[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68900-68901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26155]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6658-1]


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-L65469-OR Rating EC2, West Maury Fuels and Vegetation 
Management Project, Prescribed Fire, Commercial and Noncommercial 
Thinning, Grapple Piling and Hand Piling, Implementation, Lookout 
Mountain Range District, Ochoco National Forest, Crook County, OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding road 
building; the effects of extensive vegetation removal and loss of 
canopy closure combined with continued cattle grazing on water quality 
and aquatics habitat; the need for further information and analysis 
concerning stream sedimentation; and impacts to late old succession 
stands, wildlife corridors, and security habitat. EPA recommended 
selection of a different or modified alternative that responds to these 
concerns.
    ERP No. D-FHW-K40255-CA Rating EC2, Bautista Canyon Road Project, 
California Forest Highway 224, Improvements between Florida Avenue (CA-
74) and CA-371, Special-Use-Permit, NPDES Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 
10 and 404 Permit, Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns and recommended additional 
information in the final EIS concerning the range of alternatives, 
impacts to cultural, historical, and biological resources and analysis 
of indirect and cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. D-FRA-K53011-CA Rating EC2, Los Angeles Union Station Run-
Through Tracks Project, Pedestrian Access Improvement, Connectivity and 
Increase the Capacity, City Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns and recommended additional 
information in the final EIS concerning air quality impacts, water 
resources, and mitigation.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E61077-GA Rating LO, Chattahoochee River National 
Recreation Area General Management Plan, Implementation, Chattahoochee 
River, Atlanta, GA.
    Summary: EPA's review did not identify any potential environmental 
impacts requiring changes to the proposal.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65453-ID North Sheep Allotments--Sheep and Goat 
Allotment Management Plans, Authorization for Continued Sheep Grazing 
for Fisher Creek, Smiley Creek, North Fork-Boulder and Baker Creek 
Sheep and Goat Grazing Allotments, Sawtooth National Forest, Ketchum 
Ranger District, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Blaine and Custer 
Counties, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-DOI-J39031-UT Utah Lake Drainage Basin Water Delivery 
System (ULS), Construction and Operation, Bonneville Unit of the 
Central Utah Project (CUP), Utah, Salt Lake, Wasatch and Juab Counties, 
UT.
    Summary: EPA commented that the proposed project would be 
consistent with the Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines, 
contingent on the mitigation conditions contained in the final EIS, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coordination Act Report and Endangered 
Species Act Section 7 consultation, and the Utah Department of 
Environmental Quality's Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality 
Certification. EPA also provided suggestions for issues to be 
considered in the Record of Decision, including project purpose, 
alternatives analysis, definition of affected environment, water 
quality standards, potential impacts to aquatic resources, and water 
conservation.
    ERP No. F-FHW-H40177-MO MO-17 Transportation Improvement Project, 
South of Route O to South of Howell County Line Bridge Replacement with 
Approaches, Funding, U.S. COE Section 404 Permit, Shannon, Texas, and 
Howell Counties, MO.
    Summary: The final EIS provides adequate information to address 
4(f), range of alternatives, and environmental justice concerns raised 
by EPA in the draft EIS review. Consequently, EPA has no objections to 
the project.


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    Dated: November 22, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-26155 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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