[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 120 (Friday, June 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35132-35133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14004]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8582-9]


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 FR dated April 11, 2008 (73 
FR 19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070299, ERP No. D-AFS-J65488-WY, Battle Park Cattle and Horse 
(C&H) and Mistymoon Sheep and Goat (S&G) Allotment Project, Proposes to 
Continue Livestock Grazing on both Allotments, Powder River District 
Ranger, Bighorn National Forest, Bighorn County, WY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to soil 
and water resources, and recommended including more information on 
water quality, current extent of invasive species, and drought 
mitigation planning. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080015, ERP No. D-BLM-J65505-WY, Westside Land Conveyance 
Project, Congressionally-Mandated Transfer of 16,500 Acres of Public 
Land to the Westside Irrigation District, Big Horn and Washakie 
Counties, WY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
impacts from crop production on newly irrigated lands. The final EIS 
should include measures to avoid or mitigate impacts to the Big Horn 
River. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080092, ERP No. D-BIA-J01082-MT, Absaloka Mine Crow 
Reservation South Extension Coal Lease Approval, Proposed Mine 
Development Plan, and Related Federal and State Permitting Actions, 
Crow Indian Reservation, Crow Tribe, Bighorn County, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
ground and surface water and cumulative air impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080119, ERP No. D-USN-K10011-CA, Southern California Range 
Complex, To Organize, Train, Equip, and Maintain Combat-Ready Naval 
Forces, San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
marine resources. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080133, ERP No. D-NPS-G65108-TX, Guadalupe Mountains National 
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Culberson and Hudspeth 
Counties, TX.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080140, ERP No. F-DOI-J39030-UT, Lower Duchesne River 
Wetlands Mitigation Project (LDWP), Restoration Measures in the Lower 
Duchesne River Area, Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System (SACS) 
on portion of the Strawberry Reservoir, Implementation, Ute Indian 
Tribe, NPDES and U.S. Army COE section 404 Permits, Duchesne, Utah, 
Uintah Counties, UT.

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

EIS No. 20080145, ERP No. F-FRC-F03011-00, Rockies Express Pipeline 
Project, (REX-East), Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities, WY, NE, MO, IL, IN and OH.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to surface/ground water, wetlands, air quality, and upland forest 
habitat, and recommends additional mitigation plans/measures be 
included in the ROD or equivalent FERC order.

EIS No. 20080152, ERP No. F-FRC-E05103-NC, Yadkin--Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydro 
Electric Project (Docket Nos. P-2197-073 & P-2206-030), Issuance of New 
Licenses for the Existing and Proposed Hydropower Projects, Yadkin--
Yadkin-Pee Dee Rivers, Davidson, Davie, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly, 
Anson and Richmond Counties, NC.
    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080178, ERP No. F-AFS-J65486-UT, Big Creek Vegetation 
Treatment Project, Preferred Alternative is 1, To Treat 4,800 Acres of 
Aspen Conifer and Sagebrush Communities, Ogden Ranger District, 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Rich County, UT.

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

EIS No. 20080151, ERP No. FA-AFS-K65286-CA, Watdog Project, Additional 
Clarification of Changes Between the Final EIS (2005) and Final 
Supplement EIS (2007), Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National 
Forest, Butte and Plumas Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
cumulative impacts to watersheds and short-term impacts to old-forest 
species, and recommends a less-intensive harvest alternative.

EIS No. 20080173, ERP No. FS-FTA-G40190-TX, North Corridor Fixed 
Guideway Project, Updated/Additional Information on the Locally 
Preferred Alternative, Propose Transit Improvements from University of 
Houston (UH)-Downtown Station to Northline Mall, Harris County, TX.

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


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EIS No. 20080179, ERP No. FS-FTA-G40191-TX, Southeast Corridor Project, 
Preferred Alternative is the Light Rail Alternative, Proposed Fixed-
Guideway Transit System, Funding, Metropolitan Transit Authority 
(METRO) of Harris County, Houston, Harris County, TX.

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

    Dated: June 17, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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