[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 13431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6886]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8591-8]


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)(copyright) 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 6, 2008 (73 FR 
19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20080528, ERP No. D-USN-L10006-00, Northwest Training Range 
Complex (NWTRC), To Support and Conduct Current, Emerging, and Future 
Training and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) 
Activities, WA, OR and CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
marine resources. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080533, ERP No. D-AFS-K65351-CA, Plumas National Forest 
Public Motorized Travel Management, Implementation, Plumas National 
Forest, Plumas County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the scope of 
the travel management planning process, and potential impacts from the 
designation of the Sly Creek open area and associated routes to soil 
and water resources. The Final EIS should address seasonal closures, 
monitoring, and enforcement commitments. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20090028, ERP No. D-NPS-F65073-IN, Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore, Draft White-Tailed Deer Management Plan, Implementation, 
Lake, Porter, LaPorte Counties, IN.

    Summary: The preferred alternative provides a balanced combination 
of methods to manage deer and natural resources. EPA does not object to 
this project. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080347, ERP No. F-COE-D30005-MD, Atlantic Coast of Maryland 
Shoreline Protection Project, Proposed Dredging of Several New Offshore 
Shoals to Provide Sand for Borrow Sources from 2010 to 2044, Ocean 
City, Worcester County, MD.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20080378, ERP No. F-COE-D39028-00, Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island 
Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Study, Using 
Uncontaminated Dredged Material from the Upper Chesapeake Bay Approach 
Channels to the Port of Baltimore to Restore and Protect Island Habitat 
in the Middle Portion of Chesapeake Bay, Dorchester County, MD.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080509, ERP No. F-IBR-J39037-ND, Northwest Area Water Supply 
Project, To Construct a Biota Water Treatment Plant, Lake Sakakawea, 
Missouri River Basin to Hudson Bay Basin, Divide, Williams, Burke, 
Renville, Bottineau, Pierce, McHenry, Ward, Mountrail and McLean 
Counties, ND.

    Summary: EPA noted that the preferred alternative incorporates 
earlier EPA recommendations regarding UV treatment technology and the 
need for a template for the adaptive management plan. EPA made 
additional comments regarding the water quality analysis.

EIS No. 20090036, ERP No. F-AFS-F65069-MN, Glacier Project, To Maintain 
and Promote Native Vegetation, Communities that are Diverse, 
Productive, Healthy, Implementation, Superior National Forest, 
Kawishiwi Ranger District, St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN.

    Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's earlier question regarding 
the projected amount of suitable habitat for the Northern goshawk; 
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: March 24, 2009.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 
of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E9-6886 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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