[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 207 (Friday, October 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63469-63470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25454]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8586-9]


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 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070453, ERP No. D-BLM-J65497-UT, Monticello Field Office 
Resource Management Plan, To Guide the Management of Public Land, 
Southern two-third of San Juan County and small portion on the Northern 
boundary within Grand County, UT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about the air quality 
analysis and proposed changes in visual resource management. Rating 
EC2.

EIS No. 20080290, ERP No. D-STB-F53019-00, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 
Railroad (Finance Docket No. 35087) Proposed Acquisition by Canadian 
National (CN) Railway and Grand Trunk Corporation to connect all Five 
of CN's Rail Lines, Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about hazardous 
materials transport/rail safety, air quality, surface water, wetlands, 
floodplains, environmental justice, noise, and habitat impacts. EPA's 
recommendations include an adaptive management program, spill 
prevention/containment mitigation, and dropping one rail-to-rail 
connection. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080313, ERP No. D-UAF-J11024-UT, White Elk Military 
Operations Area, Propose to Establish a New Military Operations Area 
(MOA) Linked to the Utah Test, Utah and Training Range (UTTR) Airspaces 
Nevada, Hill Air Force Base, UT and Nevada.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080327, ERP No. D-FHW-J40183-MT, Russell Street/South 3rd 
Street Reconstruction Project, To Address Current and Projected Safety

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and Operational Needs, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 
City of Missoula, Missoula County, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed concern about air and water construction 
impacts and recommended additional analysis and information to fully 
assess and mitigate impacts of the proposed action. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080365, ERP No. D-NPS-C61012-NY, Fort Stanwix National 
Monument General Management Plan, Implementation, Funding, City of 
Rome, Oneida County, NY.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. Rating 
LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080339, ERP No. F-BLM-J65497-UT, Monticello Field Office 
Resource Management Plan, To Guide the Management of Public Land, 
Southern two-third of San Juan County and small portion on the Northern 
boundary within Grand County, UT.

    Summary: While the Preferred Alternative should increase the level 
of overall resource protection, EPA continues to have environmental 
concerns with potential adverse impacts to air quality from reasonably 
foreseeable oil and gas development and a reduction of landscape acres 
in the Class I and II of the Visual Resource Inventory.

EIS No. 20080354, ERP No. F-NPS-D61058-VA, Manassas National 
Battlefield Park General Management Plan, Implementation, Fairfax and 
Prince William Counties, VA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to wetlands and riparian areas, especially forested wetlands, impacts 
to interior trees and habitat and mitigation for wetlands and removed 
forested acres.

EIS No. 20080359, ERP No. F-BIA-J65498-WY, Riverton Dome Coal Bed 
Natural Gas (CBNG) and Conventional Gas Development Project, 
Construction of Well Pads, Roads, Pipelines, and Production Facilities, 
Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR), Fremont Count, WY.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about surface 
water impacts if the water management strategy changes.

EIS No. 20080366, ERP No. F-AFS-J65483-MT, Butte Resource Management 
Plan, Implementation, Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deerlodge, Gallatin, 
Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Silver Bow and Park Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about riparian 
impacts and impacts from motorized uses.

EIS No. 20080368, ERP No. F-AFS-J65508-MT, Debaugan Fuels Reduction 
Project, Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities, Lolo National Forest, 
Superior Ranger District, Mineral County, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to express concern about water quality 
impacts, and noted the need for continuing road maintenance in the 
project area, and the need for consistency with TMDLs.

EIS No. 20080377, ERP No. F-AFS-J65514-MT, Sheppard Creek Post-Fire 
Project, Timber Salvage, Implementation, Flathead National Forest, 
Flathead and Lincoln Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about water 
quality impacts to Sheppard Creek.

    Dated: October 21, 2008.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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