[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 33 (Friday, February 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7889-7890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3661]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8590-7]


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).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20080072, ERP No. D-IBR-J39038-C0, Southern Delivery System 
Project, Water Supply Development, Execution of up to 40-year Contracts 
for Use of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Facilities, Special Use Permit, 
El Paso County, CO.

    Summary: EPA raised environmental concerns about potential impacts 
to water quality, including the potential to exacerbate existing water 
quality impairments to water bodies within the Arkansas River Basin and 
the lack of mitigation for these impacts. EPA also raised concerns over 
the potential for increased flooding and erosion due to return flows 
into Fountain Creek. EPA strongly encouraged Reclamation to include 
mitigation commitments to offset the water quality impacts in the Final 
EIS and Record of Decision. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080333, ERP No. D-IBR-J39040-CO, Windy Gap Firming Project, 
Construct a New Water Storage Reservoir to Deliver Water to Front Range 
and West Slope Communities and Industries, Funding, NPDES and U.S. Army 
COE Section 404 Permit, Grand and Larimer Counties, CO.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to this proposal 
because of the potential for the project to worsen water quality in 
already impaired waters without the assurance of adequate mitigation. 
EPA also requested additional information regarding impacts to water 
quality and stream morphology. Rating EO2.

EIS No. 20080343, ERP No. D-FRC-L03014-OR, Jordan Cove Energy and 
Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project, Construction and Operation, 
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import

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Terminal and Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities, Coos, Douglas, Jackson 
and Klamath Counties, OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
degradation of in-bay resources associated with the preferred 
alternative pipeline route identified in the DEIS and the level of 
analysis devoted to key resources. Rating EO2.
EIS No. 20080386, ERP No. D-COE-K39116-CA, SanPedro Waterfront Project, 
Proposed Specific Development Project and Associated Infrastructure 
Improvements on Approximately 400 Acres, Currently Operated by Los 
Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD), Located along the West Side of Los 
Angeles Harbor's Main Channel, from the Vincent Thomas Bridge to 
Cabrillo Beach, U.S. Army Section 10 and 404 and Section 103 Marine 
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Permits, (MPRSA) City of Los 
Angeles, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about significant and 
unavoidable impacts to air quality and environmental justice 
communities, and planned ocean disposal of sediments. EPA recommended 
commitments to conduct an already planned port-wide health risk 
assessment, coordination with the environmental justice community to 
identify additional measures to offset health impacts, implementation 
of a port-wide health impacts assessment to inform mitigation, and 
identification of beneficial reuse opportunities for sediment. Rating 
EC2.
EIS No. 20080461, ERP No. D-FRC-B03007-00, Hubline/East to West 
Project, Proposes to Modify its Existing Natural Gas Transmission 
Pipeline System in MA, CT, RI and NJ.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080462, ERP No. D-FRC-K03031-CA, South Feather Power Project, 
(Project No. 2088-068), Application to Relicense its 104-megawatt, 
South Fork Feather River, Lost Creek and Slate Creek, Butte, Yuba and 
Plumas Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
and construction impacts, and requested additional information on the 
impacts of climate change on the project and the analysis of cumulative 
impacts. Rating EC2.

    Dated: February 17, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-3661 Filed 2-19-09; 8:45 am]
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