Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2004 / Notices 75535

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

6,447. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$419,075, which includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $20 annual O&M 

costs, and $419,055. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 2,269 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to the 

increased use of ethanol in gasoline 

since the previous ICR.

Dated: December 4, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–27670 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6658–6] 

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 December 6, 2004 

through December 10, 2004 Pursuant 

to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 040567, Final EIS, FHW, NY,

Slingerlands Bypass Extension (NYS 

Route 85) (P.I.N. 1125.19) Route 140 

(Cherry Avenue Extension) to the 

Albany City Line, Reconstruction 

Town of Bethlehem, Albany County, 

NY, Wait Period Ends: January 18, 

2005, Contact: Robert Arnold (581) 

431–4127. 

EIS No. 040568, Final EIS, FHW, IL, U.S. 

Route 20 (FAP 301) Project, 

Construction from IL Route 84 north 

of Galena to Bolton Road northwest of 

Freeport, Funding, NPDES Permit and 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit 

Issuance, Jo Davies and Stephenson 

Counties, IL, Wait Period Ends: 

January 18, 2005, Contact: Norman R. 

Stoner (217) 492–4640. 

EIS No. 040569, Draft EIS, NRC, VA,

Early Site Permit (ESP) at the North 

Anna Power Station ESP Site (TAC 

No. MC1128), Construction and 

Operation, NUREG–1811, Louisa 

County, VA, Comment Period Ends: 

March 1, 2005, Contact: Jack Cushing 

(301) 415–1424. 

EIS No. 040570, Final EIS, AFS, OR,

Diamond Lake Restoration Project, 

Improve Water Quality and the 

Recreational Fishery, Umpqua 

National Forest, Diamond Lake 

Ranger District, Umpqua River Basin, 

Douglas County, OR, Wait Period 

Ends: January 18, 2005, Contact: 

Sherri Chambers (541) 496–3532. 

EIS No. 040571, Draft EIS, COE, OH,

Mill Creek, Ohio Flood Damage 

Reduction Project, To Reduce 

Damages to Communities, Hamilton 

County, OH , Comment Period Ends: 

January 31, 2005, Contact: Barry 

Schueler (502) 315–6780. 

EIS No. 040572, Final EIS, FHW, WI, US 

10 Highway Improvements between 

Marshfield and Appleton, Trestik 

Road—CTH ‘‘K’’ (Stevens Point 

Bypass), Funding and COE Section 

404 Permit, Portage County, WI, Wait 

Period Ends: January 18, 2005, 

Contact: Wesley Shemwell (608) 829–

7521. 

EIS No. 040573, Final EIS, FHW, TX,

Kelly Parkway Project, Construction 

from U.S. 90 to TX–16, to 

Improvement Transportation 

Mobility, Facilitate Economic 

Development, and Enhance Safety, 

Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 

404 Permit, San Antonio, Bexar 

County, TX, Wait Period Ends: 

January 18, 2005, Contact: Salvador 

Deocampo (512) 536–5950. 

EIS No. 040574, Draft EIS, AFS, NM,

Buckman Water Diversion Project, 

Proposal to Divert Water from Rio 

Grande and San Juan-Chama Project, 

To Meet Water Supply Needs, Sante 

Fe National Forest and Taos Field 

Office, Sante Fe County, NM, The 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s, 

Forest Service and The U.S. 

Department of Interior’s, Bureau of 

Land Management are Joint Lead 

Agencies on the above project. The 

Contact Person for AFS is Sanford 

Hurlocker at phone number (505) 

753–7331; Contact person for BLM is 

Sharon Churchill at (505) 751–4725. 

EIS No. 040575, Final EIS, IBR, CA, San 

Joaquin River Exchange Contractors 

Water Authority—2005 to 2014, Water 

Transfer Program, Stanislaus, San 

Joaquin, Merced, Madera, Fresno, San 

Benito, Santa Clara, Kern, and Kings 

Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 

January 18, 2005, Contact: Bob Eckart 

(916) 978–5051. 

