[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 112 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13861]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8594-4]


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 Federal Register dated April 
17, 2009 (74 FR 17860).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20050084, ERP No. D-FRC-L03012-WA, Capacity Replacement 
Project, Construction and Operation of 79.5 miles Pipeline; Modify 5 
Existing Compressor Stations, U.S. Army COE 10 and 404 Permits, 
Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce and Thurston Counties, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns because wetland 
impacts have not been fully mitigated; and recommended the 
implementation of a project-specific erosion control plan. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20090102, ERP No. D-FAA-A12046-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Streamlining 
the Processing of Experimental Permit Applications, Issuing 
Experimental Permits for the Launch and Reentry of Useable Suborbital 
Rockets.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20090131, ERP No. D-AFS-F65074-WI, Grub Hoe Vegetation and 
Transportation Management Project, Proposes to Implement Vegetation 
Management Activities, Eagle River Florence Ranger District, 
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Florence County, WI.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080419, ERP No. F-NHT-A86245-00, Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy (CAFE) Proposed Standards for Model Year 2011-2015 Passenger 
Cars and Light Trucks, Implementation.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about limited 
information in the FEIS on the technical assumptions and inputs upon 
which the document is based.
EIS No. 20090110, ERP No. F-USN-C11023-NJ, Laurelwood Housing Area, 
Access at Naval Weapons Station Earle, Lease Agreement, Monmouth 
County, NJ.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20090118, ERP No. F-AFS-L65544-AK, Navy Timber Sale Project, To 
Address the Potential Effects of Timber Harvesting on Etolin Island, 
Wrangell Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, AK.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20090129, ERP No. F-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: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20090130, ERP No. F-NPS-E65079-TN, Great Smoky Mountains 
National Park General Management Plan Amendment, Implementation, 
Elkmont Historic District, Sevier County, TN.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20090135, ERP No. F-BLM-K60041-NV, Lincoln County Land Act 
(LCLA) Groundwater Development and Utility Right-of-Way Project, 
Implementation, To Grant a Right-of-Way Permit for Groundwater 
Development and Utility Facilities, Lincoln County, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the long-term 
availability of the water supply, conservation and water use 
efficiency, and indirect and cumulative impacts. EPA recommends 
continued collaboration through a regional groundwater framework to 
ensure efficient long-term sustainable use of the deep carbonate-rock 
aquifer, and evaluation and consideration of specific climate change 
adaptation measures and back-up water supplies.
EIS No. 20090149, ERP No. F-NOA-A91077-00, Amendment 1 to the Tilefish 
Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
Program, To Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Tilefish Fishery, 
Maine to North Carolina.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20090169, ERP No. FS-FHW-H40397-MO, Interstate 70 Corridor 
Improvements, Kansas City to St. Louis, Updated Information, Evaluates 
if a Truck-Only Lane Strategy is Viable, Kansas City to St. Louis, MO.
    Summary: EPA's previous issues have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
has no objection to the proposed action.

    Dated: June 9, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-13861 Filed 6-11-09; 8:45 am]
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