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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8592–1] 

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. 20080242, ERP No. D–BLM– 

D65040–WV, East Lynn Lake Coal 

Lease Project, Proposal to Lease 

Federal Coal that lies Under Nine 

Tracts of Land for Mining, Wayne 

County, WV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental objections to adverse 

impacts to water quality and aquatic 

life. EPA recommends consideration of 

an alternative that includes a more 

protective buffer between proposed 

mining operations and the existing 

earthen dam including East Lynn Lake. 

Additionally, the final EIS should 

include information on degradation 

from past mining activities, clarify the 

hydrologic connection between surface 

and ground water, and geological 

conditions in the project area. Rating 

EO2. 

EIS No. 20080279, ERP No. D–FRC– 

D05125–PA, Holtwood Hydroelectric 

Project (Docket No. P–1881–050) 

Application for an Amendment 

License to Increase the Installed 

Capacity, Susquehanna River, 

Lancaster and York Counties, PA. 

Summary: Although EPA 

acknowledged the efforts to address fish 

passage, we expressed environmental 

concerns about potential impacts to 

other resources, including wetlands and 

water quality, and requested that 

information, regarding wetland 

delineation, plans for excavation of 

sediment and bedrock, sediment 

sampling protocols, and a comparison of 

impacts of the excavation and blasting 

plans be included in the FEIS. Rating 

EC2. 

EIS No. 20080393, ERP No. D–NRC– 

D06006–PA, Generic—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Supplement 36 to NUREG–1437, 

Regarding Beaver Valley Power 

Station, Units 1 and 2, Plant Specific, 

Issuing Nuclear Power Plant 

Operating License for an Additional 

20-Year Period, PA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080404, ERP No. D–BLM– 

J65526–00, Grand Staircase— 

Escalante National Monument 

(GSENM), Draft Monument 

Management Plan Amendment & 

Draft Rangeland Health, 

Implementation, Portions of Kane and 

Garfield, Utah and Coconino County, 

AZ. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the use of 

accurate criteria to measure stream 

riparian health and trends in the grazing 

allotments, and the need to mitigate 

impacts to the impaired reaches of the 

Paria River and the Escalante River. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080484, ERP No. D–NOA– 

L91033–AK, Bering Sea Chinook 

Salmon Bycatch Management, 

Establish New Measures to Minimize 

Chinook Salmon Bycatch, to Amend 

the Fishery Management Plan, 

Implementation, Bering Sea Pollock 

Fishery, AK. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about 

monitoring and enforcement of the 

Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch 

program, and requested a discussion of 

how climate change may impact the 

proposed action. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080503, ERP No. D–NRC– 

D06007–PA, Generic—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Supplement 37 to NUREG–1437, 

Regarding Three Mile Island Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1, in Londonterry 

Township in Dauphin County, PA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

quality impacts associated with the 

steam generator transport process. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080513, ERP No. D–AFS– 

L65562–AK, Central Kupreanof 

Timber Harvest Project, Proposes to 

Harvest up to 70.2 Million Board Feet 

of Timber, Kupreanof Island, 

Petersburg Ranger District, Tongass 

National Forest, AK. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse impacts to essential fish habitat 

and water quality from increased 

harvest activities. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080521, ERP No. D–NPS– 

J65528–ND, Theodore Roosevelt 

National Park, Elk Management Plan, 

Implementation, Billing and 

McKenzie Counties, ND. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080535, ERP No. D–BLM– 

J65529–MT, Indian Creek Mine 

Expansion, Proposed Mine Expansion 

would include Quarry Areas, Mine 

Facilities, Ore Storage Sites, Soil 

Salvage Stockpiles, Haul Roads, and 

Overburden Disposal Areas, Issuing 

Operating Permit #00105 and Plan of 

Operation #MTM78300, Broadwater 

County, MT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to air quality and nitrate 

contamination of groundwater from 

blasting residue. The final EIS should 


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include monitoring and mitigation 

measures to avoid water quality impacts 

and an air quality analysis including 

values for NAAQS and PSD. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080543, ERP No. D–NRC– 

C03017–NY, Generic—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Supplement 38 to NUREG–1437, 

Regarding Indian Point Nuclear 

Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, 

Westchester County, NY. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

proposed project’s impacts to aquatic 

resources and storage of low level waste. 

We recommended that the final SEIS 

include new geologic and seismic data 

concerning recent seismic activity in the 

area. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090004, ERP No. D–NPS– 

H65028–MO, Jefferson National 

Expansion Memorial, General 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

St. Louis, MO. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns that the 

competition for the design of the 

preferred alternative had not begun, and 

that the implemented design could 

cause ‘‘moderate to major long term to 

beneficial impacts on transportation’’. 

EPA recommended working with 

metropolitan and State transportation 

planners to include design 

specifications to reduce potential 

adverse effects. Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080472, ERP No. F–FRC– 

D05125–PA, Holtwood Hydroelectric 

Project (Docket No. P–1881–050) 

Application for an Amendment 

License to Increase the Installed 

Capacity, Susquehanna River, 

Lancaster and York Counties, PA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns because the 

impacts associated with sediment and 

bedrock excavation activities, and 

requested additional information, 

including excavation plans, a 

comparison of alternatives, and 

sediment sampling plans. 

