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Cameron Parish, LA, Wait Period 

Ends: December 20, 2004, Contact: 

Thomas Russo (866) 208–3372. 

EIS No. 040531, FINAL EIS, AFS, MO, 

East Fredericktown Project, To 

Restore Shortleaf Pine, Improve Forest 

Health, Treat Affected Stands and 

Recover Valuable Timber Products, 

Mark Twain National Forest, Potosi/

Fredericktown Ranger District, 

Bollinger, Madison, St. Francois and 

Ste. Genevieve Counties, MO, Wait 

Period Ends: December 20, 2004, 

Contact: Ronnie Raum (573) 364–

4621. 

EIS No. 040532, FINAL EIS, FHW, IN, 

IN–25 Transportation Corridor 

Improvements from I–65 Interchange 

to U.S. 24, Funding, Right-of -Way 

and U.S. Army COE Section 404 

Permit Issuance, Hoosier Heartland 

Highway, Tippecanoe, Carroll and 

Cass Counties, IN, Wait Period Ends: 

December 20, 2004, Contact: Matt 

Fuller (317) 226–5234. 

EIS No. 040533, FINAL EIS, FHW, WA, 

WA–104/Edmonds Crossing Project, 

Connecting Ferries, Bus and Rail, 

Funding, NPDES Permit and COE 

Section 10 and 404 Permit, City of 

Edmonds, Snohomish County, WA, 

Wait Period Ends: December 20, 2004, 

Contact: Peter Eun (360) 753–955 . 

EIS No. 040534, FINAL EIS, COE, FL, 

Picayune Strand Restoration (formerly 

Southern Golden Gate Estates 

Ecosystem Restoration), 

Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Plan, Implementation, 

Collier County, FL, Wait Period Ends: 

December 20, 2004, Contact: Bradley 

A. Foster (904) 232–2110. 

EIS No. 040535, DRAFT EIS, AFS, UT, 

Duck Creek Fuels Treatment Analysis, 

To Reduce Fuels, Enhance FireTolerant Vegetation and Provide Fuel 

Breaks, Dixie National Forest, Cedard 

City Ranger District, Kane County, 

UT, Comment Period Ends: January 3, 

2005, Contact: David Swank (435) 

865–3700.

Dated: November 16, 2004. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6657–8] 

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 the Federal Register dated April 2, 

2004 (69 FR 17403). 

Draft EISs 

ERP No. D–AFS–J02045–WY Rating 

EC2, Yates Petroleum Federal #1 Oil 

and Gas Lease, Application for Permit to 

Drill (APD), Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forests and Thunder Basin 

National Grassland, Duck Creek, 

Campbell County, WY. 

Summary: While the EIS thoroughly 

discussed environmental impacts and 

proposed mitigation measures, EPA did 

express environmental concerns due to 

groundwater and wildlife impacts if 

controlled surface use stipulations are 

waived. 

ERP No. D–AFS–L39061–WA Rating 

EC2, Fish Passage and Aquatic Habitat 

Restoration at Hemlock Dam, 

Implementation, Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest, Mount Adams District, 

Skamania County, WA. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the dam removal alternatives, B and C 

which promote improved water quality, 

fish passage and aquatic habitat. EPA 

expressed environmental concerns with 

alternatives D, E, and No Action because 

they continue to impede fish mitigation 

and/or would not improve water quality 

or aquatic habitat. The Final EIS should 

address sediment quality, revegetation, 

monitoring plans, and consultation with 

affected Tribes. 

ERP No. DS–NRC–E06023–AL Rating 

EC1, Generic EIS—License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants, Joseph M. Farley 

Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2, 

Supplemental 18 to NUREG–1437 (TAC 

Nos. MCO768 and MCO769), Houston 

County, AL. 

Summary: EPA expressed concern 

and recommended the radiological 

monitoring of all plant effluents, and the 

appropriate storage/disposition of 

radioactive waste. 

Final EISs 

ERP No. F–AFS–F65045–MN Virginia 

Forest Management Project Area, 

Resource Management Activities on 

101,000 Acres of Federal Land, 

Implementation, Superior National 

Forest, Eastern Region, St. Louis 

County, MN. 

Summary: The final EIS addressed 

EPA’s previous concerns regarding 

mitigation/monitoring activities for sand 

and gravel mining and deer herbivore. 

ERP No. F–AFS–L65441–OR Easy Fire 

Recovery Project and Proposed 

Nonsignificant Forest Plan 

Amendments, Timber Salvage, Future 

Fuel Reduction, Road Reconstruction 

and Maintenance, Road Closure, Tree 

Planting and Two Non-significant Forest 

Plan Amendments, Implementation, 

Malheur National Forest, Prairie City 

Ranger District, Grant County. 

Summary: The final EIS addressed 

EPA’s major concerns with impacts 

from sediment to water quality and 

temperature. However, given 

uncertainties with estimating sediment 

loading EPA encourages the Forest 

Service to maximize woody debris on 

slopes after harvest to reduce sediment 

delivery to streams and the obliteration 

of road 2600391 in the harvest area. 

ERP No. F–COE–K36139–CA 

Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction 

and Ecosystem Restoration, Propose to 

Increase Flood Protection and Restore 

the Ecosystem, Sacramento River, Glenn 

County, CA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FHW–J40164–MT 

US–2 Highway Corridor Improvement 

Project, Reconstruction between Havre 

to Fort Belknap to Replace the Aging 

US–2 Facility, U.S. Army COE Section 

404 Permit, Hill and Blaine Counties, 

MT. 

Summary: EPA is pleased by the 

selection of the improved two-lane with 

passing lanes alternative because it 

involves fewer adverse environmental 

impacts than a four-lane alternative. 

EPA’s remaining environmental 

concerns are potential impacts to water 

quality and aquatic habitat, including 

wetlands, and impacts to wildlife 

connectivity and fragmentation. 

ERP No. F–NOA–L91022–00

Programmatic EIS—Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Bycatch Management Plan, 

Establishment of Policies and Program 

Direction to Minimize Baycatch in the 

West Coast Groundfish Fisheries, WA, 

OR and CA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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