[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75714-75715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29489]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8588-5]


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. 20080282, ERP No. D-UPS-K80007-CA, Aliso Viejo Incoming Mail 
Facility, Proposed Construction and Operation of a Mail Processing 
Facility on a 25-Acre Parcel, Aliso Viejo, Orange County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality, 
water quality and stormwater impacts, and requested that the final EIS 
and ROD commit to all stated mitigation measures. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20080292, ERP No. D-IBR-K65343-CA, Millerton Lake Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) and General Plan, Implementation, Fresno and 
Madera Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about environmental 
resource and noise impacts. EPA also requested additional information 
on climate change, funding, and enforcement. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080293, ERP No. D-IBR-K65344-CA, Cachuma Lake Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Cachuma Lake, Santa Barbara County, 
CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality, 
water quality and cumulative impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080314, ERP No. D-NOA-L39067-OR, Elliott State Forest Habitat 
Conservation Plan, Proposed Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit, US 
Army Corps section 10 and 404 Permits, Coos and Douglas Counties, OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
headwater streams and aquatic resources. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080372, ERP No. D-AFS-L65558-ID, Salmon-Challis National 
Forest (SCNF), Proposes Travel Planning and OHV Route Designation, 
Lemhi, Custer and Butte Counties, ID.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to water quality, fish habitat, noxious weed infestations and 
air quality. EPA recommends increased restrictions in vulnerable 
watersheds, especially for motorized dispersed camping and for crossing 
streams and wet meadows. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080381, ERP No. D-IBR-K39115-CA, South Coast Conduit/Upper 
Reach Reliability Project, Construction of a Second Water Pipeline for 
Improving Water Supply, U.S. Army COE section 10 and 404 Permits, Santa 
Barbara County, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to aquatic resources and oak woodland habitat. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080388, ERP No. D-AFS-L65559-OR, BLT Project, Proposed 
Vegetation Management Activities, Crescent Ranger District, Deschutes 
National Forest, Deschutes County, OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality and 
visibility, water quality, and health impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080391, ERP No. D-FHW-F40444-MN, Trunk Highway 14 (US 14) 
Project, Proposed Construction from Interstate 35 to Trunk Highway 56, 
Funding, NPDES and U.S. Army COE section 404 Permits, Steele and Doge 
Counties, MN.


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    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland and 
noise impacts. EPA also recommended green construction and development 
practices. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080330, ERP No. DS-COE-E11060-NC, Topsail Beach Interim 
(Emergency) Beach Fill Project--Permit Request, Proposal to Place Sand 
on 4.7 miles of the Town's Shoreline to Protect the Dune Complex and 
Oceanfront Development, Onslow and Pender Counties, NC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about borrow site 
impacts to Lea/Hutaff Island. EPA requested clarification on beach 
erosion, and the assumptions of beachfront real estate values used in 
the economic impact analysis. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080364, ERP No. DS-NPS-E61077-GA, Chattahoochee River 
National Recreation Area General Management Plan, Updated Information 
on Analyzing Six Alternative Future Directions for the Management and 
Use of Chattachoochee River National Recreation Area, Implementation, 
Chattahoochee River, Atlanta, GA.

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

Final EISs

    EIS No. 20080355, ERP No. F-AFS-L65489-OR, Ashland Forest 
Resiliency Project, To Recover from Large-Scale High-Severity Wild Land 
Fire, Upper Bear Analysis Area, Ashland Ranger District, Rogue River-
Siskiyou National Forest, Jackson County, OR.

    Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about potential 
impacts from sediment to drinking water; therefore, EPA does not object 
to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080424, ERP No. F-NOA-E91025-00, Reef Fish Amendment 30B: 
Gag-End Overfishing and Set Management Thresholds and Targets; Red 
Grouper--Set Optimum Yield, Total Allowable Catch (TAC), and Management 
Measures: Area Closures: and Federal Regulatory Compliance, 
Implementation, Gulf of Mexico.

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

EIS No. 20080429, ERP No. F-BLM-A09825-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Geothermal 
Leasing in the Western United States.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
groundwater quantity and quality impacts, especially where there are 
sole source aquifers and protected geothermal resources.

EIS No. 20080430, ERP No. F-COE-K39114-CA, Three Rivers Levee 
Improvement Authority, proposes construct and maintain the Feather 
River Levee Repair Project, Segment 2, Issuing 408 Permission and 404 
Permit, Yuba County, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns and 
recommends sustainable agricultural practices to reduce impacts to 
water quality and requested review of the Best Management Practices 
Plan required by the State of California.

EIS No. 20080444, ERP No. F-NPS-K65334-HI, PROGRAMMATIC EIS--Ala 
Kahakai National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan, To 
Provide Long-Term Direction for Natural and Cultural Resource, Island 
of Hawaii, HI.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080410, ERP No. FA-FTA-K40208-CA, South Sacramento Corridor 
Phase 2, Improve Transit Service and Enhance Regional Connectivity, 
Funding, in the City and County Sacramento, CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: December 9, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E8-29489 Filed 12-11-08; 8:45 am]
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