63146 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 209 / Friday, October 29, 2004 / Notices 

[RT01–86–000, RT01–86–001 and RT01–86–

002] 

New York Independent System 

Operator, Inc., et al.

[RT01–95–000, RT01–95–001 and RT01–95–

002] 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., et al.

[RT01–2–000, RT01–2–001, RT01–2–002 and 

RT01–2–003] 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

[RT01–98–000] 

ISO New England, Inc. 

New York Independent System 

Operator, Inc. 

[RT02–3–000]

Take notice that PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C., New York Independent System 

Operator, Inc. and ISO New England, 

Inc., have posted on their internet web 

sites charts and information updating 

their progress on the resolution of ISO 

seams. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

November 12, 2004. 

Standard Paragraph 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all parties to this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 

20426. 

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http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

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Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6657–2] 

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) 564–7167. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403). 

Draft EISs 

ERP No. D–NAS–K11114–HI Rating 

EC2, Outrigger Telescopes Project, 

Proposed for the W.M. Keck 

Observatory Site within the Mauna Kea 

Science Reserve, Funding, Construction, 

Installation and Operation, Island of 

Hawaii. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

about the cumulative impacts to native 

Hawaiian cultural resources, visual 

resources, and species impacts, and 

asked for more information supporting 

the selection of the proposed 

alternative. 

ERP No. D–NOA–K91013–HI Rating 

EC2, Seabird Interaction Mitigation 

Methods, To Reduce Interaction with 

Seabird in Hawaii-Based Longline 

Fishery and Pelagic Squid Fishery 

Management, To Establish an Effective 

Management Framework for Pelagic 

Squid Fisheries, Fishery Management 

Plan, Pelagic Fisheries of the Western 

Pacific Region, Exclusive Economic 

Zone of the U.S. and High Sea. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

over the impacts to seabirds associated 

with the preferred alternative, and 

requested more information on the 

effects of the newly-established U.S. 

squid fishery of protected species. 

ERP No. D–NOA–L91025–00 Rating 

EC2, 2005–2006 Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery, Proposed 

Acceptable Biological Catch and 

Optimum Yield Specifications and 

Management Measures, WA, OR and 

CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

about projected exceedences for 

optimum yields for canary and widow 

rockfish, impacts on essential fish 

habitat, and the need to increase 

observer coverage for better accounting 

of bycatch. 

ERP No. D–NOA–L99010–AK Rating 

LO, Pribilof Islands Setting for the 

Annual Subsistence Harvest of Northern 

Fur Seals, To Determine and Publish the 

Take Ranges, Pribilof Islands, AK. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed harvest levels or their 

associated impacts. 

ERP No. DS–TPT–K61154–CA Rating 

LO, Presidio Trust Public Health Service 

Hospital (PUSH or Building 1801) at the 

Presidio of San Francisco (Area B) of 

Presidio Trust Management Plan, To 

Rehabilitate and Reuse Buildings, Gold 

Gate National Recreation Area, San 

Francisco Bay, Marin County, CA. 

Summary: EPA had a lack of 

objections to the project as proposed. 

Final EISs 

ERP No. F–AFS–J65375–MT Sheep 

Creek Range Analysis, Grazing and 

Special Use Allotments Reorganization, 

Grazing and Special Use Permits 

Issuance, Lewis and Clark National 

Forest, White Sulphur Springs Ranger 

District, Meagher and Cascade Counties, 

MT. 

Summary: EPA supports improved 

grazing management, but expressed 

environmental concerns about 

continued impacts to water quality from 

delays in reducing grazing pressure 

(AUMs) on allotments with less than 

properly functioning streams for 3–5 

years or longer. EPA recommends more 

timely implementation of grazing 

improvements, including AUM 

reductions, on allotments with nonfunctioning and functioning-at-risk 

streams. 

ERP No. F–AFS–L65372–AK

Threemile Timber Sale, 

Implementation, Petersburg Ranger 

District, Tongass National Forest, AK.

Summary: No comment letter was 

sent to the preparing agency. 

ERP No. F–AFS–L65373–AK Gravina 

Island Timber Sale, Implementation, 

Timber Harvest and Related Activities, 

Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, 

Tongass National Forest, AK. 

Summary: The Final EIS responded to 

EPA’s concerns by developing a new 

alternative that combined helicopter 

and land-based timber extraction and 

selecting an alternative that is less 

damaging to riparian areas and greatly 

limited road access, protecting deer 

habitat and intertidal areas which are 

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subsistence resources for native 

Alaskans. EPA continues to have 

concerns about the adverse impacts to 

streams and wetlands, as well as 

cumulative impacts from roads and 

access to the roadless area. 

ERP No. F–AFS–L65452–ID South 

Fork Wildfire Salvage Project, 

Harvesting Fire-Killed and Imminently 

Dead Trees, Cascade Ranger District, 

Boise National Forest, Valley County, 

ID. 

Summary: No comment letter was 

sent to the preparing agency. 

ERP No. F–BLM–L65446–AK Alpine 

Satellite Development Plan, 

Construction and Operation of Five Oil 

Production Pads, Associated Well, 

Roads, Airstrips, Pipelines and 

Powerlines, Authorization and Permits 

Issuance, Northeast corner of the 

National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, 

Colville River Delta, North Slope 

Borough, AK. 

