Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices 61285 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sella M. Burchette, U.S. EPA 

Environmental Response Team, MS 101, 

Building 18, Edison, NJ 08837, 732–

321–6726, or by e-mail at 

burchette.sella@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

established a public docket for this ICR 

under Docket ID number SFUND–2005–

0007, which is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response Superfund Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response Superfund Docket 

is (202) 566–0276. An electronic version 

of the public docket is available through 

EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA within 60 

days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that 

public comments, whether submitted 

electronically or in paper, will be made 

available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./ 

edocket. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those State 

and local employees engaged in 

hazardous waste operations and 

emergency response in the 27 States that 

do not have Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration (OSHA) 

approved State plans. 

Title: EPA Worker Protection 

Standard for Hazardous Waste 

Operation and Emergency Response, 

OMB Control # 2050–0105, EPA ICR # 

1426.07, Expiration 12/31/05. This is a 

request for renewal of a currently 

approved collection. 

Abstract: Section 126(f) of the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

requires EPA to set worker protection 

standards for State and local employees 

engaged in hazardous waste operations 

and emergency response in the 27 States 

that do not have Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration approved 

State plans. The EPA coverage, required 

to be identical to the OSHA standards, 

extends to three categories of 

employees: those engaged in clean-ups 

at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, 

including corrective actions at 

Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) 

facilities regulated under the Resource 

Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA); 

employees working at routine hazardous 

waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities, 

and employees involved in emergency 

response operations without regard to 

location. This ICR renews existing 

mandatory record keeping collection of 

ongoing activities including monitoring 

of any potential employee exposure at 

uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, 

maintaining records of employee 

training, refresher training, medical 

exams and reviewing emergency 

response plans. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The EPA would 

like to solicit comments to: 

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Burden Statement: The annual 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

will remain unchanged from previous 

estimates and is estimated to average 

10.46 hours per site or event. The 

estimated number of respondents is 

approximated at 100 RCRA TSD 

facilities or uncontrolled hazardous 

waste sites: 23,900 State and local 

police departments, fire departments or 

hazardous materials teams. The 

estimated total burden hours on 

respondents: 255,427. The frequency of 

collection: continuous maintenance of 

records. Burden means to total time, 

effort, and financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Remit comments regarding these 

matters, or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the address listed above. 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

Charles H. Sutfin, 

Deputy Director, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology Innovation. 

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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 

61286 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices 

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. 20050198, ERP No. D–AFS–

L65485–WA, Growden Dam Sherman 

Creek Restoration Project, and Forest 

Plan Amendment #28, 

Implementation, Colville National 

Forest, Ferry County, WA. 

Summary: EPA had concerns about 

potential impacts to wetlands and 

recommended that additional mitigation 

be developed. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050292, ERP No. D–USA–

K11038–HI, Makua Military 

Reservation (MMR) Project, Proposed 

Military Training Activities, 25th 

Infantry Division (Light) and U.S. 

Army, HI. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns regarding the 

introduction of additional weaponsrelated contaminants to soil and water, 

existing pollutant migration. EPA 

recommended the Army take advantage 

of pollution prevention opportunities 

and preventing further contaminant 

migration by removing priority sources 

of contamination and controlling runon/runoff from contaminated areas. 

Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20050295, ERP No. D–AFS–

K65288–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. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

with the limited scope of the cumulative 

impacts analysis and the lack of specific 

information on monitoring, project 

actions, funding, and existing 

conditions. EPA recommended rapid 

implementation of road improvements, 

staggered scheduling of projects and 

additional information on the above 

informational issues. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050339, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65450–SD, Deerfield Project Area, 

Proposes to Implement Multiple 

Resource Management Actions, 

Mystic Ranger District, Black Hills 

National Forest, Pennington County, 

South Dakota. 

