[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9798-9799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3406]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6696-3]


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 FR dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR 
17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070527, ERP No. D-JUS-K80049-NV, Las Vegas Detention 
Facility, Proposed Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated Detention 
Facility, Implementation, Nevada Area.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to water resources and air quality, and requested 
additional information on the availability of water resources, and 
mitigation measures to minimize air quality impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070532, ERP No. D-BLM-L65545-ID, Three Rivers Stone Quarry 
Expansion Project, Proposing to Expand the Quarry Operation up to an 
additional 73 Acres to Increase Mine Production of Flaystone, Custer 
County, ID.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air 
and water quality from mining operations and service roads. The final 
EIS should include quantitative measures to validate predictions that 
air and water quality standards will be met. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070537, ERP No. D-AFS-G65106-NM, Perk-Grindstone Fuel 
Reduction Project, To Protect Life, Property, and Natural Resources, 
Village of Ruidoso, Lincoln National Forest, Lincoln County, New 
Mexico.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative. Rating 
LO.

EIS No. 20070540, ERP No. D-NOA-A91077-00, Amendment 1 to the Tilefish 
Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
Program, To Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Tilefish Fishery, 
Maine to North Carolina.


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    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to the proposed action. 
Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070354, ERP No. F-AFS-J02053-CO, Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam 
Methane Drainage Wells Project, Construct, Operate and Reclaim up to 
137 Methane Drainage Well, Federal Coal lease, Paonia Ranger District, 
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Delta and 
Gunnison Counties, CO.

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

EIS No. 20070544, ERP No. F-AFS-L65531-OR, Invasive Plant Treatments 
within the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River 
National Grassland, Reduction of Invasive Plant Infestation and 
Protection of Uninfested Areas, Implementation, Several Cos. OR.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080000, ERP No. F-FHW-L40213-WA, Southeast Issaquah Bypass 
Construction, Updated Information, New North/South Arterial Connecting 
Front Street with I-90 at the Sunset Interchange, Right-of-Way Permit, 
NPDES Permit and COE Section 404 Permit, King County, WA.

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

EIS No. 20080023, ERP No. F-NOA-E91020-00, Snapper Grouper Fishery 
Amendment 15A, Proposes Management Reference Points and Rebuilding 
Plans for Snowy Grouper, Black Sea Bass and Red Porgy, South Atlantic 
Region.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080041, ERP No. FS-AFS-L65369-00, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup 
Land and Resource Management Plan, Supplements the Rangeland Resource 
Section of the 2003 FEIS Concerning Terrestrial Management Indicator 
Species (MIS), Boise National Forest, Payette National Forest and 
Sawtooth National Forest, Forest Plan Revision, Implementation, Several 
Counties, ID; Malhaur County, OR, and Box Elder County, UT.

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

    Dated: February 19, 2008.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E8-3406 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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