[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73798-73799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25192]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6694-5]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental

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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. 20070357, ERP No. D-BLM-J65490-UT, Moab Field Office Planning 
Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and San Juan 
Counties, UT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts and the; mitigation measures proposed under the Preferred 
Alternative (Alternative C) not being able to fully address significant 
environmental impacts associated with travel and recreation management 
issues. Consequently, EPA recommends specific environmentally-
protective mitigation measures be included in the final EIS.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070406, ERP No. D-AFS-L65500-AK, Iyouktug Timber Sales, 
Proposes Harvesting Timber, Implementation, Hoonah Ranger District, 
Tongass National Forest, Hoonah, AK.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to water quality and wetlands. The final EIS should 
include additional information about effected resources and mitigation 
measures to avoid or compensate for impacts.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070476, ERP No. D-FRC-G03035-00, Gulf Crossing Project, 
Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline to Facilitate the 
Transport of up to 1.73 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day of Natural Gas, 
Locate in various Counties and Parishes in OK, TX, LA, and MS.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland, air 
quality, and environmental justice impacts, and requested additional 
information and mitigation measures for these issues.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070443, ERP No. DS-FTA-K54022-CA, Third Street Light Rail 
Phase 2, Updated Information on the Central Subway Project Area, 
Funding, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, in the City and 
County San Francisco, CA.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070459, ERP No. F-FRC-E05102-SC, Santee Cooper Hydroelectric 
Project (FERC. No. 199), Relicensing for Existing 130-megawatt (MW), 
Santee and Cooper Rivers, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and 
Sumter Counties, SC.

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

EIS No. 20070489, ERP No. F-DOE-A09834-00, FutureGen Project, Planning, 
Design, Construction and Operation of a Coal Fueled Electric Power and 
Hydrogen Gas Production Plant, Four Alternative Sites: Mattoon, IL, 
Tuscola, IL, Jewett, TX, and Odessa, TX.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20070522, ERP No. F-IBR-K39109-CA, Lower Yuba River Accord, 
Proposal to Resolve Instream Flow Issues Associated with Operation, 
Yuba River, Yuba County, CA.

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

EIS No. 20070494, ERP No. LF-COE-G39050-LA, Mississippi River--Gulf 
Outlet (MRGO) Deep-Draft Navigation De-Authorization Study, 
Implementation, St. Bernard Parish, LA.

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

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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