[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 125 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14624]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8583-2]


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. 20080134, ERP No. D-NPS-F65070-MI, Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore, General Management Plan and Wilderness Study, 
Implementation, Benzie and Leelanau Counties, MI.

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

EIS No. 20080083, ERP No. DS-AFS-D65039-WV, Lower Williams Project Area 
(LWPA), Additional Information, Proposed to Perform Vegetation 
Management and Wildlife Habitat Improvements, Implementation, Gauley 
Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest, Webster County, WV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to both aquatic and terrestrial habitat. The final EIS 
should include mitigation measures to minimize impacts to streams and 
aquatic habitat resources. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080177, ERP No. F-USN-K11119-HI, Hawaii Range Complex (HRC) 
Project, Preferred Alternative is 3, To Support and Maintain Navy 
Pacific Fleet Training, and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation 
(RDT&E) Operations, Kauai, Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii Counties, HI.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
marine resources from mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar use and the 
deposition of hazardous materials into water resources from munitions 
and training expenditures.

EIS No. 20080182, ERP No. F-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: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20080201, ERP No. F-AFS-J65511-SD, Upper Spring Creek Project, 
Proposes to Implementation Multiple Resource Management Actions, Mystic 
Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, Pennington and Custer 
Counties, SD.

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

    Dated: June 24, 2008.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E8-14624 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]
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