[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 101 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30098-30099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11664]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6699-2]


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 11, 2008 (73 
FR 19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20080044, ERP No. D-BIA-L69001-OR, Cascade Locks Resort and 
Casino Project, Application for the Fee-to-Trust Transfer of 25 Acres 
of Land within the City of Cascade Locks, Confederated Tribes of the 
Warn Springs Reservation of Oregon, Cascade Locks, Hood River County, 
OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts and construction impacts to fish populations, and recommended 
additional air quality analyses be performed. Rating EC2.


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EIS No. 20080105, ERP No. D-AFS-K65339-CA, Orleans Community Fuels 
Reduction and Forest Health Project, To Manage Forest Stands to Reduce 
Hazardous Fuel Conditions, Orleans Ranger District, Six Rivers National 
Forest, Humboldt County, CA.

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

EIS No. 20080114, ERP No. D-BPA-L91030-WA, Lyle Falls Fish Passage 
Project, To Improve Fish Passage to Habitat in the Upper Part of the 
Watershed, Located on the Lower Klickitat River, Klickitat County, WA.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070294, ERP No. F-APH-65176-00, ADOPTION--Resident Canada 
Goose Management Plan, Evaluate Alternative Strategies to Reduce, 
Manage, and Resident Canada Goose Population, Implementation, within 
the Conteriminous US.

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

EIS No. 20080026, ERP No. F-NRC-D09802-MD, License Renewal of the 
National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR), Renew the Operating 
License for an Additional 20 Years, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), NUREG-1873, Montgomery County, MD.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080104, ERP No. F-JUS-K80049-NV, Las Vegas Detention 
Facility, Proposed Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated Detention. 
Facility, Implementation, Nevada Area.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water 
resource impacts and jurisdictional delineation. EPA also requested 
that the project incorporate green building design.

EIS No. 20080109, ERP No. F-AFS-L65512-OR, Mt. Hood National Forest and 
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Site-Specific Invasive Plant 
Treatments, Forest Plan Amendments 16, Mt. Hood National 
Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Clackamas, Hood 
River, Multnomah and Wasco Counties, OR.

    Summary: EPA's comments were addressed; therefore, EPA does not 
object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080130, ERP No. F-AFS-L65554-00, Mt. Ashland Late-
Successional Reserve Habitat Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project, 
To Promote and Maintain Late-Successional Habitat, Oak Knoll Ranger 
District, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA and Jackson 
County, OR.

    Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's comments on the Draft EIS; 
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080148, ERP No. F-SFW-F65068-WI, Trempealeau National 
Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, 
located within the Mississippi River Valley, Buffalo and Trempealeau 
Counties, WI.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: May 20, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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