, WY, NE, KS, MO and NM.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project, but 
recommends additional consideration be given to potential invasive 
species transfer via hydrostatic testing.

    Dated: May 8, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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