[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 96 (Friday, May 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28043-28044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9589]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6687-1]


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 the Federal Register dated 
April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070003, ERP No. D-AFS-L65530-AK, Tongass Land and Resource 
Management Plan, Plan Amendment, Implementation, Tongass National 
Forest, AK.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
water quality and aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070019, ERP No. D-FHW-G40192-TX, Grand Parkway/State Highway 
99 Improvement Project, Segment G, from Interstate Highway (IH) 45 to 
US 59, Funding, Right-of-Way Grant, U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 
Harris and Montgomery Counties, TX.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
wetlands, streams, and air quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070067, ERP No. D-SFW-C64004-PR, Vieques National Wildlife 
Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, Vieques, PR.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed management plan for 
restoration and operation of new refuge on Vieques, PR. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20070073, ERP No. D-IBR-K39106-00, Colorado River Interim 
Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for 
Lake Powell and Lake Mead, Implementation, Colorado River, CO and CA.

    Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about adverse impacts 
of reduced water availability on beneficial uses and the need for 
additional information on the effects of climate change, banking of 
conserved water, and monitoring. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060539, ERP No. DE-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), Addresses the Effects of an Additional No-Action Alternative to 
the (July 2006) Draft Supplement and to the (2004) Final Supplemental 
EIS, Northwest Forest Plan, OR, WA, and CA.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed project. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20070098, ERP No. DS-AFS-J65417-MT, Frenchtown Face Ecosystem 
Restoration Project, Additional Information Maintenance and Improvement 
of Forest Health, Risk Reduction of Damage Insects and Disease, Lolo 
National Forest, Ninemile Ranger District, Missoula, MT.

    Summary: While EPA expressed environmental concerns about short-
term effects to 303(d) listed waters, we believe that watershed 
restoration activities included in the project would likely result in 
overall water quality improvement in the long-term. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070129, ERP No. DS-NOA-A91061-00, Atlantic Mackerel, Squid 
and Butterfish, Fishery Management Plan, Amendment 9, 
Implementation, Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), Exclusive Economic 
Zone(EEZ).

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070035, ERP No. F-RUS-J03019-MT, Highwood Generating Station, 
250-megawatt Coal Fired Power Plant and 6MW of Wind Generation at a 
Site near Great Falls, Construction and Operation, Licenses Permit, 
U.S. Army COE Section 10 Permit, Cascade County, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for visibility impairment to Class I wilderness areas, and recommended 
the implementation of mitigation to reduce visibility impairments.

EIS No. 20070100, ERP No. F-AFS-J65448-UT, West Bear Vegetation 
Management Project, Timber Harvesting, Prescribed Burning, Roads 
Construction, Township 1 North, Range 9 East, Salt Lake Principle 
Meridian, Evanston Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 
Summit County, UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to express concern about the need for an 
effective environmental impact monitoring plan and an adaptive 
management program.

EIS No. 20070107, ERP No. F-USA-G15000-TX, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 
Project, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Actions and Other 
Transformation Activities, Implementation, City of San Antonio, TX.

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

EIS No. 20070108, ERP No. F-AFS-L65519-AK, Scratchings Timber Sale 
Project, Timber Harvest up to Approximately 42 Million Board Feet, 
Suemez Island, Craig Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, AK.

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about the 
potential for cumulative adverse

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impacts on water quality and high quality salmon fisheries, as well as 
additional impacts to the Dolores watershed.

EIS No. 20070110, ERP No. F-FHW-F40432-MN, Trunk Highway 23 
Improvements Project, From 0.25 Miles West of CSAH 6 in Kandiyohi 
County to 0.3 Miles Southwest of CSAH 123 Stearns County, City of 
Paynesville, Kandiyohi and Stearns Counties, MN.

    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about impacts to public 
drinking water supply wells and the lack of specific mitigation 
commitments. EPA recommends the ROD provides firm mitigation 
commitments.

EIS No. 20070118, ERP No. F-IBR-K36146-CA, Folsom Dam Safety and Flood 
Damage Reduction Project, Addressing Hydrologic, Seismic, Static, and 
Flood Management Issues, Sacramento, El Dorado, and Placer Counties, 
CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concern about 
potential water quality impacts from future actions associated with 
this project.

EIS No. 20070127, ERP No. F-NPS-C80015-00, Ellis Island and Statue of 
Liberty National Monument Development Concept Plan, Long-Term 
Rehabilitation and Reuse for Historic Buildings, Implementation, New 
York Harbor, NY and NJ.

    Summary: EPA does not anticipate that implementation of the 
preferred alternative will result in significant adverse impacts to the 
environment.

EIS No. 20070138, ERP No. F-NPS-F61023-OH, Dayton Aviation Heritage 
National Historical Park, General Management Plan Amendment, 
Implementation, Dayton, OH.

    Summary: EPA's previous issues have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20070102, ERP No. FS-COE-G11035-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Fort Bliss 
Texas and New Mexico Mission and Master Plan, To Modify Current Land 
Use, EL Paso, TX and Dona Ana and Otero Counties, NM.

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

EIS No. 20070167, ERP No. FS-AFS-F65047-IN, German Ridge Restoration 
Project, New Information on 2006 Land and Resource Management Plan and 
on the Inadequate Effects Analysis, Implementation, Hoosier National 
Forest, Tell City Ranger District, Perry County, IN.

    Summary: EPA's previous issues have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: May 15, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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