[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 235 (Friday, December 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69215-69216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23807]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6693-8]


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. 20070401, ERP No. D-GSA-D80032-DC, Department of Homeland 
Security Headquarters at the St. Elizabeths West Campus, To Consolidate 
Federal Office Space on a Secure Site, Washington, DC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
vegetation, historic woodlands, and the cultural landscape, soil 
contamination, and surface and groundwater. EPA also expressed concern 
about transportation and environmental justice issues. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070408, ERP No. F-AFS-J61107-ND, NE McKenzie Allotment 
Management Plan Revisions, Proposes to Continue Livestock Grazing on 28 
Allotments, Dakota Prairie Grasslands Land and Resource Management 
Plan, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, McKenzie Ranger District, McKenzie 
County, ND.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about impacts to 
water

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quality and riparian areas. EPA does not object to the proposed 
project; however, we recommend future monitoring include numeric 
criteria along with other narrative indicators.


EIS No. 20070432, ERP No. F-FHW-G40193-LA, I-49 South Project, from 
Raceland to the Westbank Expressway Route U.S. 90, Funding, Coast Guard 
Bridge Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Jefferson, 
Lafourche, and St. Charles Parishes, LA.

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

EIS No. 20070467, ERP No. F-BLM-G65101-NM, Special Status Species 
Resource Management Plan Amendment, Managing Public Land and Federal 
Minerals in Portions of Chaves, Eddy, Lea, and Roosevelt Counties, NM.

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

EIS No. 20070468, ERP No. FS-SFW-K99034-CA, Coachella Valley, Revision 
to the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), Natural 
Community Conservation Plan, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
Trails Plan, Issuance of Incidental Take Permit, Riverside County, CA.

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

    Dated: December 4, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. E7-23807 Filed 12-6-07; 8:45 am]
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