[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64617-64618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22498]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6693-1]


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. 20070218, ERP No. D-FHW-K40263-CA, Interstate 405 (San Diego 
Freeway) Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, From Interstate 10 to US-101 
in the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
and air quality impacts. EPA recommends additional best management 
practices and construction mitigation measures. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070275, ERP No. D-FHW-K59007-CA, Eureka-Arcata Route 101

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Corridor Improvement Project, Proposed Roadway Improvements on Route 
101 between the Eureka Slough Bridge and 11th St. Overcrossing in 
Arcata, Humbolt County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air 
quality and noise. EPA encourages continued interagency coordination to 
mitigate impacts to wetlands and cumulative impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070323, ERP No. D-FHW-J40177-CO, US-36 Corridor, Multi-Modal 
Transportation Improvements between I-25 in Adams County and Foothills 
Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Adams, Denver, Broomfield, Boulder 
and Jefferson Counties, CO.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the wetlands 
impacts and impacts to the Preble's meadow jumping mouse and Ute 
ladies'-tresses habitat. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20070361, ERP No. D-FHW-K50015-CA, Schuyler Heim Bridge 
Replacement and SR-47 Expressway Improvement Project, from Alameda 
Street to Pacific Coast Highway, Funding, U.S. Coast Guard Bridge 
Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Ports of Long Beach 
and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the cumulative 
air and water quality impacts and their effects on low income and 
minority communities. EPA recommends consistency with the Clean Air 
Action Plan, mitigation to reduce construction and mobile source air 
toxics emissions, and additional best management practices to contain 
resuspended sediments. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070370, ERP No. D-AFS-K65333-00, Sage Steppe Ecosystem 
Restoration Strategy, Implementation, Modoc National Forest, Modoc, 
Lassen, Shasta Counties, CA and Washoe County, NV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the scope of 
analysis in the document and the project's impact on endangered 
species, water quality, wetlands, and air quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070391, ERP No. D-NRC-G09805-OK, Sequoyah Fuels Corporation 
Site, Proposed Reclamation Activities for the 243-hectare (600 acre) 
Site, (NUREG-1888) in Gore, OK.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070392, ERP No. D-AFS-J65491-MT, Bozeman Municipal Watershed 
Project, To Implement Fuel Reduction Activities, Bozeman Ranger 
District, Gallatin National Forest, City of Bozeman Municipal 
Watershed, Gallatin County, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
effects to water quality and other resources from the proposed action. 
EPA requested additional information on road and stream crossings and 
provided suggestions for additional mitigation measures and monitoring. 
Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070358, ERP No. F-AFS-K65325-CA, Turntable Bay Marina Master 
Development Project, Implementation, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, 
Special Use Permit, Shasta and Trinity Counties, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20070413, ERP No. F-AFS-J65467-MT, Little Belt-Castle-North 
Half Crazy Mountains Travel Management Plan, To Change the Management 
of Motorized and Non-motorized Travel on the Road, Trails, and Areas 
within, Belt Creek, Judith, Musselshell, and White Sulphur Springs 
Ranger Districts, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Cascade, Judith 
Basin, Meagher, Wheatland, Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
effects to water quality, fisheries, and wildlife.

EIS No. 20070414, ERP No. F-AFS-J65445-MT, Rocky Mountain Ranger 
District Travel Management Plan, Proposes to Change the Management of 
Motorized and Non-Motorized Travel, Lewis and Clark National Forest, 
Glacier, Pondera, Teton and Lewis and Clark Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
effects to water quality, fisheries, and wildlife, based on the 
uncertainty of receiving adequate funding for road and trail 
maintenance, road decommissioning, and enforcement of travel plan 
restrictions.

EIS No. 20070069, ERP No. FA-FHW-D40118-00, Appalachian Corridor H 
Project, Construction of a 9-mile Long Segment between the Termini of 
Parsons and Davis, Updated Information the Parsons-to-Davis Project, 
Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, Tucker County, 
WV.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to wetlands and stream channels. EPA recommends that WVDOH develop ways 
to further avoid and minimize impacts during the construction phase of 
the project.

    Dated: November 13, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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