[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 164 (Friday, August 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48635-48636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16824]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6690-3]


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. 20070205, ERP No. D-AFS-L65537-WA. Tripod Fire Salvage Project, 
Proposal to Salvage Harvest Dead Trees and Fire-Injured Trees Expected 
to Die Within One Year, Methow Valley and Tonasket Ranger Districts, 
Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests, Okanogan County, WA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project, but 
recommended expanding the purpose and need to include active 
restoration and monitoring survival of fire-damaged trees across the 
Tripod burn area to validate the proposed methodology for determining 
post fire tree mortality. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20070227, ERP No. D-NPS-K61166-CA. Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, Proposed Marin Headlands and Fort Baker Transportation 
Infrastructure and Management Plan, Implementation, Marin County, CA.

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

EIS No. 20070239, ERP No. D-AFS-K65329-CA. Sugarberry Project, Proposes 
to Protect Rural Communities from Fire Hazards by Constructing Fuel 
Breaks Known as Defensible Fuel Profile Zones (DFPZs), Feather River 
Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba Counties, 
CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about natural resource 
impacts, impacts to habitat fragmentation and cumulative effects. 
Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070248, ERP No. D-SFW-F65068-WI. Trempealeau National 
Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, 
located within the Mississippi River Valley, Buffalo and Trempealeau 
Counties, WI.

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

EIS No. 20070257, ERP No. D-FHW-F40195-MN. Tier 1 DEIS--Trunk Highway 
(TH) 41 Minnesota River Crossing, Construction of a New Minnesota River 
Crossing Connecting U.S. Highway 169 to New US Highway 212, U.S. Army 
COE section 10 and 404 Permits, Scott and Carver Counties, MN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections about impacts on 
calcareous fens and the low potential for successful mitigation. EPA 
also requested that a conceptual wetland mitigation plan be developed 
and included in the final EIS. Rating EO2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070249, ERP No. F-AFS-L65527-WA, Natapoc Ridge Restoration 
Project, To Improve Forest Health and Sustainability, and Reduce 
Wildfire and Hazardous Fuels, Wenatchee River Ranger District, 
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan County, WA.

    Summary: The Final EIS has addressed EPA's concerns about meeting 
the Aquatic Concervation Strategy objectives and sedimentation rates by 
including additional road improvements and aquatic resource mitigation 
measures.

EIS No. 20070259, ERP No. F-FHW-E40805-KY, Newtown Pike Extension 
Project, Road Connection from West Main Street to South Limestone 
Street in Lexington, Fayette County, KY

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
floodplains. EPA is also concerned with hazardous waste remediation for 
contaminated soil as well as potentially significant cumulative 
impacts.
EIS No. 20070290, ERP No. F-RUS-H05025-MO, Norborne Baseload Power 
Plant, Proposed Construction and Operation of a 660-megawatt Net Coal-
Fired Power Plant, Carroll County, MO

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
wetland/floodplain impacts and impacts from

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ozone. EPA requested additional analysis of these issues be included in 
the Record of Decision.

EIS No. 20070165, ERP No. FS-NRS-D36121-WV. Lost River Subwatershed of 
the Potomac River Watershed Project, Construction of Site 16 on Lower 
Cove Run and Deletion of Site 23 on Upper Cove Run, US Army COE Section 
404 Permit, Hardy County, WV.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
potential thermal impacts to area streams, as well as the lack of 
information regarding secondary and cumulative effects.

    Dated: August 21, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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