Summary: EPA has environmental 

concerns about the Preferred Alternative 

(Alternative F). The Final EIS does not 

provide sufficient information, data, 

analyses, or discussion to ensure that all 

developmental components of the 

Preferred Alternative will meet the 

substantive environmental requirements 

of Clean Water Act Section 404. In 

addition, EPA has concerns about 

impacts from current road alignment 

design, disturbance from access to 

production pads, the potential for 

violation of Special Condition 10 of the 

Corps Permit, erosion from pad 

sidesloped, lack of specific mitigation 

measures, and insufficient 9 information 

regarding air quality impacts. 

ERP No. F–COE–L32011–AK Akutan 

Harbor Navigation Improvements 

Project, Construction and 

Implementation, Bering Sea, City of 

Akutan, AK. 

Summary: EPA agreed with U.S. 

Army Corps’ conclusion that the project 

would not violate Alaska’s water quality 

standards or exceed the Akutan Harbor 

TMDL load allocations. However, EPA 

reiterated objections to the direct and 

indirect effects on wetlands, and 

requested that the Corps explore offsite 

beneficial use options to the stockpiling 

of dredged material in wetlands. EPA 

also recommended that the Corps 

explore compensatory mitigation 

through wetland enhancements during 

detailed project design. 

ERP No. F–NOA–E39066–FL

Programmatic EIS—Seagrass Restoration 

in the Florida Keys National Marine 

Sanctuary, Implementation, U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 and CZMA Permits, 

Monroe County, FL. 

Summary: EPA continues to fully 

support the proposed restoration goals 

for Seagrass damaged in FKNMS waters, 

but requests that some issues be 

clarified in the NOAA ROD.

Dated: October 26, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed October 18, 2004 Through October 

22, 2004 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 040495, FINAL EIS, AFS, MT,

Fortine Project, To Implement 

Vegetation Management, Timber 

Harvest and Fuel Reduction 

Activities, Kootenai National Forest, 

Fortine Ranger District, Lincoln 

County, MT, Wait Period Ends:

November 29, 2004, Contact: Joleen 

Dunham (406) 882–4451. 

EIS No. 040496, DRAFT SUPPLEMENT, 

FHW, NC, Eastern Section of the 

Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, 

U.S. 52 south to I–40 Business and I–

40 Business south to U.S. 311, 

Improvements to the Surface 

Transportation Network, TIP Project 

Nos. U–2579 and U–2579A, Forsyth 

County, NC, Comment Period Ends:

January 5, 2005, Contact: John F. 

Sullivan, III, P.E. (919) 856–4346. 

EIS No. 040497, FINAL SUPPLEMENT, 

FHW, NC, Western Section of the 

Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, 

U.S. 158 north to U.S. 52, TIP Nos. R–

2247, Forsyth County, NC, Wait 

Period Ends: November 29, 2004, 

Contact: John F. Sullivan, III, P. (919) 

856–4346. 

EIS No. 040498, FINAL EIS, AFS, UT,

Wasatch Powerbird Guides Permit 

Renewal, Authorization to Continue 

Providing Guided Helicopter Skiing 

Activities on National Forest System 

(NFS) Land on the Wasatch-Cache 

and Uinta National Forests, SpecialUse Permit (SUP), Provo and Salt 

Lake City, UT, Wait Period Ends:

November 29, 2004, Contact: Steve 

Scheid (801) 733–2689. This 

document is available on the Internet 

at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/wcnf/

projects/decision/wpg.

EIS No. 040499, FINAL EIS, COE, AK,

Unalaska Navigation Improvements 

Project, Construction of Harbor on 

Amaknak Island in Aleutian Island 

Chain, Locally known as ‘‘Little South 

America, Integrated Feasibility 

Report, Aleutian Island, AK, Wait 

Period Ends: November 29, 2004, 

Contact: Guy McConnell (907) 753–

2614. 

EIS No. 040500, DRAFT EIS, FHW, UT,

Brown Park Road Project, 

Reconstruction (Paving) and Partial 

Re-alignment from Red Creek to 

Colorado State Line, Diamond 

Mountain Resource Management Plan 

Amendment (BLM), U.S. Army COE 

Section 404 Permit, Daggett County, 

UT, Comment Period Ends: December 

17, 2004, Contact: Gregory S. Punske, 

P.E. (801) 963–0182. 

EIS No. 040501, FINAL EIS, COE, CA,

Hamilton City Flood Damage 

Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration, 

Propose to Increase Flood Protection 

and Restore the Ecosystem, 

Sacramento River, Glenn County, CA 

Wait Period Ends: November 29, 2004, 

Contact: Alicia Kirchner (916) 557–

6767. 

EIS No. 040502, FINAL EIS, FHW, CT, 

CT–2/2A/32, Transportation 

Improvement Study, Construction, 

Funding, Coast Guard Bridge Permit, 

NPDES Permit, COE Section 10 and 

404 Permit, New London County, CT, 

Wait Period Ends: November 29, 2004, 

Contact: Bradley Keazer (860) 659–

6703. 

EIS No. 040503, FINAL EIS, COE, CA,

Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration 

Feasibility Study, Restoring 

Anadromous Fish Populations, 

Matilija Creek, Ventura River, Ventura 

County Watershed Protection District, 

Ventura County, CA, Wait Period 

Ends: November 29, 2004, Contact:

Chris Serjack (213) 452–3865.

Dated: October 26, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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