[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 217 (Friday, November 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66241-66242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26667]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8587-4]


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. 20080291, ERP No. D-AFS-J65522-CO, Colorado Roadless Areas 
Rulemaking, Proposes to Promulgate a State-Specific Rule to Manage 
Roadless Values and Characteristics, Colorado Forests with Roadless 
Areas include: Arapaho and Roosevelt: Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and 
Gunnison; Manti-La Sal (portion in Colorado); Pike and San Isabel; Rio 
Grande; Routt: San Juan; and White River National Forests, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to air quality, especially visibility and water quality from 
new roads, and the number of acres at risk to the establishment of 
invasive plants from ground-disturbing activities within the Colorado 
Roadless Areas. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080346, ERP No. D-USN-L11039-WA, Naval Sea Systems Command 
(NAVSEA). Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Keyport Complex 
Extension, Propose to Extend the Operational Areas, Three Distinct 
Range Sites: Keyport Range Site; Dabob Bay Range Complex (DBRC) Site, 
Quinault Underwater Tracking Range Site, Gray Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap 
and Mason Counties, WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
water quality and critical habitat in Puget Sound and to protected 
resources in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080349, ERP No. D-AFS-K65346-CA, Round Valley Fuels Reduction 
and Vegetation Management Project, Proposes to Reduce Fuel and Manage 
Vegetation, Funding, Goosenest Ranger District, Klamath National 
Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.

    Summary: EPA's review has identified no environmental impacts 
requiring substantive changes to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080350, ERP No. D-NOA-E91026-00, PROGRAMMATIC EIS--Fishery 
Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf 
of Mexico, To Increase the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and Optimum 
Yield (OY), Implementation.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about the potential 
for excess nutrients to cause organic loading within the water column. 
Rating EC1.

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Final EISs

EIS No. 20080358, ERP No. F-SFW-G99007-TX, Williamson County Regional 
Habitat Conservation Plan, Application for an Incidental Take Permit, 
Williamson County, TX.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20080371, ERP No. F-FAA-G59005-TX, ADOPTION--Northwest Corridor 
Light Rail Transit Line (LRT) to Irving/Dallas/Fort Worth International 
Airport, Construction, Dallas County, TX.

    Summary: No formal EPA comment letter was sent to the preparing 
agency.
EIS No. 20080400, ERP No. F-DOE-J05080-MT, MATL 230-kV Transmission 
Line Project, To Construct, Operate, Maintain, and Connects a 230-kV 
Electric Transmission Line, Issuance of Presidential Permit for Right-
to-Way Grant, Cascade, Teton, Chouteau, Pondera, Toole and Glacier 
Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about water 
quality impacts.
EIS No. 20080384, ERP No. FS-MMS-G02016-00, Gulf of Mexico Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2009-2012 Western Planning 
Area Sales: 210 in 2009, 215 in 2010, and 218 in 2011, and Central 
Planning Area Sales: 208 in 2009, 213 in 2010, 216 in 2011, and 222 in 
2012, TX, LA, MS, AL and FL.

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

    Dated: November 4, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E8-26667 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
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