[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 91 (Friday, May 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26392-26394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10401]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6698-7]


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

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statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 11, 2008 (73 FR 
19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070436, ERP No. D-FHW-B40339-ME, Wiscasset Route 1 Corridor 
Study Project, To Relieve Traffic Congestion and Improve Safety, US 
Army COE Section 404 Permit, Wiscasset and Edgecomb Counties, ME.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland, water, 
and air quality impacts. EPA also requested analysis of cumulative 
impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080019, ERP No. D-MMS-B09802-00, Cape Wind Energy Project, 
Construction, Operation and Maintenance, and Decommissioning of an 
Electric Generation Facility, Barnstable, Nantucket and Duke County, MA 
and Washington County, RI.
    Summary: EPA's comments highlighted the need for renewable energy 
sources in the region and underscored the importance of a comprehensive 
consideration of alternatives, impacts and appropriate mitigation. 
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080050, ERP No. D-FRA-C50016-NJ, Portal Bridge Capacity 
Enhancement Project, To Replace the nearly 100-Year-Old Portal Bridge 
and Eliminate Capacity Constraints on the Northeast Corridor between 
Swift Interlocking and Secaucus Transfer Station, Funding, U.S. Army 
Corp Section 10 and 404 Permits, Hackensack River, Hudson County, NJ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality and 
wetland impacts, and requested that a general conformity determination, 
wetlands mitigation, noise mitigation and a cumulative impacts 
discussion be included in the Final EIS. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080053, ERP No. D-FHW-D40341-DC, South Capitol Street 
Project, Replacement of the Fredrick Douglas Memorial Bridge, from 
Firth Sterling Avenue, SE., to Independence Avenue and the Suitland 
Parkway from Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE., to South Capitol 
Street, Washington, District of Columbia.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality impacts 
and requested additional PM2.5 hot spot analysis. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080074, ERP No. D-IBR-K91014-CA, American Basin Fish Screen 
and Habitat Improvement Project, Construction and Operation of one or 
two Positive-Barrier Fish Screen Diversion Facilities, Funding and U.S. 
Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Natomas Mutual, Sacramento and 
Sutter Counties, CA.
    Summary: While EPA has no objections to the proposed action, it did 
request clarification on resource conservation issues, canal 
modifications, costs, fisheries, and pumping design limits. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080090, ERP No. D-BIA-K60040-CA, Enterprise Rancheria Gaming 
Facility and Hotel Fee-To-Trust Acquisition Project, Implementation, 
Federal Trust, Estom Yumeka Maida Tribe, Yuba County, CA.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project, but suggested 
additional mitigation measures to further reduce environmental impacts. 
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080112, ERP No. DS-NOA-K90031-CA, Channel Islands National 
Marine Sanctuary Management Plan, Supplement/Replace Information, 
Implementation, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070525, ERP No. F-NPS-K65324-CA, Big Lagoon Wetland and Creek 
Restoration Project, To Restore a Functional, Self-Sustaining 
Ecosystem, including Wetland, Riparian, and Aquatic Components, Golden 
Gate National Area, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20080034, ERP No. F-FHW-B40097-NH, Spaulding Turnpike 
Improvements Project, Reconstruction and Widening of a 3.5-mile Section 
from U.S. Route 4 and NH Route 16, US Coast Guard Bridge Permit, NPDES 
Permit and US Army COE Section 404 Permit, Town of Newington, City of 
Dover, Strafford and Rockingham Counties, NH.
    Summary: EPA had no outstanding objections to the project, but 
continued to encourage NHDOT/FHWA to commit to mitigation to address 
anticipated air quality impacts.
    EIS No. 20080058, ERP No. F-BOP-E81040-AL, Aliceville, Alabama 
Area, Proposed Federal Correctional Complex, To Address the Growing 
Federal Inmate Population, Pickens County, AL.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about aquatic 
resource impacts, and requested commitments to mitigate those impacts 
in the Record of Decision.
    EIS No. 20080065, ERP No. F-BLM-L65513-ID, Snake River Birds of 
Prey National Conservation Area, Resource Management Plan, 
Implementation, Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Owyhee Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA supports the goals and objectives of the Resources 
Management Plan; however, we still have concerns with potential 
environmental impacts from grazing.
    EIS No. 20080066, ERP No. F-BLM-L65471-ID, Fire, Fuels and Related 
Vegetation Management Direction Plan Amendment, Upper Snake River 
District (The District), Amending 12 Existing Land Use Plans, Several 
Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA supports protecting sagebrush steppe ecosystems and 
associated wildlife species. However, we continue to express concerns 
with potential impacts to air quality, from prescribed fire use allowed 
under Alternative E. We believe that additional siting information for 
fire treatments and air quality monitoring should be considered.
    EIS No. 20080089, ERP No. F-BLM-K65305-CA, United States Gypsum 
Expansion/Modernization Project, Expand and Upgrade Plaster City Plant 
to Increase Wallboard Production Capacity with Related increases in 
Water Supply, Right-of-Way Grant, Imperial County, CA.
    Summary: EPA continues to expressed environmental concerns about 
potential impacts to groundwater quality and quantity and waters of the 
U.S., and recommended the Bureau of Land Management address these 
issues prior to issuing Record of Decision the mining permit.
    EIS No. 20080097, ERP No. F-FRC-K05065-CA, Upper American River 
Hydroelectric FERC NO. 2101-084, El Dorado and Sacramento Counties, CA 
and Chili Bar Hydroelectric FERC No. 2155-024, El Dorado County, CA, 
Issuance of a New License for the Existing and Proposed Hydropower 
Projects.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    EIS No. 20080101, ERP No. F-FHW-L40229-ID, ID-75 Timmerman to 
Ketchum--US-20 to Saddle Road, Preferred Alternative is 2, Increase 
Roadway and Transportation Safety, Cities of Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum 
and the City of Sun Valley, Blaine County, ID.
    Summary: EPA continues to recommend that construction mitigation 
measures are augmented to further release minimize air toxics and 
diesel particulate matter emissions.
    EIS No. 20080110, ERP No. F-BIA-K65299-CA, Scotts Valley Band of

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Pomo Indians, Proposed 29.87 Acre Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino 
Project, Contra Costa County.
    Summary: EPA's concerns were addressed in the Final EIS; therefore, 
EPA does not object to the proposed project.
    EIS No. 20080116, ERP No. F-FRC-G03035-00r, 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 continues to have environmental concerns about air 
quality impacts.
    EIS No. 20080132, ERP No. F-USN-D11042-VA, Marine Corps Base 
Quantico (MCBQ) Virginia Project, Proposes Development of the Westside 
of MCBQ and the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Action at MCBQ, 
Implementation, Quantico, VA.
    Summary: EPA has determined that the U.S. Marine Corps has 
adequately addressed its comments within the FEIS; therefore, EPA does 
not object to the proposed project.
    EIS No. 20080098, ERP No. FS-COE-G39044-TX, Central City Project, 
Proposed Modification to the Authorized Projects which provides Flood 
Damage Reduction, Habitat Improvement, Recreation and Urban 
Revitalization, Upper Trinity River Central City, Upper Trinity River 
Basin, Trinity River, Fort Worth, TX.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: May 6, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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