[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47947-47948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18973]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8584-7]


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 202-564-7146. An explanation of the ratings 
assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published 
in FR dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20080164, ERP No. D-NRC-D06005-PA, GENERIC--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 35 to NUREG-1437, Regarding Susquehanna 
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, Issuing Nuclear Power Plant 
Operating Licenses for a 20-Year Period, PA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about pollution 
prevention issues and impacts to

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historic and archaeological resources. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20080171, ERP No. D-NOA-L91031-WA, Proposed Authorization of 
the Makah Indian Tribe's Request to Hunt Gray Whales in the Tribe's 
Usual and Accustomed Fishing Grounds off the Coast of Washington.

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

EIS No. 20080186, ERP No. D-FAA-K51044-NV, City of Mesquite, Proposed 
Replacement General Aviation Airport, Implementation, Clark County, NV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air toxics, 
aquatic resource, and biological/wildlife impacts as well as indirect 
impacts associated with the proposed replacement airport site and 
future non-aviation use of the existing site. EPA requested additional 
analysis and/or mitigation strategies for each resource area of 
concern. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080204, ERP No. D-APH-A82128-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Use of 
Genetically Engineered Fruit Fly and Pink Bollworm in APHIS Plant Pest 
Control Programs, Implementation.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080253, ERP No. D-NOA-E91024-00, Amendment 4 to the Spiny 
Lobster Fishery Management Plan of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands and Amendment 8 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan of 
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, To Address the Harvest and 
Exportation of Undersized Lobster Tails to the United States.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the no action 
alternative and believes that any of the proposed action alternatives 
would be more protective. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080195, ERP No. DS-FHW-E40804-TN, Interstate 69 Segment of 
Independent Utility (SIU) 8, New Information for a New 
Crossover Alternative, from TN-385 in Millington, TN to I-155/US 51 in 
Dyersburg, TN, Funding, Shelby, Tipton, Lauderdale and Dyer Counties, 
TN.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to wetlands, rivers, streams, floodplains, and prime and unique 
farmland. EPA also has concerns about the selection of Alternative R as 
the preferred alternative. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080198, ERP No. F-IBR-K39075-CA, Fish Passage Improvement 
Project, Red Bluff Diversion Dam (RBDD), Improvements of Anadromous 
Fish Passage both Upstream and Downstream, Tehama-Colusa Canal, RBDD to 
south of the Town of Dunnigan and Corning Canal, RBDD to south of the 
City of Corning, Funding, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits 
Issuance, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Yolo Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water 
quality impacts, and potential impacts of climate change on the 
proposed action. We recommended the ROD include a commitment to post-
project groundwater monitoring.

EIS No. 20080211, ERP No. F-FRA-K53012-CA, Bay Area to Central Valley 
High-Speed Train (HST) Project, Provide a Reliable High-Speed 
Electrified Train System to Link Bay Area Cities to the Central Valley, 
Sacramento, and South California.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
proposed project regarding land-use and growth-related impacts.

EIS No. 20080231, ERP No. F-FRC-L03013-00, Bradwood Landing Project, 
Liquefied Natural Gas Import Terminal and Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities, Construction and Operation, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 
404 Permits, Clatsop County, OR and Cowlitz County, WA.

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about 
impacts to wetlands and air quality.

EIS No. 20080244, ERP No. F-FAA-E51052-FL, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood 
International Airport, Proposed Development and Extension of Runway 9R/
27L and other Associated Airport Projects, Funding, U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit and NPDES Permit, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, 
FL.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
aircraft noise exposures to residents. Noise mitigation plan specifics 
and commitments were deferred to the FAA ROD.

EIS No. 20080277, ERP No. F-SFW-G64013-TX, Texas Chenier Plain National 
Wildlife Refuge Complex, Development of a 15-Year Management Plan 
(Comprehensive Conservation Plan) for Refuge Complex, and Expansion of 
the Approval Land Acquisition Boundaries (Land Protection Plan) for the 
Four Refuges: Moody, Anahuac, McFaddin and Texas Point National 
Wildlife Refuges, Chambers, Jefferson and Galveston Counties, TX.

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

EIS No. 20080249, ERP No. FS-BLM-J02038-WY, Pinedale Anticline Oil and 
Gas Exploration and Development Project, Additional Information on Two 
New Alternatives, Consolidated Development with Year-Round Development 
(Construction, Drilling, Completion, and Production), Sublette County, 
WY.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
groundwater, ozone, and visibility impacts.

    Dated: August 12, 2008.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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