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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

agenda. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, October 25, 

2005, 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. 

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[FR Doc. 05–20741 Filed 10–12–05; 3:42 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6668–4] 

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 1, 2005 (70 

FR 16815). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20040468, ERP No. D–AFS–

L65470–ID, Meadows Slope Wildland 

Fire Protection Project, Proposal to 

Create and Maintain a Fuelbreak of 

Reduced Crown Fire Hazard, Payette 

National Forest, New Meadows, 

Ranger District, Adams and Valley 

Counties, ID 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse effects of management activities 

on water quality, fish habitat and soil 

productivity. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050081, ERP No. D–AFS–

L65477–OR, B&B Fire Recovery 

Project, Proposed Harvest of FireKilled Trees, Reduction of Fuels, 

Planting of Tree, Deschutes National 

Forest, Sister Ranger District, Jefferson 

and Deschutes Counties, OR 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential long term impacts of salvage 

logging to surface water quality, 

especially temperature, and aquatic 

habitat from increased sediment 

delivery to streams. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050250, ERP No. D–AFS–

L65489–OR, Ashland Forest 

Resiliency Project, To Recover from 

Large-Scale High-Severity Wild Land 

Fire, Upper Bear Analysis Area, 

Ashland Ranger District, Rogue RiverSiskiyou National Forest, Jackson 

County, OR 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential impacts of sediment delivery 

to streams that feed into the City of 

Ashland’s drinking water supply, and 

potential impacts from large wood 

debris to streams within and 

downstream of the proposed project. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050297, ERP No. D–SFW–

J65447–WY, Bison and Elk 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

National Elk Refuge/Grand Teton 

National Park/John D. Rocefeller, Jr. 

Memorial Parkway, Teton County, 

WY 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20050299, ERP No. D–SFW–

K64026–CA, San Diego Bay National 

Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan, Implementation, 

Sweetwater Marsh and South San 

Diego Units, San Diego, County, CA 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20050138, ERP No. DS–NIH–

B81009–MA, National Emerging 

Infectious Disease Laboratories, 

Additional Information on Two 

Alternatives, Construction of National 

Biocontainment Laboratory, 

BioSquare Research Park, Boston 

University Medical Center Campus, 

Boston, MA 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the air 

quality, risk assessment, and 

environmental justice. Rating EC2. 

FINAL EISs 

EIS No. 20040271, ERP No. F–FHW–

B40087–VT, VT 9/100 Transportation 

Improvement Study (NH–010–1(33), 

In the Towns of Wilmington and West 

Dover, Federal Permits and 

Approvals, NPDES Permit and COE 

Section 10 and 404 Permits. Windham 

County, VT 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about the 

analysis of vernal pool resources and 

indirect/cumulative wetland impacts. 

EIS No. 20040502, ERP No. F–FHW–

B40089–CT, CT–2/2A/32 

Transportation Improvement Study, 

Construction, Funding, Coast Guard 

Bridge Permit, NPDES Permit, COE 

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Section 10 and 404 Permit, New 

London County, CT 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about ground 

and surface water resources, impacts to 

wetlands and secondary impacts. 

However, EPA supports the selection of 

the preferred alternative. 

EIS No. 20050191, ERP No. F–AFS–

L65470–ID, Meadows Slope Wildland 

Fire Protection Project, Proposes to 

Create and Maintain a Fuelbreak of 

Reduced Crown Fire Hazard, Payette 

National Forest, New Meadows 

Rangers District, Adams and Valley 

Counties, ID 

Summary: EPA continues to express 

environmental concern about water 

quality impacts associated with 

sediment in low gradient streams. 

EIS No. 20050258, ERP No. F–AFS–

L65477–OR, B&B Fire Recovery 

Project, Proposed Harvest of FireKilled Trees, Reduction of Fuels, 

Planting of Tree, Deschutes National 

Forest, Sisters Ranger District, 

Jefferson and Deschutes Counties, OR 

Summary: EPA continued to have 

environmental concerns about the long 

term impacts of salvage logging to water 

quality and aquatic habitat from 

sediment delivery to streams. 

EIS No. 20050307, ERP No. F–IBR–

K64023–CA, Battle Creek Salmon and 

Steelhead Restoration Project, To 

Address New Significant Information, 

Habitat Restoration in Battle Creek 

and Tributaries, License Amendment 

Issuance, Implementation, Tehama 

and Shasta Counties, CA 

Summary: EPA is supportive of efforts 

to restore salmonid habitat to facilitate 

population growth and recovery, and 

has no objection to the proposed action. 

EIS No. 20050312, ERP No. F–NRC–

B06005–CT, Generic-License Renewal 

of Nuclear Plants for the Millstone 

Power Station, Units 2 and 3, 

Supplement 22 to NUREG–1437, 

Implementation, New London 

County, CT 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about the 

entrainment and impingement of fish 

and other aquatic organisms, heat shock, 

and the assessment of cumulative 

environmental impacts. 

