[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8935-8936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4021]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8988-4]


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).
    Notice: In accordance with Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act, EPA 
is required to make its comments on EISs issued by other Federal 
agencies public. Historically, EPA has met this mandate by publishing 
weekly notices of availability of EPA comments, which includes a brief 
summary of EPA's comment letters, in the Federal Register. Since 
February 2008, EPA has been including its comment letters on EISs on 
its Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. 
Including the entire EIS comment letters on the Web site satisfies the 
Section 309(a) requirement to make EPA's comments on EISs available to 
the public. Accordingly, after March 31, 2010, EPA will discontinue the 
publication of this notice of availability of EPA comments in the 
Federal Register.

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090272, ERP No. D-UAF-B11025-00, Modification of the Condor 1 
and Condor 2 Military Operation Areas, 104th Fighter Wing of the 
Massachusetts Air National Guard Base (ANG) Proposes to Combine the 
Condor 1 and Condor 2 MOA, ME and NH.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about noise impacts, 
and recommended that ANG

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work with impacted residents, and to consider ways to better inform the 
public of training schedules. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090363, ERP No. D-SFW-G99004-TX, Hays County Regional Habitat 
Conservation Plan, Application for an Incidental Take Permit, Hays 
County, TX.

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

    EIS No. 20090384, ERP No. D-NOA-K39124-CA, Fruit Growers Supply 
Company's Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Implementation, 
Authorization for Incidental Take Permit, Siskiyou County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about water resource 
impacts, air quality impacts, the timing of road decommissioning and 
maintenance, and local requirements for timber harvest. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090402, ERP No. D-NRC-F06027-MN, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 
and 2, Supplement 39, NUREG-1437, Implementation, City of Red Wing, 
Dakota County, MN.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about radiation, 
emergency access, wetlands, floodplains, environmental justice, and 
noise. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090419, ERP No. D-COE-F01003-MN, U.S. Steel Keetac Taconite 
Mine Expansion Project, Propose to Restart an Idled Production Line and 
Expand Contiguous Sections of the Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, located near 
Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis Counties, MN.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections because of wetland 
impacts and insufficient avoidance, minimization/mitigation measures. 
EPA also offered comments on water quality and air quality impacts. 
Rating EO2.

EIS No. 20090426, ERP No. D-FRA-D53011-VA, Richmond and the Hampton 
Roads Passenger Rail Project, Proposed Higher Speed Intercity Passenger 
Rail, VA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air and water 
impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090442, ERP No. D-COE-G39053-00, Sabine-Neches Waterway 
Channel Improvement Project, Proposed Ocean Dredged Material Disposal 
Site Designation, Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090016, ERP No. F-FAA-B40165-MA, New Bedford Regional Airport 
Improvements Project, To Enhance Aviation Capacity, Air Traffic, Jet 
Traffic, Air Cargo and General Aviation Traffic, Southeastern 
Massachusetts Region, City of New Bedford, Bristol County, MA.

    Summary: EPA does not object the proposed project.

EIS No. 20090197, ERP No. F-WAP-J08026-00, Big Stone II Power Plant and 
Transmission Project, Addresses the Impacts of Changes to the Proposed 
Action relative to Cooling Alternatives and the Use of Groundwater as 
Backup Water Source, US Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Grant 
County, SD and Big Stone County, MN.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about CO2 
emissions.

EIS No. 20090398, ERP No. F-BPA-L91029-WA, Chief Joseph Hatchery 
Program, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of a Chinook Salmon 
Hatchery Production Program, Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation (Colville Tribes), Okanogan River and Columbia River, 
Okanogan County, WA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water 
quality impacts. EPA recommended including mitigation and terms and 
conditions in the ROD to protect water quality.

EIS No. 20090415, ERP No. F-FHW-F59004-MI, Detroit Intermodal Freight 
Terminal (DIFT) Project, Proposes Improvement to Intermodal Freight 
Terminals in Wayne and Oakland Counties, MI.

    Summary: EPA reiterated its position about the need for a hot spot 
analysis for fine particulate matter. EPA also recommended the Record 
of Decision commit to additional construction and terminal operation 
mitigation measures.

EIS No. 20090428, ERP No. F-NOA-L91033-AK, Bering Sea Chinook Salmon 
Bycatch Management, Establish New Measures to Minimize Chinook Salmon 
Bycatch, To Amend the Fishery Management Plan, Implementation, Bering 
Sea Pollock Fishery, AK.

    Summary: EPA's primary concerns were addressed; therefore, EPA does 
not object to the proposed amendment.

EIS No. 20090430, ERP No. F-AFS-L65550-00, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness 
Plants Management Project, To Prevent the Establishment of New Invaders 
and Reduce the Impacts of Established Invasive Plants on Native Plant 
Community Stability, Sustainability and Diversity, Nez Perce, 
Clearwater, Lolo, and Bitterroot National Forests, ID and MT.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20090443, ERP No. F-FHW-D80032-DC, ADOPTION--Department of 
Homeland Security Headquarters at the St. Elizabeth's West Campus, To 
Consolidate Federal Office Space on a Secure Site, Washington, DC.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
East Campus resource impacts.

EIS No. 20090448, ERP No. F-FHW-L40228-WA, South Park Bridge Project, 
Proposes to Rehabilitate or Replace the Historic South Park Bridge over 
the Duwamish Waterway at 14th/16 Avenue S, US Coast Guard Permit and 
U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, King County, WA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
contaminated sediment impacts.

EIS No. 20100002, ERP No. F-AFS-K65380-NV, Middle Kyle Canyon Complex 
Project, Construction and Operation of a Recreation Complex within the 
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Humboldt-Toiyabe National 
Forest, Clark County, NV.

    Summary: While EPA's previous issues have been resolved, EPA did 
request that mitigation plans developed for ``biodiversity hotspots'' 
are closely monitored and enforced.

    Dated: February 23, 2010.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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