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State Line to Manchester, NH, 

Funding, NPDES and and U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 Permits Issuance, 

Hillsborough and Rockingham 

Counties, NH, Comment Period Ends: 

10/01/2009, Contact: Jamison S. 

Sikora 603–228–3057 Ext. 107. 

EIS No. 20090279, Draft EIS, BLM, WA, 

Blackfoot Bridge Mine Project, 

Developing Three Mine Pits, Haul 

Roads, Water Management Structures, 

and Overburden Disposal Areas, 

Implementation, Caribou County, ID, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/01/2009, 

Contact: Kyle Free 208–478–6368. 

EIS No. 20090280, Draft Supplement, 

FHW, TN, Shelby Avenue/ 

Demonbreun Street (Gateway 

Boulevard Corridor, from I–65 North 

[I–24 West] to I–40 West in 

Downtown Nashville, To Address 

Transportation needs in the Study 

Area. Davidson County, TN, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/01/2009, Contact: 

Charles O’Neill 615–781–5770. 

EIS No. 20090281, Final EIS, BLM, WY, 

South Gillette Area Coal Lease 

Applications, WYW172585, 

WYW173360, WYW172657, 

WYW161248, Proposal to Lease Four 

Tracts of Federal Coal Reserves, Belle 

Ayr, Coal Creek, Caballo, and Cordero 

Rojo Mines, Wyoming Powder River 

Basin, Campbell County, WY, Wait 

Period Ends: 09/16/2009, Contact: 

Teresa Johnson 307–261–7510. 

EIS No. 20090282, Final EIS, FRC, VA, 

Smith Mountain Pumped Storage 

Project (FERC No. 2210–169). 

Application for Hydropower License 

to continue Operating the 636- 

megawatt Pumped Storage Project, 

Roanoke River, Smith Mountain 

Pumped Storage Project (FERC No. 

2210–169). Application for 

Hydropower License to continue 

Operating the 636-megawatt Pumped 

Storage Project, Roanoke River, 

Bedford, Campbell, Franklin and 

Pittsylvania Counties, VA, Wait 

Period Ends: 09/16/2009, Contact: 

Julia Bovey 1–866–208–3372. 

EIS No. 20090283, Draft EIS, NPS, WI, 

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 

General Management Plan/Wilderness 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Bayfield and Ashland Counties, WI, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/13/2009, 

Contact: Nick Chevance 402–661– 

1844. 

EIS No. 20090284, Final EIS, ARD, WA, 

ADOPTION—White Pass Expansion 

Master Development Plan, 

Implementation, Naches Ranger 

District, Okanogan-Wenatchee 

National Forests and Cowlitz Valley 

Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest, Yakima and Lewis 

Counties, WA, Wait Period Ends: 09/ 

16/2009, Contact: Frank Mancino 

202–720–1827. 

Dated: August 18, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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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 

202–564–7146. An explanation of the 

ratings assigned to draft environmental 

impact statements (EISs) was published 

in Federal Register Dated July 17, 2009 

(74 FR 34754). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20090152, ERP No. D–BLM– 

J80008–UT, Mona to Oquirrh 

Transmission Corridor Project and 

Draft Pong Express Resource 

Management Plan Amendment, 

Construction, Operation, Maintenance 

and Decommissioning a DoubleCircuit 500/345 Kilovolt (Kv) 

Transmission Line, Right-of-Way 

Grant, Rocky Mountain Power, Juab, 

Salt Lake, Tooele and Utah Counties, 

UT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about wetland 

impacts and the disturbance of a 

Superfund site, and requested 

additional information on wetland and 

air quality impacts. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090159, ERP No. D–FHW– 

E40827–NC, Gaston East-West 

Connector Project, Construction from 

I–85 west Gastonia to I–485/NC 160 

near the Charlotte-Douglas 

International Airport, Gaston and 

Meckleburg Counties, NC. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental objections because the 

project will potentially contribute 

significant VMTs and increased 

emissions and ultimately make 

achievement of the NAAQS difficult. In 

addition, jurisdictional waters are 

currently impaired in the project study 

area from construction and related 

activities. Both the direct and indirect 

and cumulative impacts will potentially 

further degrade water quality. Rating 

EO2. 

EIS No. 20090170, ERP No. D–FHW– 

F40448–WI, Zoo Interchange Corridor 

Study, Reconstruction to I0–94 from 

70th Street to 124 Street and on U.S. 

45 from Burleigh Street to I–894/U.S. 

45 and Lincoln Avenue in Milwaukee 

County, WI. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

quality, wetland, and surface water 

impacts. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090171, ERP No. D–NOA– 

L99011–WA, PROGRAMMATIC— 

Lower Duwamish River Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) 

Restoration Plan, Implementation, 

King County, WA. 

Summary: While EPA has no 

objections to the proposed action, it 

requested clarification of water quality 

issues. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20090178, ERP No. D–IBR– 

K29002–CA, North Bay Water 

Recycling Program (NBWRP), 

(Formerly North San Pablo Bay 

Restoration and Reuse Project), 

Proposed to Promote the Expanded 

Beneficial Use of Recycled Water, 

Northern Marin Water District, Napa 

County, CA. 