EIS No. 20050326, ERP No. F–AFS–

K65278–CA, Burlington Ridge Trails 

Project, To Eliminate, Reconstruct/or 

Reroute Unsound Trail Sections, 

Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River 

Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada 

County, CA 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20050338, ERP No. F–FHW–

F40428–OH, OH–823, Portsmouth 

Bypass Project, Transportation 

Improvements, Funding and U.S. 

Army COE Section 404 Permit, 

Appalachian Development Highway, 

Scioto County, OH 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about 

ecosystem fragmentation, forest losses, 

relocation impacts, and requested that 

these impacts be further mitigated. 

EIS No. 20050345, ERP No. FS–BLM–

K67038–NV, Ruby Hill Mine 

Expansion—East Archimedes Project, 

Extension of Existing Open Pit and 

Expansion of Two Existing Waste 

Rock Disposal Areas, Plan-ofOperations Permit, Eureka County, 

NV 

Summary: EPA recommended that 

BLM analyze potential long-term heap 

leach draindown scenarios and include 

the full cost of long-term treatment in 

the reclamation/closure bond. 

Dated: October 11, 2005. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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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 10/03/2005 

Through 10/07/2005 Pursuant to 40 CFR 

1506.9. 

EIS No. 20050410, Draft EIS, COE, FL, 

Central and Southern Florida Project, 

Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Plan, Implementation, 

Everglades Agricultural Area Storage 

Reservoirs, Palm Beach County, FL, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/21/2005, 

Contact: Janet Cushing 904–232–2259. 

The above EIS should have appeared 

in FR on 10/07/05. The comment 

period is calculated from the 10/7/ 

2005 FR. 

EIS No. 20050418, Final EIS, AFS, CA, 

Bald Mountain Project, Proposes to 

Harvest Trees Using Group and 

Individual Trees Selection Methods, 

Feather River Ranger District, Plumas 

National Forest, Plumas and Butte 

Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 11/ 

14/2005, Contact: Katherine Worn 

530–534–6500 

EIS No. 20050419, Final EIS, AFS, MT, 

Middle East Fork Hazardous Fuel 

Reduction Project, Implementation of 

Three Alternatives, Bitterroot 

National Forest, Sula Ranger District, 

Ravalli County, MT, Wait Period 

Ends: 11/14/2005, Contact: Sandrah 

Mack 406–821–1251 

EIS No. 20050420, Final EIS, IBR, NV, 

Humboldt Project Conveyance, 

Transferring 83, 530 Acres from 

Federal Ownership to the Pershing 

County Water Conservation District 

(PCWCD), Pershing and Lander 

Counties, NV, Wait Period Ends: 11/ 

14/2005, Contact: Caryn Huntt 

DeCarlo 775–884–8352 

EIS No. 20050421, Draft EIS, HUD, NY, 

Ashburton Avenue Master Plan and 

Urban Renewal Plan/Mulford Hope VI 

Revitalization Plan, Development, 

Implementation, Yonkers City, 

Westchester County, NY, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/28/2005, Contact: 

Stephen Whetstone 914–337–6650 

EIS No. 20050422, Draft Supplement, 

COE, AR, Fourche Bayou Basin 

Project, 1,750 Acre Bottomland 

Acquisition with Nature Appreciation 

Facilities, Development, Funding, 

City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, 

AR, Comment Period Ends: 11/28/ 

2005, Contact: Jim Ellis 501–324–5629 

EIS No. 20050423, Final EIS, BLM, NV, 

Sloan Canyon National Conservation 

Area, Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Cities of Las Vegas 

and Henderson, Clark County, NV, 

Wait Period Ends: 11/14/2005, 

Contact: Charles Carroll 702–515–

5291 

EIS No. 20050424, Draft EIS, NPS, CA, 

Furnace Creek Water Collection 

System, Reconstruction, Death Valley 

National Park, Implementation, Inyo 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

12/12/2005, Contact: Linda Greene 

760–786–3253 

EIS No. 20050425, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, 

Southern Diablo Mountain Range and 

Central Coast of California Resource 

Management Plan, Several Counties, 

CA, Comment Period Ends: 01/11/ 

2006, Contact: Sky Murphy 831–630–

5039 

EIS No. 20050426, Final EIS, FTA, CA, 

Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor 

Improvements, Wilshire Bus Rapid 

Transit and Exposition Transitway, 

Construction and Operation, Funding, 

Section 404 Permit, Los Angeles 

County, CA, Wait Period Ends: 11/14/ 

2005, Contact: Ray Sukys 415–744–

3115 

EIS No. 20050427, Draft Supplement, 

FTA, WA, Central Link Light Rail 

Transit Project (Sound Transit)