[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16787-16788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7504]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8989-6]


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 
35754).

Final 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, this is the final publication of this notice of 
availability of EPA comments in the Federal Register.

Draft EISs

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 unsatisfactory impacts 
to surface water and groundwater from acid mine drainage and 
mobilization of

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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. 20090411, ERP No. D-BLM-K65383-CA, Clear Creek Management Area 
Resource Management Plan (RMP), Implementation, Portion of San Benito 
County and Fresno County, CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project because it 
will help protect human health and safety and significantly improve 
environmental resources in the project area. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20090451, ERP No. D-FHW-F40451-FL, St. Johns River Crossing 
Project, Improved Highway Corridor and Bridge Crossing the St. John 
River between Clay and St. Johns Counties, FL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections about significant 
wetland and habitat resource impacts. EPA also had concerns about air 
quality, noise, surface water and floodplain impacts. Rating EO2.

EIS No. 20100017, ERP No. D-NOA-L91035-00, Amendment 21 to the Pacific 
Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, (FMP), Allocation of Harvest 
Opportunity between Sectors, Implementation, WA, OR and CA.

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

EIS No. 20100027, ERP No. D-AFS-K65384-CA, Big Grizzly Fuels Reduction 
and Forest Health Project, Proposes Vegetation Treatments, Eldorado 
National Forest, Georgetown Ranger District, Georgetown, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts and requested a commitment to implement BMPs. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20100019, ERP No. F-DOE-C06012-NY, West Valley Demonstration 
Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center Decommissioning 
and/or Long-Term Stewardship, (DOE/EIS-0226-D Revised) City of Buffalo, 
Eric and Cattaraugus Counties, NY.

    Summary: While EPA has no objection with the proposed action, EPA 
indicated that Phase 2 actions and NEPA documentation will be 
reevaluated at the end of Phase 1.

EIS No. 20100036, ERP No. F-IBR-K65382-CA, New Melones Lakes Area 
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Tuolumne and Calaveras 
Counties, CA.

    Summary: No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20100039, ERP No. F-WAP-K08017-00, ADOPTION--Southwest Intertie 
Project, Construction and Operation, 500kV Transmission Line from the 
existing Midpoint substation near Shoshone, ID to a new substation site 
in the Dry Lake Valley of Las Vegas, NV area to a point near Delta, UT, 
Permits Approval and C.

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

EIS No. 20100041, ERP No. F-FHW-F40379-MI, US-31 Holland to Grand Haven 
Project, Transportation Improvement to Reduce Traffic Congestion and 
Delay, Ottawa County, MI.

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

EIS No. 20100042, ERP No. F-COE-K39121-CA, Natomas Levee Improvement 
Program Phase 4a Landside Improvement Project, Issuing of 408 
Permission and 404 Permits, California Department of Water Resources 
(DWR) and the California Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Sutter 
and Sacramento Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about flood 
risk impacts and the need for a PM 2.5 modeling assessment and a 
general conformity determination.

EIS No. 20100044, ERP No. F-AFS-K65368-CA, Lower Trinity and Mad River 
Motorized Travel Management, Proposed to Prohibit Cross-County Motor 
Vehicle Travel Off Designated National Forest Transportation System 
(NFTS) Roads and Motorized Trails, Six River National Forest, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
scope of the travel management planning process and routes proposed in 
impaired watersheds. EPA recommended the action include current roads 
and trails with known impacts and a thorough evaluation of all impacts 
to water resources.

EIS No. 20100058, ERP No. F-FHW-F40445-IN, I-69 Evansville to 
Indianapolis, Indiana Project, Section 2, Revised to Update the Stream 
Impacts, Oakland City to Washington, (IN-64 to US 50), Gibson, Pike and 
Daviess Counties, IN.

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

    Dated: March 30, 2010.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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