[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11882-11883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5442]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8988-9]


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 include a brief summary 
of EPA's comment letters, in the Federal Register. Since February 2008, 
EPA has been including its comment letters on

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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. 20090435, ERP No. D-APH-A65798-00, Glyphosate-Tolerant Alfalfa 
Events J101 and J163: Request for Non-Regulated Status, Implementation, 
United States.

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

EIS No. 20090452, ERP No. D-FHW-H40196-MO, Rex Whitton Expressway 
Project, To Safely and Reliably Improve Personal and Freight Mobility, 
Reduce Traffic Congestion, US 50/63 (Rex Whitton Expressway, also Known 
as Whitton) Facility in Cole County, MO.

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

EIS No. 20100010, ERP No. D-COE-E39079-NC, Surf City and North Topsail 
Beach Project, To Evaluate Coastal Storm Damage Reduction, Topsail 
Island, Pender and Onslow Counties, NC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the use of 
hopper dredges during construction and the potential effects on marine 
and threatened and endangered resources. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090278, ERP No. DS-FHW-B40092-NH, I-93 Highway Improvements, 
from Massachusetts State Line to Manchester, NH, Funding, NPDES and 
U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permits Issuance, Hillsborough and Rockingham 
Counties, NH.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts related 
to alternatives, wetlands, water resources, greenhouse gas emissions, 
air quality, and indirect effects. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090439, ERP No. F-FHW-B40091-ME, Aroostook County Transport 
Study, Route I-161 Connector, To Identify Transportation Corridors that 
will Improve Mobility and Efficiency within Northeastern Aroostook 
County and other portions of the U.S. and Canada, U.S. Army COE Section 
404 Permit, Endangered Species Act, NPDES and Section 10 River and 
Harbors Act, Caribou, Aroostook County, ME.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland, road 
salt, and economic development impacts. EPA offered to provide 
additional input as necessary to help FHWA and MaineDOT address the 
comments.

EIS No. 20100021, ERP No. F-IBR-K65337-CA, Folsom Lake State Recreation 
Area & Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park, General Plan/Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Placer County, CA.

    Summary: While EPA does not object to the proposed action, EPA 
requested clarification of funding and enforcement mechanisms as well 
as a commitment to future project-specific environmental analysis.

    Dated: March 9, 2010.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 2010-5442 Filed 3-11-10; 8:45 am]
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