[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 115 (Friday, June 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33220-33221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11575]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6688-1]


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 F.R. dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070147, ERP No. D-AFS-J65479-MT, Trapper Bunk House Land 
Stewardship Project, Reduce Risk from Stand-Replacing and 
Uncontrollable Fires, Improve Resiliency and Provide Forest Products, 
Fuel Reduction Research and Watershed Improvement, Bitterroot National 
Forest, Darby Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT.

    Summary: EPA supports project objectives to improve watersheds, 
reduce fire risk, improve vegetative resiliency, conduct fuel reduction 
research, and provide timber. However, EPA expressed environmental 
concerns about potential impacts to water quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070150, ERP No. D-FRC-F03010-WI, Gurardian Expansion and 
Extension Project, Construction and Operation Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities, Jefferson, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Calument, Brown, Walworth, 
Outagamie Counties, WI.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about water quality 
and wetland impacts and requested additional analysis and mitigation 
for these impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070152, ERP No. D-GSA-F60010-OH, Cincinnati National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Laboratories 
Consolidation, Site Selection, Hamilton and Clermont Counties, OH.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts, and water quality/wetland impacts, and requested additional 
information on mitigation. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070142, ERP No. F-BLM-J01081-WY, Maysdorf Coal Lease by 
Application (LBA) Tract, (Federal Coal Application WYW154432), 
Implementation, Campbell Counties, WY.

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

EIS No. 20070163, ERP No. F-BLM-L65518-ID, Eastside Township Fuels and 
Vegetation Project, Address the Forest Health, Fuels, Safety, and 
Watershed Issues, Elk City, Idaho County, ID.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
project due to impacts of short term sediment loading listed streams.

EIS No. 20070166, ERP No. F-AFS-L65498-ID, Newsome Creek Watershed 
Rehabilitation, Stream Restoration and Improvement and Decommissioning 
of Roads, Red River Ranger District, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho 
County, ID.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about mercury 
contamination impacts from past mining practices which could pose a

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threat to human health, fish and aquatic biota. The Record of Decision 
should include data on levels of mercury contamination in the project 
area and mitigation measures.

EIS No. 20070170, ERP No. F-NPS-E65081-FL, Castillo de San Marcos 
National Monument, General Management Plan, Implementation, City of St. 
Augustine, St. Johns County, FL.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the action as proposed. EIS No. 
20070173, ERP No. F-COE-E36184-FL, Central and Southern Florida 
Project, New Authorization for Broward County Water Preserve Areas, 
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan, (CERP), Broward County, FL.

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

EIS No. 20070178, ERP No. F-AFS-J65465-00, Kootenai National Forest 
Invasive Plant Management, Proposes to Manage Noxious Weed and Invasive 
Plant Species, Lincoln Sanders, Flathead Counties, MT and Bonner and 
Boundary Counties, ID.

    Summary: EPA supports the integrated weed management program; 
however, we continue to suggest the need for adequate mitigation 
measures during herbicide applications which could potentially 
adversely impact water quality and aquatic resources.

EIS No. 20070198, ERP No. F-HUD-L85028-WA, Westpark Redevelopment 
Master Plan, Redevelop of 82-acre Site to create a Mixed-Use, Mixed-
Income Pedestrian-Oriented Urban Community, Funding and US Army COE 
Section 10 Permit, City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA.

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

    Dated: 06/11/2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-11575 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
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