[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10253-10254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4701]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8988-7]


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

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of EPA comments in the Federal Register.

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090368, ERP No. D-NSA-E11071-TN, Y-12 National Security 
Complex Project, to Support the Stockpile Stewardship Program and to 
Meet the Mission Assigned to Y-12, Oak Ridge, TN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about storage, 
transportation and disposal of hazardous waste and radioactive wastes. 
EPA requested additional information about NPDES monitoring. Also, 
long-term onsite storage and disposition of wastes will need to be 
addressed as the project progresses. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20090378, ERP No. D-COE-F09806-MN, NorthMet Project, Proposes 
to Construct and Operate an Open Pit Mine and Processing Facility, 
Located in Hoyt Lakes--Babbitt Area of St. Louis County, MN.
    Summary: The project as proposed will have satisfactory impacts to 
surface water and groundwater from acid mine drainage and mobilization 
of metals and sulfates. The project will also have significant wetland 
impacts that are not adequately mitigated. In addition, the EIS does 
not adequately evaluate the fate and transport of pollutants between 
groundwater, surface water and wetlands, nor does it discuss financial 
assurance for closure and post-closure care. Rating EU3.
EIS No. 20090386, ERP No. D-BLM-K09811-CA, Ivanpah Solar Electric 
Generating System (07-AFC-5) Project, Proposal to Construct a 400-mw 
Megawatt Concentrated Solar Power Tower, Thermal-Electric Power Plant, 
San Bernardino County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
biological and aquatic resources, air quality and sensitive species. 
EPA also requested additional information to fully describe the 
project's purpose and need, broaden the range of alternatives, and 
further evaluate cumulative impacts from reasonably foreseeable future 
actions. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20090394, ERP No. D-USN-K11126-GU, Guam and Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Military Relocation, Proposed 
Relocating Marines from Okinawa, Visiting Aircraft Carrier Berthing, 
and Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force, Implementation, GU.
    Summary: EPA identified adverse environmental impacts to Guam's 
drinking water and wastewater infrastructure from construction workers 
and induced population growth, and to sensitive coral habitat. The DEIS 
does not adequately assess the impacts and infrastructure needs of the 
construction workers and induced growth, and does not include an 
adequate assessment of the impacts to the coral habitat or an adequate 
mitigation plan for those impacts. Rating EU3.
EIS No. 20090397, ERP No. D-USA-G39052-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Louisiana 
Coastal Area (LCA) Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program 
Study, To Establish the Structure and Management Architecture of the 
BUDMAT Program, Implementation, MS, TX and LA.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20100008, ERP No. D-GSA-F65079-00, International Falls Land 
Port of Entry Improvements Study, Proposes to Replace the Existing Land 
Port of Entry, Minnesota along the U.S. and Canada Border.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
impacts from stormwater runoff and hazardous materials spills. EPA 
recommended that appropriate runoff and spills management be 
incorporated into the project. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090437, ERP No. F-COE-E39077-NC, Western Wake Regional 
Wastewater Management Facilities, Proposed Construction of Regional 
Wastewater Pumping, Conveyance, Treatment, and Discharge Facilities to 
Serve the Towns of Apex, Cary, Holly Springs and Morrisville, Research 
Triangle Park, Wake County, NC.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about environmental justice impacts 
and maintaining EPA-approved State of North Carolina Water Quality 
Standards for Surface Waters.
EIS No. 20100006, ERP No. F-AFS-L65570-00, Rogue River-Siskiyou 
National Forest, Motorized Vehicle Use, To Enact the Travel Management 
Rule, Implementation, Douglas, Klamath, Jackson, Curry, Coos and 
Josephine Counties, OR and Del Norte and Siskiyou Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
human health that could result from exposure to naturally occurring 
asbestos (NOA). EPA recommended that a plan be developed and 
implemented to address risk from NOA.
EIS No. 20100007, ERP No. F-NOA-B91005-00, Amendment 3 to the Northeast 
Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan, Implementation of New Management 
Measures to Rebuild Overfished Skate Stocks, End Overfishing of Skate 
Fisheries, Gulf of Maine (GOM), Georges Bank (GB), South New England 
and Mid-Atlantic Regions.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20100011, ERP No. F-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's previous issues have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20100015, ERP No. F-USA-G39052-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Louisiana 
Coastal Area (LCA) Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program 
Study, To Establish the Structure and Management Architecture of the 
BUDMAT Program, Implementation, MS, TX and LA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20100012, ERP No. FS-AFS-K65312-CA, Pilgrim Vegetation 
Management Project, Updated Information to Address and Respond to the 
Specific Issues Identified in the Court Ruling. Implementation, Shasta-
Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about inadvertent 
exposure to humans and non-target species to the fungicide Sporax and 
cumulative effects to snag-dependent and late-successional species.

    Dated: March 2, 2010.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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