[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 8 (Friday, January 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 1512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-345]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6683-1]


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 7, 2006 (71 FR 
17845).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060292, ERP No. D-SFW-K99035-CA, Orange County Southern 
Subregion Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), Implementation, Application 
for and Incidental Take Permit, Orange County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts and water-related issues.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060423, ERP No. D-MMS-L02033-AK, Chukchi Sea Planning Area 
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and Seismic Surveying Activities, Offshore 
Marine Environment, Chukchi Sea Coastal Plain, and the North Slope 
Borough of Alaska.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about environmental justice issues 
due to adverse effects from multiple, overlapping and fast-tracked 
development planning processes on local residents and tribes, and 
requested additional information on human health impacts due to 
increased oil and gas development. EPA also requested further 
evaluation of oil spill risk to biological and subsistence resources.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060444, ERP No. D-COE-K36055-CA, San Luis Rey Flood Control 
Project, Operation and Maintenance of the Vegetation and Sediment 
Management, from College Blvd to the Pacific Ocean, San Diego County, 
CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
impacts to waters of the U.S., including wetlands and riparian habitat. 
EPA recommended evaluation of alternatives that do not propose fill in 
waters of the U.S., and requested additional analysis to demonstrate 
compliance with the Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060480, ERP No. D-BIA-C60006-NY, Oneida Nation of New York 
Conveyance of Lands into Trust, Proposes to Transfer 17,370 Acre of Fee 
Land into Federal Trust Status, Oneida, Madison and New York Counties, 
NY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts in alternative B associated with the phased acquisition of an 
additional 17,630 acres.
    Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060482, ERP No. F-FRC-L05234-WA, Priest Rapids Hydroelectric 
Project, FERC Project <greek-i>2114-116 Relicensing Application for New 
License, Columbia River, Grant, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, Benton, and 
Chelan Counties, WA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have concerns about the proposed 
project's potential impacts to water quality due to total dissolved gas 
and temperature exceedances, and recommended that accountability 
measures be incorporated into the Clean Water Act Section 401 
certification requirements and monitoring plan.

EIS No. 20060485, ERP No. F-NOA-A91072-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Codified 
Regulations at 50 CFR 300 Subparts A and G Implementing Conservation 
and Management Measures Adopted by the Commission for the Conservation 
of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action as described in 
the FEIS.


EIS No. 20060492, ERP No. F-BIA-L61230-OR, Coyote Business Park, 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Proposes to 
Develop, Build and Manage a Light Industrial Commercial Business Park, 
Umatilla County, OR.

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

    Dated: January 9, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-345 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
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