[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15134-15135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5905]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6685-5]


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 the Federal Register dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845).

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. 20060501, ERP No. D-BLM-K65323-00, Yuma Field Office (YFO) 
Resource Management Plan, Provide Direction Managing Public Lands, 
Implementation, Yuma, La Paz and Maricopa Counties, AZ and Imperial and 
Riverside Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality 
impacts from off-highway vehicles and requested clarification on the 
Travel Management Network, and recommends restricting OHV usage and 
implementing other mitigation measures.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070007, ERP No. D-NPS-G65103-NM, Bandelier National Monument, 
Ecological Restoration Plan, Reestablish Healthy, Sustainable 
Vegetative Conditions within the Pinon-Juniper Woodland, Los Alamos and 
Sandoval Counties, NM.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred action.

Rating LO.

EIS No. 20070015, ERP No. D-CDB-C80016-NY, East River Waterfront 
Esplanade and Piers Project, Revitalization, Connecting Whitehall Ferry 
Terminal and Peter Minuit Plaza to East River Park, Funding New York, 
NY.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about traffic and 
related air quality impacts.

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 to support 
the proposed approach.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070025, ERP No. D-AFS-L65531-OR, Invasive Plant Treatments 
within the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River 
National Grassland, Reduction of Invasive Plant Infestation and 
Protection of Uninfested Areas, Implementation, Several Cos. OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to water quality from both herbicides and sediment. The 
final EIS should include information about aquatic invasive plant 
infestations and how these would be treated to prevent deterioration of 
water quality.

Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20070026, ERP No. D-FRC-G03033-LA, Kinder Morgan Louisiana 
Pipeline Project, Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities, Construction and 
Operation, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Evangeline, 
Cameron, and Acadia Parishes, LA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred actions as described 
in the DEIS.


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Rating LO.

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 riparian habitat; however, we continue to have 
concerns about the downward trend in air quality, which is believed 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. 20070012, ERP No. F-FHW-K40258-CA, Campus Parkway Project, 
Construction of a New Expressway from Mission Avenue Interchange to 
Yosemite Avenue/Lake Road, U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, City of 
Merced, Merced County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
indirect and cumulative impacts associated with induced growth.

EIS No. 20070022, ERP No. F-AFS-F65062-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 previous concerns regarding 
mitigation for impacts to water quality and operational maintenance of 
logging equipment; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed 
action.

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 and wildlife movement.

EIS No. 20070040, ERP No. F-DOD-A10076-00, Programmatic--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. 20070043, ERP No. F-AFS-K65302-CA, Commercial Park Stock Permit 
Reissuance for the Sierra National Forest and Trail Management Plan for 
the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, Application Reissuance Special-Use-Permit, 
Mariposa, Madera and Fresno Counties, CA.

    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: The Final EIS adequately addressed EPA's comments; 
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: March 27, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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