[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 117 (Friday, June 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29208-29209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14463]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8594-6]


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 17, 2009 (74 
FR 17860).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090032, ERP No. D1-FHW-F40446-IN, I-69 Evansville to 
Indianapolis, Indiana Projec t, Section 3, Washington to Crane NSWC (US 
50 to US 231), Daviess, Greene, Knox and Martin Counties, IN.

    Summary: While EPA has no objections to the proposed action, it did 
request clarification on some air quality, floodplain and watershed/
wetland issues. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20090061, ERP No. D-AFS-L65568-OR, D-Bug Hazard Reduction 
Timber Sales Project, To Lessen the Fuel and Safety Hazards Associated 
with the On-going Outbreak of Mountain Pine Beetles, Diamond Lake 
Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, OR.

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

EIS No. 20090101, ERP No. D-AFS-K65360-CA, Lake Tahoe Basin Management 
Unit South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration, To 
Manage Fuel Reduction and Forest Health in the Wildland Urban Intermit 
(WUI), El Dorado County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
monitoring, cumulative watershed effects, and impacts to stream 
environment zones (SEZs). EPA recommended consideration of an 
alternative that further reduces adverse effects on SEZs and watersheds 
already over the cumulative watershed effects threshold. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090112, ERP No. D-NPS-K65362-00, Long Walk National Historic 
Trail Feasibility Study, To Evaluate the Suitability and Feasibility of 
Designating the Routes, Implementation, Apache, Coconino, Navajo 
Counties, AZ; Bernalillo, Cibola, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, 
McKinley, Mora, Otero, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia Counties, 
NM.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred plan of action. 
Rating LO.

EIS No. 20090117, ERP No. D-COE-E39078-FL, C-111 Spreader Canal Western 
Project, To Restore Ecosystem Function in Taylor Slough and Florida Bay 
Areas, Central and Southern Florida Project, Comprehensive Everglades 
Restoration Plan (CERP), Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, 
FL.

    Summary: While EPA has no objections to the proposed action, it did 
request clarification of some water quality issues. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20090125, ERP No. D-SFW-K99042-AZ, Town of Marana Habitat 
Conservation Plan, Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to 
Authorize the Incidental Take of Species Protected by the Endangered 
Species Act (ESA), Pima County, AZ.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections due to the 
inclusion of incidental take coverage of

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bank stabilization activities for the remaining unmodified banks of the 
Santa Cruz River. Rating EO2.

EIS No. 20090056, ERP No. DB-TPT-K61154-CA, Presidio Trust Management 
Plan (PTMP), Updated Information on the Preferred Alternative for the 
Main Post District of the Presidio of San Francisco, Implementation, 
City and County of San Francisco, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air emissions 
from demolition and construction activities, and recommended the Final 
EIS provide emissions projections for these activities and additional 
information on mitigation measures. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080489, ERP No. DR-DOE-C06012-NY, West Valley Demonstration 
Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center Decommissioning 
and/or Long-Term Stewardship, (DOE/EIS-0226-D Revised) City of Buffalo, 
Eric and Cattaraugus Counties, NY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality, 
sole source aquifer and surface water impacts. Rating EC1.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090163, ERP No. F-NPS-J61113-SD, Minuteman Missile National 
Historic Site, General Management Plan, Implementation, Jackson and 
Pennington Counties, SD.

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

    Dated: June 16, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-14463 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]
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