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at wood.amanetta@epa.gov. The finding 

is available at EPA’s conformity Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

transp.htm (once there, click on the 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ text icon, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter 

to TDEC on August 16, 2005, stating that 

the MVEBs submitted in the Nashville 

1-hour ozone maintenance plan update 

dated August 10, 2005, are adequate. 

EPA’s adequacy comment period ran 

from June 9 through July 11, 2005. This 

finding has also been announced on 

EPA’s conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm, (once 

there, click ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity’’ text icon, then look for 

‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). The adequate MVEBs 

are provided in the following table: 

NASHVILLE AREA MVEBS

[Tons per day] 

2016 

VOC ............................................ 21.93 

NOX ............................................ 45.76 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176 (c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs and 

projects conform to state air quality 

implementation plans and establishes 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which EPA determines 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes are 

outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please 

note that an adequacy review is separate 

from EPA’s SIP submittal completeness 

review, and it also should not be used 

to prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval of 

the SIP. Even if EPA finds the MVEBs 

adequate, the Agency may later 

determine that the SIP itself is not 

approvable. 

EPA has described the process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999 

memorandum entitled ‘‘Conformity 

Guidance on Implementation of March 

2, 1999 Conformity Court Decision’’). 

EPA has followed this guidance in 

making this adequacy determination. 

This guidance is incorporated into 

EPA’s July 1, 2004, final rulemaking 

entitled ‘‘Transportation Conformity 

Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour 

Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards and Miscellaneous 

Revisions for Existing Areas; 

Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments: Response to Court 

Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’

(69 FR 40004). 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 05–18424 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

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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 FR 

dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20050202, ERP No. D-CGDA03086–00, Programmatic—Vessel 

and Facility Response Plans for Oil: 

2003 Removal Equipment 

Requirements and Alternative 

Technology Revisions, To Increase the 

Oil Removal Capability, U.S. 

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 

United States, Alaska, Guam, Puerto 

Rico and other U.S. Territories. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

related to the synergistic effects of 

chemical dispersants with oil on water 

quality and organisms within the water 

column, spill modeling, and model 

limitations for the fate and effect of 

chemically dispersed oil. 

Rating EC2 

EIS No. 20050235, ERP No. D–NPS–

F65057–IN, Lincoln Boyhood 

National Memorial General 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Lincoln City, Spencer County, IN. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed action. 

Rating LO 

EIS No. 20050266, ERP No. D–DOE–

A00171–00, Proposed Consolidation 

of Nuclear Operations Related to 

Production of radioisotope Power 

Systems, Located or Planned Sites: 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

(ORNL), Tennessee; Los Alamos 

National Laboratory (LANL), New 

Mexico; and the Idaho National 

Laboratory (INL), Idaho, TN, NM, ID. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed action. 

Rating LO 

EIS No. 20050310, ERP No. D–JUS–

G81013–TX, Laredo Detention 

Facility, Proposed Contractor-Owned/ 

Contractor-Operated Detention 

Facility, Implementation, Webb 

County, TX. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed action. 

Rating LO 

EIS No. 20050300, ERP No. DS–NOA–

E55555–00, Reef Fish (Amendment 

25) and Coastal Migratory Pelagic 

(Amendment 17) for Extending the 

Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit 

Moratorium, Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic. 

Summary: EPA agrees with the 

extension of the permit moratorium, but 

recommended that any available 

moratorium data be evaluated and 

summarized in the FSEIS as part of the 

decision-making process. 

Rating LO 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20050270, ERP No. F–NRC–

E06024–AL, Generic—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants for Browns 

Ferry, Unit 1, 2 and 33 (TAC Nos. 

MC7168, MC1769, and MC1770), 

Supplement 21 to NUREG–1437, 

Implementation, Athens, AL. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns because of the 

uncertainty of the ultimate location of a 

permitted repository site for the 

radioactive waste. 

EIS No. 20050317, ERP No. F–NAS–

E12007–FL, New Horizons Mission to 

Pluto, Continued Preparations and 

Implementation to Explore Pluto and 

Potentially the Recently Discovered 

Kuiper Belt, Cape Canaveral Air Force 

Station, FL. 

Summary: EPA’s previous issues have 

been resolved therefore, EPA has no 

objection to the proposed action. 

EIS No. 20050334, ERP No. F–DOE–

J91000–MT, South Fork Flathead 

Watershed Westslope Cutthroat Trout 

Conservation Program, Preserve the 

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Genetic Purity of the Westslope 

Cutthroat Trout Population, Flathead 

National Forest, Flathead River, 

Flathead, Powell and Missoula 

Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to aquatic ecosystem integrity, 

particularly effects to non-target species, 

and ecological impacts of restocking 

historically fishless lakes. EPA 

emphasizes the need to follow strict 

pesticide application protocols with 

appropriate management and mitigation 

measures, and establishment of a 

comprehensive monitoring and adaptive 

management program to minimize 

ecological and public health risks 

during project implementation. 

