[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64943-64944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26031]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8587-2]


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 202-564-7157. 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. 20080326, ERP No. DS-FHW-E40165-NC, US 74 Relocation, from US-
129 in Robbinsville to NC 28 in Stecoah, Funding and U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit, Transportation Improvement Program Project No. A-9 
B&C, Graham County, NC.

    Summary: EPA has environmental objections to the proposed project 
regarding significant impacts to wetlands and high quality streams. EPA 
also believes there are significant and unaddressed construction 
impacts resulting from the proposed 2,870-foot tunnel under the 
Appalachian Trail at Stecoah Gap. Furthermore, EPA believes there are 
significant and unresolved impacts to residences, water supplies, 
terrestrial forests, NFS lands, aquatic habitat, air quality, and noise 
receptors. Rating EO2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080274, ERP No. F-CGD-E03017-FL, Calypso Liquefied Natural 
Gas (LNG) Deepwater Port License Application, Proposes to Own, 
Construct and Operate a Deepwater Port, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
in the OCS NG 17-06 (Bahamas) Lease Area, 8 to 10 miles off the East 
Coast of Florida to the Northeast of Port Everglades, FL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about pipeline 
impacts and impacts related to fuel use onboard the purpose-built 
Storage and Regasification Ship.

EIS No. 20080287, ERP No. F-BLM-J65490-UT, Moab Field Office Planning 
Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and San Juan 
Counties, UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to air quality from oil and gas development, impacts from motorized 
vehicle travel on natural resources, and impacts on Areas of Critical 
Environmental Concern.

EIS No. 20080310, ERP No. F-COE-E11060-NC, West Onslow Beach and New 
River Inlet (Topsail Beach) Shore Protection Project, Storm Damages and 
Beach Erosion Reduction, Funding, Pender County, NC.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
on marine habitats and migratory species from dredging and filling. EPA 
requested adaptive management and water quality monitoring of the 
borrow areas.

EIS No. 20080316, ERP No. F-BLM-J65436-UT, Vernal Field Office Resource 
Management Plan, To Revise and Integrate the Book Cliff and Diamond 
Mountain Resource Management Plans, and Analyzing the Management of 
Non-Wilderness Study Area Lands with Wilderness Characteristic, 
Implementation, Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah, and Grand Counties, UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to air quality from oil and gas development, impacts from motorized 
vehicle to natural resources and impacts to Areas of Critical 
Environmental Concern.

EIS No. 20080322, ERP No. F-NRC-E06024-GA, Vogtle Electric Generating 
(NUREG 1872) Plant Site, Early Site Permit (ESP), for the Construction 
and Operation of a new Nuclear Power Generating Facility Application 
Approval, Burke County, GA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about 
bioentrainment and other impacts to aquatic species from surface water 
withdrawals and discharges.

EIS No. 20080328, ERP No. F-BLM-J65418-UT, Price Field Resource 
Management Plan, Selection of

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Preferred Alternative D, Non-Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Lands with 
Wilderness Characteristics, Implementation, Carbon and Emery Counties, 
UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to air quality from oil and gas development, impacts to Areas of 
Critical Environmental Concern and on wild and scenic river management.

EIS No. 20080362, ERP No. F-AFS-J65505-CO, Durango Mountain Resort 
Improvement Plan, Special-Use-Permits, Implementation, San Juan 
National Forest, La Plata and San Juan Counties, CO.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
potential adverse impacts to water quality, wetlands, especially 
forested wetlands, and lynx habitat.

EIS No. 20080363, ERP No. F-AFS-K65277-CA, Modoc National Forest 
Noxious Weed Treatment Project, Proposes to Implement a Control and 
Eradication Project, Lassen, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
potential impacts to groundwater from herbicides with high leaching 
potential.

EIS No. 20080376, ERP No. F-NOA-K39102-CA, Cordell Bank, Gulf of the 
Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries, Proposes a 
Series of Regulatory Changes, Offshore of Northern/Central, CA.

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

EIS No. 20080387, ERP No. F-NPS-J61112-CO, Curecanti National 
Recreation Area Resource Protection Study, Gunnison and Montrose 
Counties, CO.

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

    Dated: October 28, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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