[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 171 (Friday, September 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45845-45846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21386]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8597-1]


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. 20090221, ERP No. D-AFS-F65076-WI, Northwest Sands Restoration 
Project, Restoring the Pine Barren Ecosystem, Implementation, Washburn 
District Ranger, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Bayfield County, 
WI.

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

EIS No. 20090222, ERP No. D-AFS-G65109-NM, Rinconada Communication 
Site, Designation of Site to Serve Present and Future High Power 
Communication Needs and to Permit the Development of a Radio 
Transmission Facility within Site, Mt. Taylor Ranger District, Cibola 
National Forest, Cibola County, NM.

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

EIS No. 20090226, ERP No. D-FHW-K40272-CA, 6th Street Viaduct Seismic 
Improvement Project, Retrofitting or Demolition and Replacement of the 
Existing Viaduct over the Los Angeles river between Mateo and Mill 
Streets, Los Angeles County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
aquatic resources, air quality/construction mitigation, and 
environmental justice issues. EPA also requested additional cumulative 
impacts analysis. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090251, ERP No. F-NPS-C61012-NY, Fort Stanwix National 
Monument General Management Plan, Implementation, Funding, City of 
Rome, Oneida County, NY.

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


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EIS No. 20090263, ERP No. F-NSF-K99036-HI, Advanced Technology Solar 
Telescope Project, Issuing Special Use Permit to Operate Commercial 
Vehicles on Haeakala National Park Road during the Construction of Site 
at the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy, Haleakala High 
Altitude Observatory (HO) Site, Island of Maui, HI.

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

EIS No. 20090264, ERP No. F-FHW-F40447-OH, Cleveland Innerbelt Project, 
Proposing Major Rehabilitation and Reconstruction between I-71 and I-
90, Cleveland Central Business District, Funding, City of Cleveland, 
Cuyahoga County, OH.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
stormwater impacts and requested the pretreatment of all stormwater.

    Dated: September 1, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-21386 Filed 9-3-09; 8:45 am]
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