EIS No. 20050335, ERP No. FS–AFS–

J65419–MT, Gallatin National Forest, 

Updated Information, Replaces the 

Effects Analysis for the Northern 

Goshawk in the Main Boulder Fuels 

Reduction Project (FEIS), 

Implementation, Gallatin National 

Forest, Big Timber Ranger District, 

Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed action and supports the 

proposed ecological effects monitoring. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 05–18428 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 09/06/2005 Through 09/09/2005. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20050372, Final EIS, AFS, AZ, 

Pickett Lake and Padre Canyon 

Allotments Cattle Grazing 

Management, Authorization and 

Implementation, Coconino National 

Forest, Mormon Lake Ranger District, 

Coconino County, AZ, Wait Period 

Ends: 10/17/2005, Contact: Katherine 

Sanchez Meador 928–526–0866. 

EIS No. 20050373, Final EIS, COE, MO, 

Howard Bend Floodplain Area Study, 

Improvements for Future Land, 

Future Road, and Stormwater 

Management, Missouri River Flood 

Developments, U.S. Army COE 

Section 10 and 404 Permits, St. Louis 

County, MO, Wait Period Ends: 10/ 

17/2005, Contact: Danny McClendon 

314–331–8574. 

EIS No. 20050374, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, 

Ukiah Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Several Counties, 

CA, Comment Period Ends: 12/15/ 

2005, Contact: Eli Ilano 916–978–

4427. 

EIS No. 20050375, Draft Supplement, 

FHW, TN, TN–397 (Mack Hatcher 

Parkway Extension) Construction 

from US–31 (TN–6, Columbia 

Avenue) South of Franklin to US–341 

(TN–106, Hillsboro Road) North of 

Franklin, Additional Information on 

the Build Alternative (Alternative G), 

Williamson County and City of 

Franklin, TN , Comment Period Ends: 

10/31/2005, Contact: Walter Boyd 

615–781–5774. 

EIS No. 20050376, Final EIS, COE, TX, 

Cedar Bayou Navigation Chanel 

(CBNC.) Improvement Project, 

Implementation, Near Baytown in 

Harris and Chambers Counties, TX, 

Wait Period Ends: 10/17/2005, 

Contact: Dr. Terry Roberts 409–766–

3035. 

EIS No. 20050377, Draft EIS, COE, NY, 

Montuak Point Storm Damage 

Reduction Project, Proposed 

Reinforcement of an Existing Stone 

Revetment Wall, Suffolk County, NY, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/31/2005 

Contact: Dr. Christopher Ricciardi 

917–790–8630. 

EIS No. 20050378, Draft EIS, COE, NJ, 

Liberty State Park Ecosystem 

Restoration Project, Hudson Raritan 

Estuary Study, To Address the 

Adverse Impacts Associated with Past 

Filling Activities, Port Authority of 

New York and New Jersey, Jersey 

City, Hudson County, NJ , Comment 

Period Ends: 10/24/2005, Contact: 

Robert Will 917–790–8635. Revision 

to FR Notice Published on 9/16/2005: 

Due to an Administrative Error by the 

U.S. Army COE the above Draft EIS 

was not properly filed with the U.S. 

EPA. COE has confirmed that 

distribution of the Draft EIS was made 

available to all Federal Agencies and 

interested parties for the 45-day 

review period that will end on 10/24/ 

2005. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20050291, Final EIS, AFS, CO, 

Gold Camp Road Plan, Develop a 

Feasible Plan to Manage the 

Operation of Tunnel #3 and the 8.5 

mile Road Segment, Pike National 

Forest, Pikes Peak Ranger District, 

Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 

CO, Wait Period Ends: 11/07/2005, 

Contact: Frank Landis 719–477–4203. 

Revision to FR Notice Published on 

7/22/2005. Refiling of Final EIS Per 

Agencies Request, the Wait Period 

will End on 11/07/2005. 

EIS No. 20050292, Draft EIS, USA, HI, 

Makua Military Reservation (MMR) 

Project, Proposed Military Training 

Activities, 25th Infantry Division 

(Light) and U.S. Army, HI, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/06/2005, Contact: 

Gary Shirakata 808–438–0772. 

Revision to FR Notice Published on 

7/22/2005. Extending the Comment 

Period from 9/21/2005 to 10/06/2005. 

EIS No. 20050298, Draft EIS, AFS, UT, 

West Bear Vegetation Management 

Project, Timber Harvesting, Prescribed 

Burning, Roads Construction, 

Township 1 North, Range 9 East, Salt 

Lake Principle Meridian, Evanston 

Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache 

National Forest, Summit County, UT, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/30/2005, 

Contact: Larry Johnson 307–789–

3194. Revision of FR Notice Published 

on 7/22/2005. Extending the 

Comment Period from 9/06/2005 to 

9/30/2005. 

EIS No. 20050351, Draft EIS, SFW, CA, 

East Contra Costa County Habitat 

Conservation Plan and Natural 

Community Conservation Plan, 

Implementation, Incidental Take 

Permit, Cities of Brentwood, Clayton, 

Oakley and Pittsburg, Contra Costa 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

12/01/2005, Contact: Sheila Larsen 

916–444–6600. Revision to FR Notice 

Published on 9/2/2005. Comment 

Period Extended from 10/17/2005 to 

12/01/2005. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 05–18429 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

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National Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC); 

Interim Ad Hoc Nanotechnology Work 

Group; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S. App. 2 

(Public Law 92–463), EPA gives notice 

of an all day meeting of the National