[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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