EIS No. 040576, Final EIS, BIA, OR,

Wanapa Energy Center, Construction 

and Operation a New 1,200 Megawatt 

(MW) Natural Gas-Fired Electric 

Power Generating Facility, 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation (CTUIR), in the 

City of Hermiston and the Port of 

Umatilla, OR, Wait Period Ends: 

January 18, 2005, Contact: Jerry Lauer 

(541) 278–3786. 

EIS No. 040577, Final EIS, BIA, WY,

Wind River Natural Gas Field 

Development Project, Construction, 

Drilling and Production Operation of 

Natural Gas Wells, Fremont County, 

WY, Wait Period Ends: January 18, 

2005, Contact: Ray A. Nation (307) 

332–3718. 

EIS No. 040578, Final, FTA, OR, WA,

South Corridor Project, I–205/

Portland Mall Light Rail (Phase I), 

Selected the Locally Preferred 

Alternative (LPA), Clackamas and 

Multnomah Counties, OR, Wait 

Period Ends: January 31, 2005, 

Contact: Rebecca Reyes-Alicea (206) 

220–4464.

EIS No. 040579, Final EIS, DOI, AZ, CA, 

NV, NM, Programmatic EIS—Lower 

Colorado River Multi-Species 

Conservation Program, Issuing a 

Incidental Take Permit based on the 

Plan, Extending from Lake Mead to 

the Southerly International Boundary 

with Mexico, AZ, NV and CA, Wait 

Period Ends: January 18, 2005, 

Contact: Glen Gould (702) 293–8702. 

EIS No. 040580, Final EIS, NPS, WI,

Arrowhead-Weston Transmission 

Line Right-of-Way Crossing of the St. 

Croix National Scenic Riverway, U.S. 

Army COE Section 10 and 404 

Permits, Washburn County, WI, Wait 

Period Ends: January 18, 2005, 

Contact: Jill Medland (715) 483–3284. 

EIS No. 040581, Final EIS, DOE, CA,

Imperial-Mexicali 230-kV 

Transmission Lines, Construct a 

Double-Circuit 230-kV Transmission 

Line, Presidential Permit and Rightof-Way Grants, Imperial Valley 

Substation to Calexico at the U.S.-

Mexico Border, Imperial County, CA 

and U.S.-Mexico Border, Wait Period 

Ends: January 18, 2005, Contact: Ellen 

Russell (202) 586–9624. 

EIS No. 040582, Final EIS, IBR, CA,

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, 

Sacrament, Portion of Placer and 

Solano Counties, CA, Wait Period 

Ends: January 18, 2005, Contact: 

Buford Holt (916) 989–7179. 

EIS No. 040583, Draft EIS, BLM, WY,

Rawlin Field Office Planning Area 

Resource Management Plan, 

Addresses the Comprehensive 

Analysis of Alternatives for the 

Planning and Management of Public 

Land and Resource Administered by 

(BLM), Albany, Carbon, Laramie and 

Sweetwater Counties, WY , Comment 

Period Ends: March 17, 2005, Contact: 

John Spehar (307) 328–4264.

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Amended Notices 

EIS No. 040472, Draft EIS, AFS, CO,

Village at Wolf Creek Project, 

Application for Transportation and 

Utility Systems and Facilities, 

Proposed Development and Use of 

Roads and Utility Corridors Crossing, 

National Forest System Lands to 

Access 287.5 Acres of Private 

Property Land, Mineral County, CO, 

Comment Period Ends: January 5, 

2005, Contact: Robert Dalrymple (719) 

852–5941. Revision of FR Notice 

Published on 11/26/2004: CEQ 

Comment Period Ending on 12/06/

2004 has been Extended to 1/05/2005. 

EIS No. 040538, Draft EIS, FAA, FL,

Panama City-Bay County International 

Airport (PFN), Proposed Relocation to 

a New Site, NPDES Permit and U.S. 

Army COE Section 404 Permit, Bay 

County, FL, Comment Period Ends: 

January 28, 2005, Contact: Virginia 

Lane (407) 812–6331, Ext 129. 

Revision of FR Notice Published on 

11/26/04: CEQ Comment Period 

Ending 1/21/2005 has been Extended 

to 1/28/2005. 

