[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71810-71811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27174]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6658-5]


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-AFS-L65468-00 Rating EC2, Pacific Northwest Region 
Invasive Plant Program, Preventing and Managing Invasive Plants, 
Implementation, OR, WA, Including Portions of Del Norte and Siskiyou 
Counties, CA and Portions of Nez Perce, Salmon, Idaho and Adam 
Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA supports the management and eradication of invasive 
species. However, EPA expressed concerns with the level of prevention 
measures to curb the spread of invasives and the use of herbicides in 
the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-BLM-L65462-AK Rating EO2, Northeast National Petroleum 
Reserve Alaska Amended Integrated Activity Plan, To Amend 1998 
Northeast Petroleum Reserve, To Consider Opening Portions of the BLM-
Administrated Lands, North Slope Borough, AK.
    Summary: EPA has environmental objections to the Preferred 
Alternative, because of potentially significant adverse impacts to fish 
and caribou calving and inset-relief areas and mitigation corridors in 
the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. EPA recommends that the selected 
alternatives retain the current leasing acreage and surface activity 
restrictions described in Alternative A and include revised 
stipulations and mitigation measures that would provide adequate 
environmental protections for the

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Planning Area, including lands within the Teshekpuk Lake and Colville 
River Special Areas. EPA is also concerned that the Preferred 
Alternative could have disproportionate adverse effects on minority 
populations in Alaska, and recommends the BLM address this while 
completing the Final EIS by working with the Tribes and residents in 
affected communities especially regarding cultural and subsistence 
needs.
    ERP No. D-COE-H11005-NB Rating LO, Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant 
(CHAAP) Land Disposal Industrial Tracts, Proposed Disposal and Reuse of 
Tracts 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 47, 61, 62, Hall County, NE.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-FHW-C53005-NJ Rating EC2, Cross Harbor Freight Movement 
Project, Improve the Movements of Goods Throughout Northern New Jersey 
and Southern New York, Funding, Kings, Richmond, Queens, New York 
Counties, NJ.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding an intermodal facility, 
the impacts to air quality and wetlands, and cumulative effects.
    ERP No. D-IBR-K39088-CA Rating EC2, Sacramento River Settlement 
Contractors (SRSC), To Renew the Settlement Contractors Long-Term 
Contract Renewal for 145 Contractors, Central Valley Project (CVP), 
Sacramento River, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, 
Sacramento, Portion of Placer and Solano Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns with the disclosure of 
environmental impacts as a result of the project and the direct, 
indirect, and cumulative impacts to water quality due to over 
allocation of existing water supplies.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65396-WY, Wyoming Range Allotment Complex, To 
Determine Whether or not to Allow Domestic Sheep Grazing, Bridger-Teton 
National Forest, Big Piney, Greys River and Jackson Ranger Districts, 
Sublette, Lincoln and Teton Counties, WY.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing concerns regarding soil loss, and 
impacts to water quality and native trout habitat in the project area.
    ERP No. F-COE-E39064-FL, Programmatic EIS--Florida Keys Water 
Quality Improvements Program, To Implement Wastewater and Stormwater 
Improvements, South Florida Water Management District, Monroe County, 
FL.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. However, EPA 
suggested extending the comment period several weeks to accommodate 
citizens whose property was damaged in recent hurricanes.
    ERP No. F-COE-L32012-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.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FTA-C40163-NY, Fulton Street Transit Center, Construction 
and Operation, To Improve Access to and from Lower Manhattan to Serve 
12 NYCT Subway Lines, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MIA), MTA 
New York City Transit (NYCT), New York, NY.
    Summary: The Final EIS addresses all of EPA's concerns.

    Dated: December 7, 2004.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-27174 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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