[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 51 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13894-13895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5183]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6696-9]


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

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070452, ERP No. D-BLM-J65496-CO, Canyons of the Ancients 
National Monument Resource Management Plan, To Address Future 
Management Options for Approximately 165.00 Acres of Land, Dolores and 
Montezuma Counties, CO.

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

EIS No. 20070497, ERP No. D-FAA-K51043-CA, Horizon Air Service to 
Mammoth Yosemite Airport Project, Proposed Operations Specifications 
Amendment to Provide Scheduled Air Service, Town of Mammoth Lakes, Mono 
County, CA.

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

EIS No. 20070523, ERP No. D-NRC-E06025-NC, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants (GEIS) Regarding Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, 
Unit 1, Plant-Specific Supplement 33 to NUREG-1437, Wake County, NC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water 
withdrawal impacts to surface water under exceptional drought 
conditions, and requested radiological monitoring of all plant 
effluents, and appropriate storage and disposition of radioactive 
waste. Rating: EC1.

EIS No. 20080006, ERP No. D-FHW-H40192-NE, Nebraska Highway 35 (N-35) 
Corridor, To Improve 66-mile from Norfolk to South Sioux City, Funding, 
Madison, Stanton, Wayne, Dixon, and Dakota Counties, NE.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about impacts on two 
impaired steams, and the cumulative impacts of induced residential 
development, and recommended that noise attenuation measures other than 
structural be examined. Rating: EC2.

EIS No. 20080013, ERP No. D-AFS-G65107-NM, Santa Fe National Forest 
Project, Settlement Land Transfers: Pueblo de San Ildefonso, Pueblo of 
Santa Clara and Los Alamos County, Implementation, Santa Fe National 
Forest, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, NM.

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

EIS No. 20080016, ERP No. D-FHW-L40233-ID, Three Cities River Crossing 
Project, New Roadway Crossing of the Boise River at the Juncture of the 
Cities of Boise, Eagle and Garden, Ada County Highway District (ACHD), 
Ada County, ID.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality, 
including ozone, particulate matter, air toxics, wetlands, aquatic 
resources, floodplains, water quality and stormwater management, and 
the need to mitigate these impacts. Rating: EC2.

EIS No. 20080018, ERP No. D-FHW-K40267-CA, Phase I--CA 11 Corridor 
Location and Route Adoption and Location Identification of the Otay 
Mesa East Port of Entry (POE) on Otay Mesa, Presidential Permit for the 
POE and Acquisition of Right-Of-Way Permit, San Diego County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts associated with idling trucks and mobile source air toxics and 
cumulative impacts to multiple resources, and recommended completing a 
full cumulative impact analysis, addressing mobile source air toxics 
and committing to anti-idling methods. Rating: EC2.

EIS No. 20070541, ERP No. DS-NOA-L91011-AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale 
Subsistence Harvest Project, Proposes to Implement a Long-Term Harvest 
Plan and Fulfill the Federal Government's Trust Responsibility, Cook 
Inlet, AK.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070415, ERP No. F-AFS-J65435-UT, Ogden Ranger District Travel 
Plan Revision, To Present Additional Analysis for Six Alternatives, 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Ogden Ranger District, Box Elder, Cache, 
Morgan, Weber and Rich Counties, UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
from trails needing maintenance and that new trails may not receive 
sufficient upkeep.

EIS No. 20070539, ERP No. F-SFW-K39015-CA, PROGRAMMATIC--South Bay Salt 
Pond Restoration Project, Restored Tidal Marsh, Managed Ponds, Flood 
Control Measures and Public Access Features, Don Edward San Francisco 
Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo 
Counties, CA.

    Summary: The Final PEIS addressed EPA's previous concerns; 
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080009, ERP No. F-AFS-J65465-WY, Lower Valley Energy (LVE) 
Natural Gas Pipeline Project, Construction and Operation of a 
Pressurized Natural Gas Pipeline, Special-Use-Authorization, Big Piney 
and Jackson Ranger Districts, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Sublette 
and Teton Counties, WY.


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

EIS No. 20080030, ERP No. F-BLM-J65455-MT, Upper Missouri River Breaks 
National Monument Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Blaine, 
Chouteau, Fergus and Phillips Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to water quality and aquatic resources from road density, cumulative 
effects and the adequacy of resources available for monitoring and 
adaptive management and for travel management enforcement.

    Dated: March 11, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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