Summary: While EPA has no 

objection to the proposed action, it 

requested clarification of water related 

issues. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20090181, ERP No. D–AFS– 

K65368–CA, Lower Trinity and Mad 

River Motorized Travel Management, 

Proposed to Prohibit Cross-County 

Motor Vehicle Travel Off Designated 

National Forest Transportation 

System (NFTS) Roads and Motorized 

Trails, Six River National Forest, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to riparian and aquatic resources and to 

perennial creeks, wet meadows, and 

fens. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090189, ERP No. D–AFS– 

K65370–CA, Beaverslide Timber Sale 

and Fuel Treatment Project, Proposing 

to Harvest Commercial Timber and 

Treat Hazardous Fuels, Six Rivers 

National Forest, Mad River Ranger 

District, Trinity County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse impacts to already impaired 

water bodies. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090199, ERP No. D–AFS– 

L65573–OR, Westside Rangeland 

Analysis Project, Proposal to Allocate 

Forage for Commercial Livestock 

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Tope Creeks, Wallowa Valley Ranger 

District, Wallowa-Whitman National 

Forest, Wallowa County, OR. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential impacts to water quality 

within creeks that are already on the 

Oregon State’s most current 303(d) list 

and subsequent impacts to aquatic 

resources therein. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090200, ERP No. D–AFS– 

F65076–MI, Niagara Project, To 

Address Site-Specific Vegetation and 

Transportation System Needs in the 

Project Areas, Hiawatha National 

Forest, St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie 

Ranger Districts, Mackinac and 

Chippewa Counties, MI. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20090205, ERP No. DS–AFS– 

L65531–OR, Invasive Plant 

Treatments within the Deschutes and 

Ochoco National Forests and the 

Crooked River National Grassland, 

Updated Information on Three New 

Alternatives, Proposal for Treatment 

of Invasive Plant Infestation and 

Protection of Uninfested Areas, 

Implementation, Several Cos. OR. 

Summary: EPA’s previous issues have 

been resolved; therefore, EPA has no 

objection to the proposed action. Rating 

LO. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080504, ERP No. F–FRC– 

D03016–MD, Sparrows Point 

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import 

Terminal Expansion and Natural Gas 

Pipeline Facilities, Construction and 

Operation, Application Authorization, 

U.S. COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, 

Baltimore County, MD. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about wetland 

impacts and air conformity issues. 

EIS No. 20090153, ERP No. F–AFS– 

J65484–MT, Grizzly Vegetation and 

Transportation Management Project, 

Proposes Timber Harvest, Prescribed 

Burning, Road Maintenance, and 

Transportation Management Actions, 

Three Rivers Ranger District, Kootenai 

National Forest, Lincoln County, MT. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to riparian areas, soils and grizzly bear 

habitat. 

EIS No. 20090186, ERP No. F–FRC– 

K03031–CA, South Feather Power 

Project, (Project No. 2099–068), 

Application to Relicense its 104- 

megawatt, South Fork Feather River, 

Lost Creek and Slate Creek, Butte, 

Yuba, and Plumas Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to water quality, cumulative impacts 

and a lack of discussion of climate 

change effects on the project. 

EIS No. 20090191, ERP No. F–NOA– 

D91001–00, Amendment 1 to the 

Consolidated Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) Fishery Management 

Plan, (FMP), Updating and Revising 

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS) consider additional Habitat 

Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) 

and Analyze Fishing Impacts, 

Chesapeake Bay, MD, Delaware Bay, 

DE, Great Bay, NJ and Outer Bank off 

NC. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090207, ERP No. F–FHW– 

J40184–UT, SR–262; Montezuma 

Creek to Aneth Project, Improvements 

to the Intersection of SR–162, SR–262, 

and County Road (CR) 450 in 

Montezuma Cree, Funding, Navajo 

Nation, San Juan County, UT. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about water 

quality and recommended measures to 

reduce increased sedimentation and 

erosion. 

EIS No. 20090212, ERP No. F–FTA– 

F40434–MN, Central Corridor Project, 

Selected the Preferred Alternative, 11 

miles Light Rail Transit between 

downtown Minneapolis and 

downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, Twin 

Cities Metropolitan Area, MN. 

Summary: While EPA previous issues 

have been resolved, it requested 

clarification on hazardous waste sites, 

parking losses, future stations in 

environmental justice neighborhoods 

and stormwater management. 

EIS No. 20090216, ERP No. F–COE– 

E39075–MS, PROGRAMMATIC EIS— 

Mississippi Coastal Improvements 

Program (MsCIP), Comprehensive 

Plan, Implementation, Hancock, 

Harrison and Jackson Counties, MS. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090217, ERP No. F–AFS– 

L65561–AK, Logjam 

Timber Sale Project, Proposes Timber 

Harvesting from 4 Land Use 

Designations, Tongass Land and 

Resource Management Plan, Thorne Bay 

Ranger District, Tongass National 

Forest, Prince of Wales Island, AK. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to water quality. 

EIS No. 20090243, ERP No. F–COE– 

E39078–FL, C–111 Spreader Canal 

Western Project, To Restore 

Ecosystem Function in Taylor Slough 

and Florida Bay Areas, Central and 

Southern Florida Project, 

Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Plan (CERP), Everglades 

National Park, Miami-Dade County, 

FL. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090220, ERP No. FA–NOA– 

A91061–00, Amendment 10 Atlantic 

Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fishery 

Management Plan, Development of a 

Rebuilding Program that Allows 

Butterfish Stock to Rebuild in the 

Shortest Time Possible, Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ), off the U.S. 

Atlantic Coast. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. 

Dated: August 18, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconference Meetings of the 

Chartered Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public teleconference meetings of the 

chartered SAB to conduct reviews of 

two draft SAB reports and to conduct 

additional business. 

DATES: The meeting dates will be 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 from 

1 p.m. until 4 p.m. and Thursday, 

September 24, 2009, from 1 p.m. until 

4 p.m. (all times are Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information concerning this 

public teleconference meeting should 

contact Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail (202) 343–9982; fax (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail at 

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