[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35704-35705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12651]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6688-5]


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. 20070055, ERP No. D-AFS-L65534-ID, Idaho Cobalt Project, 
Development of Two Underground Mines, a Waste Disposal Site and 
Associated Facilities, Approval of Plan-of-Operation, Salmon-Cobalt 
Ranger District, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Lemhi County, ID.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts to 
fishery and cultural resources and impacts related to contaminated 
soils. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070103, ERP No. D-FHW-C50015-NY, Kosciuszko Bridge Project, 
Proposed Rehabilitation or Replacement a 1.1 mile Segment Brooklyn-
Queens Expressway (-278) from Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn and the Long 
Island Expressway (1495) in Queens, Kings and Queens Counties, NY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential air 
quality impacts, and requested additional information and mitigation. 
Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070132, ERP No. D-AFS-J61111-00, Yellowstone and Grand Teton 
National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, 
Winter Use Plan, To Provide a Framework for Managing Winter Use 
Activities, Implementation, Fremont County, ID, Gallatin and Park 
Counties, MT Park and Teton Counties, WY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality, 
natural soundscapes, and wildlife. EPA believes that the preferred 
alternative should be modified or a different alternative should be 
selected that meets the National Park Service's adaptive management 
thresholds and its resource protection directives. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070171, ERP No. D-FRC-K03030-00, Phoenix Expansion Project, 
Construction and Operation of Existing Natural Gas Transmission 
Pipeline, Right-of-Way Grant and Temporary Use Permit, San Juan and 
McKinley Counties, NM and Pinal and Maricopa Counties, AZ.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to air quality, aquatic resources, and endangered species. EPA 
recommended that the FEIS provide additional information regarding 
alternatives and identify, and commit to, opportunities for minimizing 
impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070172, ERP No. D-FRC-G03035-00, Southeast Supply Header 
Project, Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities, 
Located in various Counties and Parishes in LA, MS and AL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to wetlands and air quality, and recommended additional 
analyses to be included in the Final EIS. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070174, ERP No. D-BPA-L91029-WA, Chief Joseph Hatchery 
Program, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of a Chinook Salmon 
Hatchery Production Program, Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation (Colville Tribes), Okanogan River and Columbia River, 
Okanogan County, WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about discharge water 
quality and requested additional information regarding the 
applicability of state and tribal water quality standards. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070051, ERP No. DS-COE-E32070-MS, Gulfport Harbor Navigation 
Channel Project, Updated Information on Providing Safe and Unrestricted 
Navigation into and out of Gulfport Harbor, Harrison County, MS.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
biological resources. EPA requested additional information to ensure 
that the dredged material to be disposed meets the relevant Ocean 
Dumping Criteria. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070087, ERP No. F-FTA-E40775-FL, Miami North Corridor 
Project, Build Alternative is Selected, Transit Improvement between NW 
62 Street at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Station and NW 215th Street at 
the

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Dade/Broward Counties Line, Funding, Dade County, FL.

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about 
noise impact, EJ impacts and impacts related to contaminated sites. EPA 
requested that additional mitigation be discussed in the ROD.

EIS No. 20070191, ERP No. F-FAA-G11049-NM, ADOPTION--New Mexico 
Training Initiative, Proposal to Modify the Training Airspace New 
Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), NM.

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

EIS No. 20070192, ERP No. F-AFS-G65095-NM, Buckman Water Diversion 
Project, Proposal to Divert Water from Rio Grande and San Juan-Chama 
Project, To Meet Water Supply Needs, Sante Fe National Forest and Taos 
Field Office, Sante Fe County, NM.

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

EIS No. 20070193, ERP No. FS-FAA-G11048-00, ADOPTION--Realistic Bomber 
Training Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake Vortices on Surface 
Structures, Dyess Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.

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

    Dated: June 26, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-12651 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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