[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 56 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13785-13786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5356]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6685-3]


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 (97 FR 
27647).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060300, ERP No. D-AFS-J65469-CO, White River National Forest 
Travel Management Plan, To Accommodate and Balance Transportation 
Needs, Implementation, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat, Pitkin, 
Rio Blanco, Routt and Summit Counties, CO.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for adverse impacts to water quality from non-system roads and from 
roads needing repair or maintenance. The final EIS should address the 
strategy for implementing effective enforcement and compliance with new 
road designations and restrictions, as well as repairing and 
maintaining existing roads.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070016, ERP No. D-COE-F36167-OH, Dover Dam Safety Assurance 
Program Project, Modifications and Upgrades, Funding, Muskingum River 
Basin, Tscarawas County, OH.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed 
approach to remediate potential hazardous wastes that may be present in 
the project area, and recommended that a detailed evaluation and 
remediation plan be developed and included in the Final EIS.
    Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060459, ERP No. F-NPS-J61108-SD, Badlands National Park/North 
Unit General Management Plan, Implementation, Jackson, Pennington and 
Shananon Counties, SD.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about impacts on 
water quality and ripairian habitiat; however, EPA continues express 
concerns about the downward trend in air quality, which is beleived to 
be due to human-caused sources and fires within and outside of the 
Park. EPA encourages the NPS to continue taking actions to mitigate 
these sources of air pollution in and around the Park.

EIS No. 20060470, ERP No. F-FHW-J40170-CO, I-25 Valley Highway Project, 
Transportation Improvement from Logan to U. S. 6, Denver County, CO.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20070022, ERP No. F-AFS-F-5062-MN, Echo Trail Area Forest 
Management Project, Forest Vegetation Management and Related 
Transportation System, Superior National Forest Land and Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Lacroix Ranger District and Kawishiwi 
Ranger District, St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed concerns regarding mitigation for 
impacts to water quality and operational maintenance of logging 
equipment; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20070037, ERP No. F-FHW-J40165-MT, U.S. Highway 89, 
Improvements, from Browning to Hudson Bay Divide, Endangered Species 
Act, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Glacier County, 
MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
water quality, wetlands, and aquatic habitat, as well as impacts to 
wildlife.

EIS No. 20070040, ERP No. F-DOD-A10076-00, PROGRAMMATIC--

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Missile Defense Agency, To Incrementally Develop, Test, Deploy, and 
Plan for Decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System 
(BMDS).

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

EIS No. 20070086, ERP No. F-USA-D15000-VA, Fort Lee, Virginia and Fort 
A. P. Hill, Virginia Project, Implementation of Base Closure and 
Realignment (BRAC) Recommendations and Other Army Actions, Prince 
George County, Petersburg, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia; Caroline 
County, Essex County, VA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: March 20, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-5356 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am]
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