[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22529]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8597-5]


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 the Federal Register dated July 17, 2009 (74 FR 34754).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090229, ERP No. D-NPS-E65084-FL, Big Cypress National 
Preserve Addition, General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Off-Road 
Vehicle Management Plan, Implementation, Collier County, FL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about surface water 
and wetland impacts, and recommended that the final EIS include a 
cumulative impact analysis for the entire Big Cypress National 
Preserve. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090246, ERP No. D-AFS-K65376-CA, Eddy Gulch Late-Successional 
Reserve Fuels/Habitat Protection Project, To Protect Late-Successional 
Habitat used by the Northern Spotted Owl and Other Late-Successional-
Dependent Species, Salmon River and Scott River Ranger District, 
Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.

    Summary: EPA requested additional information regarding a smoke 
management plan, worker exposure to naturally occurring asbestos, the 
Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), and noxious weeds. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090284, ERP No. F-ARD-L65578-WA, Adoption--White Pass 
Expansion Master Development Plan, Implementation, Naches Ranger 
District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests and Cowlitz Valley Ranger 
District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Yakima and Lewis Counties, 
WA.

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

    Dated: September 15, 2009.

Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-22529 Filed 9-17-09; 8:45 am]
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