[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14593-14594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6771]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8989-4]


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. 20090429, ERP No. D-IBR-L39067-ID, Minidoka Dam Spillway 
Replacement Project, To Prevent Structural Failure of the Minidoka Dam 
Spillway and Canal Headworks, Lake Walcott, Minidoka County, ID.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
impacts, the potential extent of jurisdictional wetlands, and the 
extent to which the wetlands below the dam would be monitored and 
adaptively managed. Rating EC1.

    EIS No. 20090432, ERP No. D-NPS-D65042-DC, National Mall Plan, To 
Prepare a Long-Term Plan that will Restore National Mall, 
Implementation, Washington, DC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts

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to water resources, fish and wildlife, and soils. Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20090436, ERP No. D-AFS-L65525-OR, Canyon Fuels and 
Vegetation Management Project, Proposed Fuels and Vegetation Treatment 
to Reduce the Risk of Stand Loss Due to Overly Dense Stand Conditions, 
Lookout Mountain Ranger District, Ochoco National Forest, Crook County, 
OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality 
and habitat impacts, and recommend the inclusion of additional 
information on riparian harvest prescriptions and grazing management in 
riparian habitat conservation areas. Rating EC1.

    EIS No. 20100004, ERP No. D-NOA-A91078-00, Amendment 11 to the 
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB), Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP), Establish an Atlantic Mackerel Limited Access Program, 
Implementation.

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

    EIS No. 20100005, ERP No. DS-FHW-F40427-WI, WI-23 Highway Project, 
Transportation Improve between Fond du Lac and Plymouth, Fond du Lac 
and Sheboygan Counties, WI.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetlands, air 
quality, upland habitat, noise, and cumulative impacts. Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20100028, ERP No. DS-AFS-J65146-WY, Bridger-Teton National 
Forest, Proposal to Determine What Terms and Conditions to Allow 
Development of Oil and Gas Leasing in the Wyoming Range, Sublette 
County, WY.

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

Final EISs

    EIS No. 20100020, ERP No. F-FTA-G59002-TX, University Corridor 
Fixed Guideway Project, To Implement Transit Improvements from 
Hillcroft Transit Center to the Vicinity of the University of Houston 
(UH)--Central Campus or the Eastwood Transit Center, City of Houston, 
Harris County, TX.

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

    EIS No. 20100025, ERP No. F-COE-E30043-NC, North Topsail Beach 
Shoreline Protection Project, Seeking Federal and State Permits to 
Allow Implementation of a Non-Federal Shoreline and Inlet Management 
Project, New River Inlet, Onslow County, NC.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts to 
marine habitats and migratory species from dredge/fill actions.

    EIS No. 20100026, ERP No. F-NOA-E91029-00, Amendment 31 to the 
Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources, Addresses Bycatch of 
Sea Turtles in the Bottom Longline Component of the Reef Fish Fishery, 
Gulf of Mexico.

    Summary: While EPA continues to support the reduction of sea turtle 
bycatch in bottom longline Reef Fish Fishery proposed by Amendment 31, 
EPA expressed concern that additional research is needed to supplement 
the proposed actions to successfully reduce turtle bycatch.

    EIS No. 20100043, ERP No. F-FHW-H40194-IA, Southeast (SE) Connector 
in Des Moines, Iowa, To Provide a Safe and Efficient Link between the 
MLK Jr. Parkway at SE 14th Street to the U.S. 65 Bypass, Funding, US 
Army COE Section 404 and NPDES Permits, Polk County, IA.

    Summary: EPA's previous comments have been addressed; therefore, 
EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: March 23, 2010.
Kenneth Mittelholtz,
Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 2010-6771 Filed 3-25-10; 8:45 am]
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