[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 237 (Friday, December 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65772-65773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29561]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8986-5]


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 or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/. 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. 20090313, ERP No. D-AFS-K65379-CA, Freds Fire Reforestation 
Project, Implementation, EL Dorado National Forest, Placerville and 
Pacific Ranger Districts, El Dorado County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the quality of 
herbicide toxicity data and the clarity of information presented in 
comparing alternatives. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090329, ERP No. D-DOE-H09800-KS, Abengoa Biorefinery Project, 
To Support the Design, Construction, and Startup of a Commercial-Scale 
Integrated Biorefinery, Federal Funding, Located near the City Hugoton, 
Stevens County, KS.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
groundwater resources and the lack of information on biomass harvest 
sustainability and disposition of solid waste during construction/
operation. EPA also noted that air quality modeling will require an 
update due to project design changes. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090344, ERP No. D-AFS-J65549-WY, Rattlesnake Forest 
Management Project, Proposes to Implement Multiple Resource Management 
Action, Bearlodge Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, Crook 
County, WY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts, and requested additional air quality information and 
mitigation. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090352, ERP No. D-FHW-E40829-NC, Elizabeth Brady Road (NC-
1879) Extension Project, Widening and Extension of NC-1879 from the 
Intersection of NC-86 with US 70 Business to North of US-70 Bypass at 
the Intersection of St. Mary's Road NC-1002, Hillsborough Central 
Business, Orange County, NC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about stream impacts, 
riparian buffer impacts, historic property impacts, and impacts to 
prime farmlands. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090331, ERP No. F-COE-K39116-CA, San Pedro Waterfront 
Project, Proposed Specific Development Project and Associated 
Infrastructure Improvements on

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Approximately 400 Acres, Currently Operated by Los Angeles Harbor 
Department (LAHD), Located along the West Side of Los Angeles Harbor's 
Main Channel, from the Vincent Thomas Bridge to Cabrillo Beach, US Army 
Section 10 and 404 and Section 103 Marine Protection, Research, and 
Sanctuaries Act Permits, (MPRSA) City of Los Angeles, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have concerns about the unavoidable air 
quality impacts to environmental justice communities.

EIS No. 20090335, ERP No. F-AFS-K65341-AZ, Black River Exchange 
Project, Proposal to Exchange Federal and Non-Federal Lands, Apache-
Sitgreaves National Forests, Apache County, AZ.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20090347, ERP No. F-AFS-J65512-MT, Butte Lookout Project, 
Proposed Timber Harvest, Prescribed Burning, Road Work and Management 
Activities, Missoula Ranger District, Lola National Forest, Missoula 
County, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns because 
significant portions of the proposed rehabilitative and restorative 
work are not currently funded. EPA encouraged timely funding of the 
remainder of the proposed rehabilitative and restorative work.

EIS No. 20090351, ERP No. F-AFS-J65503-WY, Thunder Basin National 
Grassland Prairie Dog Management Strategy, Land and Resource Management 
Plan Amendment 3, Proposes to Implement a Site-Specific 
Strategy to Manage Black Trailed Prairie Dog, Douglas Ranger District, 
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National 
Grassland, Campbell, Converse, Niobrara and Weston Counties, WY.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns About impacts 
to black-footed ferret habitat.

EIS No. 20090354, ERP No. F-USN-K11023-00, West Coast Basing of the MV-
22 Determining Basing Location(s) and Providing Efficient Training 
Operations, CA, AZ.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about project-related 
noise impacts.

EIS No. 20090355, ERP No. F-AFS-K65361-CA, Thom-Seider Vegetation 
Management and Fuels Reduction Project, To Respond to the Increasing 
Density and Fuels Hazard Evident along the Klamath River between 
Hamburg and Happy Camp, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20090357, ERP No. F-NPS-H65028-MO, Jefferson National Expansion 
Memorial, General Management Plan, Implementation, St. Louis, MO.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20090359, ERP No. F-FHW-H40194-MO, MO-63 Corridor Improvement 
Project, To Correct Roadway Deficiencies, Reduce Congestion and Provide 
Continuity along the MO-63 Corridor on the Existing Roadway and on New 
Location, Osage, Maries and Phelps Counties, MO.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about stream 
and wetland impacts, and requested additional mitigation.

EIS No. 20090361, ERP No. F-NOA-A91073-00, Programmatic--Toward an 
Ecosystem Approach for the Western Pacific Region: From Species-Based 
Fishery Management Plans to Place-Based Fishery Ecosystem Plans, 
Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Crustaceans, 
Precious Corals, Pelagics, Implementation, American Samoa, Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Remote Island 
Area.

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

    Dated: December 12, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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