[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2511-2512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-697]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6683-3]


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

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060402, ERP No. D-NOA-K39102-CA, Cordell Bank, Gulf of the 
Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries, Proposes a 
Series of Regulatory Changes, Offshore of Northern/Central, CA.

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

EIS No. 20060461, ERP No. D-USN-E11061-FL, Boca Chica Field, 
Restoration of Clear Zones and Stormwater Drainage Systems, 
Implementation, Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Monroe County, FL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetlands and 
mangrove forest impacts. EPA recommended that the final document 
include an analysis of the

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comprehensive vegetative control maintenance program and a thorough 
discussion of the overall monitoring and adaptive management plan. 
Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060465, ERP No. D-FRC-H03002-00, Rockies Express Western 
Phase Project, Construction and Operation for the Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities: Rockies Express (CP06-354-000), TransColorado (CP06-401-
000) and Overthrust (CP06-423-000), CO, WY, NE, KS, MO and NM.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
impacts to air and water quality, and requested that additional 
information be provided to disclose cumulative impacts of new gas-
fueled compression stations, and to evaluate specific hydrostatic test 
water acquisition and discharge considerations. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060472, ERP No. D-MMS-A02245-00, Gulf of Mexico Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2007-2012 Western Planning 
Area Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218: Central Planning Area Sales 
205, 206, 208, 213, 216, and 222, TX, LA, MS, AL and Fl.
    Summary: While EPA had no objections to the proposed action, EPA 
did request clarification in the areas of hypoxia research, National 
Estuarine Research Reserve, National Estuary Program, air/water quality 
impacts, cumulative impacts and mitigation. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060454, ERP No. F-SFW-K99035-CA, Orange County Southern 
Subregion Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), Implementation, Application 
for and Incidental Take Permit, Orange County, CA.

    Summary: EPA's previous concerns about air and water quality 
impacts have been resolved; therefore, EPA does not object to the 
proposed action.

EIS No. 20060463, ERP No. F-CGD-G11047-00, Beacon Port Deepwater Port 
License Application, Construction and Operation, Deepwater Port and 
Offshore Pipeline, U.S. COE Section 404 and 10 Permits, Gulf of Mexico, 
San Patricio County, TX.

    Summary: Should the applicant decide to re-apply, EPA will work 
with USCG and MARAD to resolve any continuing issues about the proposed 
use of an open rack vaporization re-gasification system.

EIS No. 20060474, ERP No. F-BLM-G65099-NM, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks 
National Monument Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Rio Puerco 
Field Office, Sandoval County, NM.

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

EIS No. 20060476, ERP No. F-SFW-K64022-CA, Aquatic Habitat Conservation 
Plan and Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances to Conserve 
Habitat for and Mitigate Impacts on Six Aquatic Species, USFWS 
Enhancement of Survival Permit and an USNMF Incidental Take Permit 
Issuance, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, CA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
temperature effects from temporary reductions in canopy cover and 
recommended additional prescriptions for areas showing temperature 
impacts under pre-project conditions.

EIS No. 20060499, ERP No. F-COE-G36156-AR, Bayou Meto Basin, Arkansas 
General Reevaluation Project, Address Waterfowl Management, Water 
Supply and Flood Control Strategies, Located in Portions of Lonoke, 
Prairie, Jefferson, Arkansas and Pulaski Counties, AR.

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

EIS No. 20060534, ERP No. F-NOA-E91017-00, Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper 
Total Allowable Catch and Reduce Bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico Directed 
and Shrimp Trawl Fisheries, To Evaluate Alternatives, Gulf of Mexico.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: January 16, 2007.
Clifford Rader,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E7-697 Filed 1-18-07; 8:45 am]
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