65426 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 218 / Friday, November 12, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: November 2, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25216 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket No: WA–04–005; FRL–7837–1] 

Adequacy Status of the Yakima PM10

Nonattainment Area Limited 

Maintenance Plan and Redesignation 

Request for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

the Yakima PM10 Nonattainment Area 

Limited Maintenance Plan and 

Redesignation Request adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. On 

March 2, 1999, the D.C. Circuit Court 

ruled that submitted State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be 

used for conformity determinations 

until EPA has found them adequate. As 

a result of this adequacy finding, the 

area automatically meets the budget test 

for future transportation conformity. 

This affects future transportation 

conformity determinations prepared, 

reviewed and approved by the Yakima 

Valley Council of Governments, 

Washington State Department of 

Transportation, Federal Highway 

Administration and the Federal Transit 

Administration.

DATES: This finding is effective 

November 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

finding is available at EPA’s conformity 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

transp.htm, (once there, click on the 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ button, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). You may also contact 

Wayne Elson, U.S. EPA, Region 10, 

Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics (AWT–

107), 1200 Sixth Ave, Seattle WA 98101; 

(206) 553–1463 or 

elson.wayne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region 10 sent a 

letter to the Washington Department of 

Ecology, October 12, 2004, stating that 

the SIP is adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to SIPs. Conformity to 

a SIP means that transportation 

activities will not produce new air 

quality violations, worsen existing 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the national ambient air quality 

standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP is adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review and it also should 

not be used to prejudge our ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

SIP adequate for conformity, the SIP 

could later be disapproved. 

We have described our process for 

determining the adequacy in SIPs in 

guidance dated May 14, 1999. This 

guidance is now reflected in the 

amended transportation conformity 

rule, July 1, 2004 (69 FR 40004). We 

followed this process in making our 

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: November 4, 2004. 

Ronald A. Kreizenbeck, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6657–6] 

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) 564–7167. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 02, 2004 (69 FR 17403). 

Draft EISs 

ERP No. D–AFS–G65094–NM Rating 

LO, Ojo Caliente Proposed Transmission 

Line, Authorization for Construction, 

Operation, and Maintenance of a New 

115kV Transmission Line and 

Substation, Carson National Forest and 

BLM Taos Field Office, Taos and Rio 

Arriba Counties, NM. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

selection of the preferred Alternative D 

with options. ERP No. D–AFS–J65424–

MT Rating EC2, Fishtrap Project, 

Proposed Timber Harvest, Prescribed 

Burning Road Construction and Other 

Restoration Activities, Lolo National 

Forest, Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger 

District, Sanders County, MT. 

Summary: EPA supports Alternative 2 

and it’s potential to improve water 

quality, reduce road density and 

decrease habitat fragmentation in the 

long-term. However, EPA expressed 

concerns about the short-term impacts 

of increased sedimentation on water 

quality and bull trout. EPA recommend 

earlier implementation of road BMP 

improvements and road restoration 

relative to timber harvest and road 

construction, and additional road 

closure and decommissioning in the 

Upper Fishtrap drainage. 

ERP No. D–DHS–D11036–MD Rating 

EC2, National Biodefense Analysis and 

Countermeasures Center (NBACC) 

Facility at Fort Detrick, Construction 

and Operation, Fort Detrick, Frederick 

County, MD. 

Summary: EPA is concerned with the 

fracture trace located directly on the 

proposed project site and the potential 

impacts to groundwater. 

Final EISs 

ERP No. F–AFS–K65263–CA Meteor 

Project, Proposal for Harvesting Timber 

and Conducting Associated Activities 

on 744 Acres, Implementation, Klamath 

National Forest, Salmon River Ranger 

District, Siskiyou County, CA. 

Summary: The Final EIS addressed 

EPA’s concerns and no formal 

comments were sent to the preparing 

agency.

Dated: November 8, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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[ER–FRL–6657–5] 

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 November 1, 2004. Through 

November 5, 2004 

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Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 040512, Draft EIS, BLM, ID, Fire, 

Fuels and Related Vegetation 

Management Direction Plan 

Amendment, Upper Snake River 

District (The District), Amending 12 

Existing Land Use Plans, Several 

Counties, ID, Comment Period Ends: 

February 10, 2005, Contact: Eric 

Limbach (208) 478–6392. 

EIS No. 040513, Final EIS, BLM, CA,

King Range National Conservation 

Area (KRNCA) Resource Management 

Plan, Implementation, Humboldt and 

Mendocino Counties, CA, Wait Period 

Ends: December 13, 2004, Contact: 

Lynda J. Roush (707) 825–2300. 

EIS No. 040514, Final EIS, AFS, AK,

Resurrection Creek Stream and 

Riparian Restoration Project, Proposes 

to Accelerate the Recovery of Riparian 

Areas, Fish and Wildlife Habitat, 

Chugach National Forest, Seward 

Ranger District, Kenai Peninsula 

Borough, AK, Wait Period Ends: 

December 13, 2004, Contact: Debora 

Cooper (907) 224–3374. 

EIS No. 040515, Draft EIS, AFS, ID,

Paddy Flat Vegetation Project, 

Harvesting and Regenerate Timber 

Stands Precommercially Thin 

Plantations, Rapid, Kennally and 

Camp Creeks, Payette National Forest, 

McCall Ranger District, Valley 

County, ID, Comment Period Ends: 

December 27, 2004, Contact: Dan 

Anderson (208) 634–0435. 