EIS No. 040564, Final EIS, AFS, SD,

Southeast Geographic Area Rangeland 

Management on National Forest 

System Lands of the Buffalo Gap 

National Grassland, To Implement 

Best Management Grazing Practices, 

Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Falls 

River Ranger District, Fall River 

County, SD, Wait Period Ends: 

January 10, 2005, Contact: Michael L. 

Erik (605) 745–4107. Revision of FR 

Notice Published on 12/10/04: 

Correction to Title.

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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AGENCY 

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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–FHW–F40425–OH Rating 

EC1, US–24 Transportation Project, 

Improvements between Napoleon to 

Toledo, Funding, Lucas and Henry 

Counties, OH. 

Summary: EPA expressed an 

environmental concern about impacts to 

approximately 7 acres of wetlands and 

recommends that the secondary impacts 

at planned intersections be addressed. 

ERP No. D–FRA–K59004–CA Rating 

EC2, Los Angeles-To-San Diego 

(LOSSAN) Rail Corridor, Proposed Rail 

Corridor Improvement Studies to 

Increase Intercity Travel for Faster, Safer 

and Reliable Passenger Rail System, Los 

Angeles, Orange, and San Diego 

Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

with the analysis of direct, indirect, and 

cumulative impacts to endangered 

species, coastal resources, water quality 

and air quality, and the integration of 

the proposed improvements with 

adjacent land-use and conservation 

planning efforts. 

ERP No. D–IBR–J39032–00 Rating 

EC2, Operation of Flaming Gorge Dam 

Colorado River Storage Project, To 

Protect and Assist in Recovery of 

Populations and Designated Critical 

Habitat of Four Endangered Fishes: 

Bonytail, Colorado Pikeminnow, 

Humpback Chub and Razorback Sucker, 

Green River, UT and WY. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

that the Preferred Alternative may 

adversely affect other wildlife and their 

habitats. EPA also expressed concerns 

over the uncertainties surrounding both 

the impacts of the proposed 

management actions and the adaptive 

management changes that may be 

necessitated in the future. In addition, 

EPA expressed concerns that only one 

alternative was evaluated besides the No 

Action alternative, and suggested that 

other alternatives be evaluated. 

ERP No. DS–AFS–L65344–AK Rating 

EC2, Emerald Bay Timber Sale, 

Implementation, Additional Information 

on the Potential Effects of the Project 

Alternatives, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords 

Ranger District, Tongass National 

Forest, AK. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns related to the 

range of alternatives, as well as a need 

for information related to governmentto-government consultation with 

Alaskan Native Tribal Governments. 

Final EISs 

ERP No. F–AFS–L65463–OR, 18 Fire 

Recovery Project, Salvaging Dead Trees, 

Reforesting 1,936 Acres with Ponderosa 

Pine Seedling and Closing/

Decommissioning Roads, Deschutes 

National Forest, Bend/Fort Rock Ranger 

District, Deschutes County, OR. 

Summary: EPA expressed lack of 

objections and supports the measures to 

reduce the road density in the project 

area. 

ERP No. F–COE–E36183–FL, 

Picayune Strand Restoration (formerly 

Southern Golden Gate Estates 

Ecosystem Restoration), Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan, 

Implementation, Collier County, FL. 

Summary: EPA continues to support 

the specific objectives of this proposal 

as well as the related environmental 

goals of the Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Project. EPA noted that 

long-term monitoring will be an ongoing responsibility of the Interagency 

Operational Team and EPA will 

continue to participate actively with its 

state/federal stakeholders.

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Cost Recovery Settlement; Sulphur 

Bank Mercury Mine Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement with 

NEC Acquisition Co. for recovery of past 

response costs concerning closure and 

abandonment of geothermal wells at the 

Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine Site in 

Lake County, California. The settlement 

requires the settling party to pay 

$1,700,000 to the EPA Hazardous 

Substance Superfund for past response 

costs incurred by EPA at the Site. The 

settlement includes a covenant not to 

sue the settling party pursuant to 

section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a). For thirty (30) days following 

the date of publication of this notice, the 

Agency will receive written comments