[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 38 (Friday, February 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 8939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4226]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8590-9]


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 202-564-7146.
    An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental 
impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 
19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20080375, ERP No. D-NOA-B91005-00, Amendment 3 to the Northeast 
Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan, Implementation of New Management 
Measures to Rebuild Overfished Skate Stocks, End Overfishing of Skate 
Fisheries, Gulf of Maine (GOM), Georges Bank (GB), South New England 
and Mid-Atlantic Regions.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080414, ERP No. D-COE-D39038-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Oyster 
Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or 
Nonnative Oyster, Implementation, Chesapeake Bay, MD and VA.
    Summary: EPA believes that the introduction of non-native oyster 
species to the Chesapeake Bay, could be environmentally unsatisfactory 
to public health and the Bay ecosystem. Rating EU2.

EIS No. 20080508, ERP No. D-COE-F35047-OH, Lorain Harbor. Ohio Federal 
Navigation Project, Dredged Material Management Plan, Implementation, 
Lorain Harbor, Lorain County, Ohio.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080519, ERP No. D-NPS-D61062-PA, White-tailed Deer Management 
Plan, Develop a Deer Management Strategy that Support Protection, 
Preservation and Restoration of Native Vegetation, Implementation, 
Valley Forge National Historical Park, King of Prussia, PA.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080520, ERP No. D-CGD-A11082-00, USCG Pacific Operations: 
Districts 11 Area, California and Districts 13 Area, Oregon and 
Washington, Improve the Protection and Conservation of Marine Protected 
Species and Marine Protected Areas, CA, OR and WA.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080527, ERP No. D-AFS-K65350-CA, Modoc National Forest 
Motorized Travel Management Plan, Implementation, National Forest 
Transportation System (NFTS), Modoc, Lassen and Siskiyou Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts from 
continued use of roads and trails within or adjacent to fens, wet 
meadows, riparian habitat, and vernal pools. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080539, ERP No. D-USA-A10078-00, Gulf of Mexico Range Complex 
(GOMEX), Proposed Action is to Support and Conduct Current and Emerging 
Training and RDT&E Operations, TX, MS, AL and FL.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080143, ERP No. DA-COE-B32009-MA, Boston Harbor Federal Deep 
Draft Navigation Improvement Project, To Evaluate the Feasibility of 
Channel Deepening and Related Berth Improvements at the Port of Boston, 
Chelsea and Revere, Boston, MA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections because of the lack 
of information relative to the extent and impacts of blasting and the 
proposal to create rock reefs. Rating EO2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080433, ERP No. F-COE-C35013-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Port of New 
York and New Jersey Dredged Material Management Plan, Updated 
Information on 1999 Final EIS, Implementation, NY and NJ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns because some of the 
information in the Final EIS is outdated and is not consistent with the 
current Dredged Material Management Plan.

EIS No. 20080491, ERP No. F-SFW-B64005-00, Lake Umbagog National 
Wildlife Refuge, Comprehensive Conservation Plan, 15 Year Guidance for 
Management of Refuge Operations, Habitat and Visitor Services, 
Implementation, Coos County, NH and Oxford County, ME.
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080536, ERP No. F-COE-K39099-CA, Berth 97-109 (China 
Shipping) Container Terminal Project, Construction and Operation, 
Issuance of Section 404 (CWA) and Section 10 Rivers and Harbor Act 
Permits, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
significant and unavoidable impacts to air quality and environmental 
justice communities, and impacts to aquatic resources. EPA recommended 
commitments to mitigate air emissions to meet health risk reduction 
targets, implementation of a health impact assessment to identify 
appropriate mitigations for disproportionately affected neighboring 
communities and avoidance of fill.

    Dated: February 24, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-4226 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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