[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 245 (Friday, December 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 77688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30210]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8588-7]


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).

FINAL EISs

EIS No. 20080296, ERP No. F-FHW-G40180-TX, Grand Parkway (State Highway 
99) Selected the Preferred Alternative Alignment, Segment F-2 from SH 
249 to IH 45, Right-of-Way Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 
Harris County, TX.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080318, ERP No. F-BLM-J65475-WY, Pinedale Resource Management 
Plan, Implementation, of Public Lands Administered, Pinedale Field 
Office, Sublette and Lincoln Counties, WY.

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

EIS No. 20080449, ERP No. F-AFS-K65329-CA, Sugarberry Project, Proposes 
to Protect Rural Communities from Fire Hazards by Constructing Fuel 
Breaks Known as Defensible Fuel Profile Zones (DFPZs), Feather River 
Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba Counties, 
CA.

    Summary: EPA commends the decommissioning of 11.5 miles of roads, 
watershed improvement projects, and aspen and black oak restoration. 
However, EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
cumulative effects of regional Defensible Fuel Profile Zones and fuel 
management actions given past extraction and road construction 
activities and proposed soil-disturbing activities on adjacent private 
lands. EPA recommended concurrent road decommissioning and restoration 
actions, and other measures to ensure timely watershed improvements.

EIS No. 20080450, ERP No. F-NOA-E91023-00, Amendment 16 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery, Address Overfishing, 
Bycatch, Management Reference Points, and Allocations for Snapper 
Grouper Species, Implementation, South Atlantic Region.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080453, ERP No. F-FTA-C54010-00, Access to the Region's Core 
Project, Additional Information on the Build Alternative, To Increase 
Trans-Hudson Commuter Rail Capacity, Improve System Safety and 
Reliability between Secaucus Junction Station in NJ and midtown 
Manhattan, Funding, Hudson County, NJ and New York County NY.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080399, ERP No. FS-FTA-K54022-CA, Central Subway/Third Street 
Light Rail Phase 2, Funding, San Francisco Municipal Transportation 
Agency, in the City and County San Francisco, CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080511, ERP No. FS-USN-K11094-00, Developing Home Port 
Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the 
U.S. Pacific Fleet, New Circumstances and Information to Supplements 
(the 1999 FEIS) Coronado, CA.

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

    Dated: December 16, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E8-30210 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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