[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55462-55463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8051]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6679-5]


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 7, 2006 (71 FR 
17845).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060086, ERP No. D-BLM-J01080-WY, Pit 14 Coal Lease-by-
Application Project, Black Butte Coal Mine, Surface Mining Operations, 
FederalCoal Lease Application WYW160394, Sweetwater County, WY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about increased 
fugitive dust emissions, and suggested a mitigation strategy of moving 
the coal hopper, conveyor and coal loading area closer to the proposed 
project area. Also, EPA requested that the final EIS discuss the range 
of mercury concentrations found in Black Butte coal and compare this 
concentration with other coal mined in Wyoming and the United States. 
Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060273, ERP No. D-RUS-J03019-MT, Highwood Generating Station, 
250-megawatt Coal Fired Power Plant and 6MW of Wind Generation at a 
Site near Great Falls, Construction and Operation, Licenses Permit, 
U.S. Army COE Section 10 Permit, Cascade County, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about visibility 
impairment in Class 1 Wilderness Areas, impacts to wetlands, and 
aquifers, and recommended consideration of innovative coal combustion 
power generation technologies. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060287, ERP No. D-AFS-J65467-MT, Little Belt-Castle-North 
Half Crazy Mountains Travel Management Plan, To Change the Management 
of Motorized and Non-motorized Travel on the Road, Trails, and Areas 
within, Belt Creek, Judith,Musselshell, and White Sulphur Springs 
Ranger Districts, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Cascade, Judith 
Basin, Meagher, Wheatland, Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to water quality, fisheries, and wildlife from roads 
and motorized uses, and suggested that the preferred alternative 
include greater commitment of resources to road/trail maintenance to 
reduce risks to water quality and fisheries. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060296, ERP No. D-AFS-K65315-CA, South Yuba Canal Maintenance 
Project, Hazardous Trees Removal, Implementation, Tahoe National 
Forest, Nevada County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to air quality, water quality and supply, and requested 
additional information regarding these matters such as erosion, 
sedimentation, mitigation and monitoring. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060308, ERP No. D-FTA-G40191-TX, Southeast Corridor Project, 
Proposed Fixed-Guideway Transit System, Funding, Metropolitan Transit 
Authority (METRO) of Harris County, Houston, Harris County, TX.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060309, ERP No. D-NOA-L91027-00, Pacific Coast Groundfish 
Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Acceptable Biological Catch and 
Optimum Yield Specifications and Management Measures for the 2007-2008 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery and Amendment 16-4 Rebuilding Plans 
for Seven Depleted Pacific Coast Groundfish Species, WA, OR and CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed actions. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060312, ERP No. D-AFS-K65316-CA, SPIRoad Project, 
Construction of an Access Road Across National Forest Land, Special Use 
Permit,Six Rivers National Forest, Lower Trinity Ranger District, 
Trinity County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air 
quality, water quality, fish and wildlife, and recommended selection of 
Alternative 4 Helicopter Access, if it is practicable. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060229, ERP No. DR-FHW-G40180-TX, Grand Parkway (State 
Highway 99) Updated Information, Segment F-2 from SH 249 to IH 45, 
Right-of-Way Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Harris 
County, TX.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060290, ERP No. DS-NRC-D03004-VA, Early Site Permit (ESP) at 
the North Anna Power Station ESP Site (TAC No. MC1128), New and Updated 
Information, Construction and Operation, NUREG-1811, Louisa County, VA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts on the 
water resources, the lack of information on wetland and stream impacts, 
and the affects on the downstream communities. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060097, ERP No. F-AFS-J67932-CO, Dry Fork Federal Coal Lease-
by-Application (COC-67232), Leasing Additional Federal Coal Lands for 
Underground Coal Resource, Special-Use-Permits and U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit,

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Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Gunnison County, 
CO.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20060267, ERP No. F-BLM-K65290-CA, Ukiah Resource Management 
Plan, Implementation, Several Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the selected actions, and believes 
that the management actions presented in the Resource Management Plan 
will minimize human exposure to naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) 
within the jurisdiction of the Ukiah FieldOffice.

EIS No. 20060320, ERP No. F-NRC-F06026-IL, Early Site Permit (ESP) at 
the Exelon ESP Site, Application for ESP on One Additional NuclearUnit, 
within the Clinton Power Station (CPS), NUREG-1815, DeWitt County, IL.

    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns about the adequacy and 
clarity of radiological risk information, the level of wetland 
information provided, and project impacts on Clinton Lake.

EIS No. 20060329, ERP No. F-NRS-H34030-MO, East Locust Creek Watershed 
Revised Plan, Installation of Multiple-Purpose Reservoir, Flood 
Prevention and Watershed Protection, Sullivan and Putnam Counties, MO.

    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20060331, ERP No. F-FRC-L05232-WA, Rocky Reach Hydroelectric 
Project, (FERC/DEIS-0184F), Application for a New License for the 
Existing 865.76 Megawatt Facility, Public Utility District No. 1 (PUD), 
Columbia River, Chelan County, WA.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20060336, ERP No. F-NPS-K61160-CA, Non-Native Deer Management 
Plan of Axis Deer (Axis axis) and Fallow Deer (Dama dama), 
Implementation, Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) and Golden Gate 
National Recreation Area, Marin County, CA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20060339, ERP No. F-FRA-J53007-00, ADOPTION--Powder River Basin 
Expansion Project, Construction of New Rail Facilities, Finance Docket 
No. 33407 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, SD, WY and MN.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent on this adoptedEIS.

EIS No. 20060353, ERP No. F-NRS-J36054-UT, Coal Creek Flood Control and 
Parkway Project, Proposed Channel Improvements, Two Irrigation Division 
Structures on Coal Creek (the Main Street Diversion and the Woodbury 
Diversion), Cedar
    City, Iron County, UT.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20060334, ERP No. FS-UAF-G11038-00, Realistic Bomber Training 
Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake Vortices on Surface 
Structures,Dyess Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: September 19, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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