[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 166 (Friday, August 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 44359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20810]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8596-8]


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 July 17, 2009 (74 FR 
34754).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090156, ERP No. D-NIH-D99002-MD, National Institute of Health 
(NIH), Transport of Laboratory Personnel Potentially Exposed to 
Infectious Agents from Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD to the National 
Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090095, ERP No. F-NRC-D06005-PA, GENERIC--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 35 to NUREG-1437, Regarding Susquehanna 
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, Issuing Nuclear Power Plant 
Operating Licenses for a 20-Year Period, PA.

    Summary: NRC has accommodated EPA's recommendations regarding 
historic and archaeological resources as well as pollution prevention 
measures. EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20090175, ERP No. F-NRC-A09836-00, GENERIC--In-Situ Leach 
Uranium Milling Facilities (NUREG-1910), Construction, Operation, 
Aquifer Restoration and Decommissioning, Potentially Location in 
Portions of WY, NE, SD and NM.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
lack of analysis of impacts of other leaching solutions that are 
proposed for use including acid lixiviants.

EIS No. 20090185, ERP No. F-COE-D39038-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Oyster 
Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or 
Nonnative Oyster, Implementation, Chesapeake Bay, MD and VA.

    Summary: EPA restated its support for the native only combination 
Alternative 8A as representing the best choice among the alternatives 
presented. EPA provided a number of points to be considered as any 
Record of Decision is prepared and native oyster restoration plans 
developed.

EIS No. 20090233, ERP No. F-IBR-G39048-NM, Navajo-Gallup Water Supply 
Project, To Provide a Long-Term (Year 2040) Water Supply, Treatment and 
Transmission of Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water to Navajo National 
and Jicarilla Apache Nation, City of Gallup, New Mexico.

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

EIS No. 20090234, ERP No. F-AFS-J61115-SD, Slate Castle Project Area, 
Proposes to Implement Multiple Resource Management Actions, Mystic 
Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, Pennington County, SD.

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

EIS No. 20090238, ERP No. F-USN-D35063-VA, Norfolk Harbor Channel, 
Proposed Dredging to Deepen Five Miles of the Federal Navigation 
Channel in the Elizabeth River from Lamberts Bend to the Norfolk Naval 
Shipyard (NNSY), Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA.

    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20090240, ERP No. F-FHW-E40818-NC, NC-119 Relocation Project, 
Transportation Improvement from the I-185/40 Interchange Southwest of 
Mebane to Existing NC-119 south of NC-1918 (Mrs. White Lane) Mebane, 
Right-of-Way Acquisition, Alamance County, NC.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to streams, agricultural lands, critical water supply areas, and noise 
receptors.

EIS No. 20090248, ERP No. F-AFS-L65557-OR, Farley Vegetation Management 
Project, To Conduct Timber Harvest Commercial and Non-Commercial 
Thinning, Fuels Treatment Prescribed Burning and Reforestation, 
Desolation Creek, North Fork John Day Ranger District, Umatilla 
National Forest, Grant County, OR.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
wildfire expectations.

EIS No. 20090255, ERP No. F-BLM-J65496-CO, Canyons of the Ancients 
National Monument Resource Management Plan, To Address Future 
Management Options for Approximately 165.00 Acres of Land, Dolores and 
Montezuma Counties, CO.

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

    Dated: August 25, 2009.
Kenneth Mittelholtz,
Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-20810 Filed 8-27-09; 8:45 am]
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