EIS No. 20080526, ERP No. F–IBR– 

J39038–CO, Southern Delivery System 

Project, Water Supply Development, 

Execution of up to 40-year Contracts 

for Use of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project 

Facilities, Special Use Permit, El Paso 

County, CO. 

Summary: EPA found the Final EIS to 

be largely responsive to EPA’s 

comments on the Draft EIS and 

Supplemental Information Report, and 

believes the project is much improved 

and will result in fewer environmental 

impacts than what was originally 

proposed. EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. 

EIS No. 20090012, ERP No. F–NOA– 

L91032–00, Proposed Acceptable 

Biological Catch (ABC) and Optimum 

Yield (OY) Specifications and 

Management Measures for the 2009– 

2010 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

WA, OR and CA. 

Summary: While EPA had no 

objections to the proposed action, EPA 

did request clarification on monitoring 

and catch limits. 

EIS No. 20090042, ERP No. FR–AFS– 

J65446–MT, Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, 

Deerlodge, Granite, Jefferson, and 

Madison Counties, MT. 

Summary: The preferred alternative 

addresses EPA concerns and we support 

the development of a consistent and 

integrated aquatic strategy to provide for 

protection for riparian areas, aquatic 

species, and good water quality. 

EIS No. 20090037, ERP No. FS–AFS– 

F65062–MN, Echo Trail Area Forest 

Management Project, Updated 

Information to Amended to Further 

Address Water Quality and Watershed 

Health, Superior National Forest, 

Lacroix Ranger District and 

Kawishiwi Ranger District, St. Louis 

and Lake Counties, MN. 

Summary: No formal comments were 

sent to the preparing agency. 

Dated: March 31, 2009. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, Office of Federal 

Activities. 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information, (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/ 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 03/23/2009 through 03/27/2009 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20090088, Draft EIS, BLM, UT, 

Greens Hollow Coal Lease Tract 

Project, Proposed Federal Coal 

Leasing and Subsequent Underground 

Coal Mining, Funding and Lease 

Application, Fishlake and Manti-La 

Sal National Forest, Sanpete and 

Sevier Counties, UT, Comment Period 

Ends: 05/18/2009, Contact: Steve 

Rigby, 435–636–3604. 

EIS No. 20090089, Final EIS, AFS, AZ, 

Warm Fire Recovery Project, Removal 

of Fire-Killed Trees Reforestation, 

Fuel Reduction and Road 

Reconstruction of Wildland Fire Burn 

Portion, Coconino County, AZ, Wait 

Period Ends: 05/04/2009, Contact: 

Lois Pfeffer, 559–359–7023. 

EIS No. 20090090, Final EIS, FHW, MI, 

Blue Water Bridge Plaza Study and 

Improvements to the I–94/1–69 

Corridor, To Provide Safe, Efficient 

and Secure Movement of People and 

Goods across the Canadian-U.S. 

Border, Port Huron Area, St. Clair 

County, MI, Wait Period Ends: 05/04/ 

2009, Contact: Ryan Rizzo, 517–702– 

1833. 

EIS No. 20090091, Draft EIS, FRC, VA, 

Smith Mountain Pumped Storage 

Project (FERC No. 2210–169). 

Application for Hydropower License 

To Continue Operating the 636- 

megawatt Pumped Storage Project, 

Roanoke River, Bedford, Campbell, 

Franklin and Pittsylvania Counties, 

VA, Comment Period Ends: 05/18/ 

2009, Contact: Patricia Schaub, 

1–866–208–3372. 

EIS No. 20090092, Draft EIS, FHW, MO, 

East Columbia Transportation Project, 

To Improvements the Transportation 

Network in Eastern Columbia/Bounty 

County by: (1) Extending Route 740 

from its Terminus at US–63, along a 

new Alignment, to I–70 at the existing 

St. Charles road interchange, (2) 

Improving existing Broadway (Route 

WW) to Oliver Road and (3) 

Extending Ballenger Lane, from Route 

740 to Clark Lane, City of Columbia, 

Bounty County, MO, Comment Period 

Ends: 05/18/2009, Contact: Peggy 

Casey, 573–636–7104. 

EIS No. 20090093, Final EIS, FHW, IA, 

I–29 Improvements in Sioux City, 

Construction from Burlington 

Northern Santa Fe Rail Road (BNSF) 

Bridge over the Missouri River to 

Existing Hamilton Boulevard 

Interchange, Woodbury County, IA, 

Wait Period Ends: 05/04/2009, 

Contact: Lubin Quinones, 515–233– 

7300. 

EIS No. 20090094, Draft EIS, UAF, HI, 

Fort Kamehameha Historic District 

Buildings and Structures Proposes to 

Dispose of their Obligation of 

Continuing Management and 

Maintenance, Hickham Air Force Base 

(AFB), HI, Comment Period Ends: 

05/18/2009, Contact: Tiffany Patrick, 

808–449–3197. 


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