EIS No. 040516, Final EIS, FHW, TX,

TX–121 Highway Construction, I–30 

to Farm-to-Market 1187 (FM 1187), 

Funding, USCG Section 9 and U.S. 

Army COE Section 10 and 404 

Permits Issuance, Fort Worth, Tarrant 

County, TX, Wait Period Ends 

December 13, 2004, Contact: Salvador 

Deocampo, P.E. (512) 536–5950. 

EIS No. 040517, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,

McSutten Decision Area, 

Implementation of Harvest and 

Associated Activities, Prescribed 

Burning, and Road Management, 

Kootenai National Forest, Rexford 

Ranger District, Lincoln County, MT, 

Comment Period Ends: December 27, 

2004, Contact: Chris Fox (406) 296–

7155. 

EIS No. 040518, Draft EIS, FHW, NY,

NYS Route 17—Elmira to Chemung 

Project, Proposed Highway 

Reconstruction, New Highway 

Construction, Bridge Rehabilitation/

Replacement, Funding and U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 Permit, Town and 

City of Elmira, Town of Ashland and 

Chemung, Chemung County, NY, 

Comment Period Ends: December 31, 

2004, Contact: Peter J. White (607) 

324–8473. 

EIS No. 040519, Final EIS, NSF, Project 

IceCube Comprehensive 

Environmental Evaluation, Antarctica, 

Wait Period Ends: January 12, 2005, 

Contact: Polly A. Penhale (703) 292–

8033. 

EIS No. 040520, Draft EIS, DOE, UT,

Moab Uranium Mill Trailings 

Remedition, Proposal To Clean Up 

Surface Contamination and 

Implement a Ground Water Strategy, 

Grand and San Juan Counties, UT, 

Comment Period Ends: February 18, 

2005, Contact: Donald R. Metzler 

(800) 637–4575.

This document is available on the 

Internet at: http://gj.em.doe.gov/moab.

EIS No. 040521, Draft EIS, STB, TX,

Southwest Gulf Railroad Project, 

Construction and Operation 

Exemption, To Transport Limestone 

from Vulcan Construction Materials 

(VCM) Quarry to Del Rio Subdivision, 

Medina County, TX , Comment Period 

Ends: January 10, 2005, Contact: Rini 

Ghosh (202) 565–1539.

This document is available on the 

Internet at: http://www.stb.dot.gov.

EIS No. 040522, Draft Supplement, 

GSA, MD, U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) Consolidation, 

Updated and New Information, 

Constructing a New Eastern Access 

Road and over Paint Branch, 

Construct Additional Facilities to 

Support Expanded Program, 

Relocating The Day Care Center, 

Federal Research Center at White Oak, 

Silver Spring, Montgomery, MD, 

Comment Period Ends: January 3, 

2005, Contact: Denise Decker (301) 

595–5156.

EIS No. 040523, Final EIS, COE, AZ, Va 

Shly’ay Akimel Salt River Ecosystem 

Restoration Feasibility Study, 

Increasing and Improving Native 

Vegetation, in Portions of the Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community (SRPMIC) and the City of 

Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ, Wait 

Period Ends: December 13, 2004, 

Contact: Kayla Eckert, Ext. 253, (602) 

640–2003.

EIS No. 040524, Final EIS, AFS, MT,

Robert-Wedge Post-Fire Project, 

Salvage Trees and Rehabilitate Lands, 

Flathead National Forest, Glacier 

View Ranger District, Flathead 

County, MT, Wait Period Ends: 

December 13, 2004, Contact: Michele 

Draggoo (406) 387–3827.

EIS No. 040525, Final EIS, NOA, WA, 

CA, OR, 2005–2006 Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery, Proposed 

Acceptable Biological Catch and 

Optimum Yield Specifications and 

Management Measures, WA, OR and 

CA, Wait Period Ends: December 13, 

2004, Contact: D. Robert Lohn (206) 

526–6150.

This document is available on the 

Internet at: http://www.pcouncil.org/

nepa/nepatrack.html.

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 040402, Revised Draft EIS, IBR, 

CA, NV, CA, NV, Truckee River 

Operating Agreement (TROA) Modify 

Operations of Five Federal and Two 

Non-Federal Reservoirs to Facilitate 

Distribution of Water, Truckee River 

Basin, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer and 

Sierra Counties, CA and Douglas, 

Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties, 

NV, Comment Period Ends: December 

30, 2004, Contact: Kenneth Parr (775) 

882–3436.

Revision of Federal Register Notice 

Published on 08/27/04: CEQ Comment 

Period Ending 10/29/2004 has been 

Extended to 12/30/2004.

EIS No. 040506, Final EIS, BIA, NY, St. 

Regis Mohawk Tribe, Mohawk 

Mountain Casino and Resort, 

Proposed Transfer of 66 Acres of Land 

into Federal Trust Status, Fee-to-Trust 

Acquisition, Sullivan County, NY, 

Wait Period Ends: December 6, 2004, 

Contact: Jim Kardatzke (615) 467–

1675.

Review of Federal Register Notice 

Published on 11/05/2004: The above 

BIA EIS should have appeared in the 

11/05/2004 Federal Register. The 30 

Day Wait Period is Calculated from 11/

05/2004.

Dated: November 8, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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[FRL–7837–4] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Meeting of the Science 

Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

meeting of the chartered SAB to hold 

discussions with EPA about the 

Agency’s science program in 

preparation for its upcoming advisory 

about the EPA science and budget 

request for FY 2006.