Summary: EPA expressed concern 

about (1) unmitigated and nonquantified 

soil erosion, runoff, and sediment 

losses; (2) potential water quality 

impacts from timber harvest and roads; 

(3) wildlife impacts to sensitive species; 

and (4) targeted harvest of older 

ponderosa pines important to sensitive 

wildlife. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050346, ERP No. D–AFS–

K02012–NV, White Pine & GrantQuinn Oil and Gas Leasing Project, 

Exploration and Development, 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 

Ely Ranger District, White Pine, Nye 

and Lincoln Counties, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed concern 

about impacts to water quality and 

habitat. EPA requested appropriate lease 

stipulations to protect these resources 

be included in the ROD. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20050349, ERP No. DB–COE–

E36167–FL, Central and Southern 

Florida Project, Tamiami Trail 

Modifications, Modified Water 

Deliveries to Everglades National 

Park, Authorized Flow of Water from 

WCA–3B and the L–29 Canal North of 

the Tamiami Trail, Dade County, FL. 

Summary: EPA had no objections to 

the proposed project. Rating LO. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20050261, ERP No. F–IBR–

K39090–CA, Cental Valley Project 

Long-Term Water Service Contract 

Renewals—American River Division, 

Proposes to Renew Long-Term Water 

Service Contracts, Sacramento, Placer 

and El Dorado Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA continued to have 

concerns regarding the environmental 

impacts of potential increased water 

diversions from the American River on 

water quality, fisheries, aquatic 

ecosystems, and overall CVP operations 

and cumulative impacts. 

EIS No. 20050343, ERP No. F–BLM–

J67031–ND, West Mine Area, Freedom 

Mine, Federal Coal Lease Application, 

Mercer County, ND. 

Summary: EPA expressed continued 

concern about the need to provide 

additional mitigation to compensate for 

the loss of fens and peatland wetlands. 

EIS No. 20050363, ERP No. F–NPS–

E61076–00, Low Country Gullah 

Culture Special Resource Study, 

Gullah Culture Preservation and 

Protection Analysis to Consider the 

Suitability and Feasibility for 

Inclusion in the National Park Service 

System, SC, NC, GA, and FL. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed action. 

Dated: October 18, 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 October 10, 2005 through October 

14, 2005. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20050429, Final EIS, BLM, UT, 

Castle Peak and Eightmile Flat Oil 

and Gas Expansion Project, Expansion 

of Crude Oil and Natural Gas 

Development and Production 

Programs, Right-of-Way Grant, 

Duchesne and Uintah Counties, UT, 

Wait Period Ends: 11/21/2005, 

Contact: Jean Nitschke-Sinclear 435–

781–4437. 

EIS No. 20050430, Final EIS, COE, PA, 

The Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia 

County, Pennsylvania Flood Damage 

Reduction Project, Implementation, 

Integrated Feasibility Report, 

Susquhanna River and Fishing Creek, 

Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia 

County, PA, Wait Period Ends: 11/21/ 

2005, Contact: Jeff Trulick 410–962–

6715. 

EIS No. 20050431, Final EIS, FHW, NE, 

South Omaha Veterans Memorial 

Bridge Improvements, Across the 

Missouri River for Highway US–275 

between the Cities of Omaha, 

Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa, 

NPDES and U.S. Army COE Section 

404 Permit, NE and IA, Wait Period 

Ends: 11/21/2005, Contact: Edward 

Kosola 402–437–5973. 

EIS No. 20050432, Draft Supplement, 

FHW, GA, U.S. 411 Connector, From 

U.S. 411/GA–20 Interchange with 

U.S. 41 to U.S. 11 Interchange with I–

75, Updated Information, Funding 

and U.S. Army COE Section 404 

Permit, Bartow County, GA, Comment 

Period Ends: 12/05/2005, Contact: 

Robert Callan 404–562–3630. 

EIS No. 20050433, Draft EIS, FHW, WI, 

U.S. Highway 12, Improvement from 

U.S. 12/WI–26 North Fort Atkinson 

Interchange to Whitewater Bypass, 

Funding, Rock and Jefferson Counties, 

WI, Comment Period Ends: 12/14/ 

2005, Contact: Johnny Gerbitz 608–

829–7500. 

EIS No. 20050434, Final EIS, FHW, AR, 

Springdale Northern Bypass Project, 

U.S. Highway 412 Construction, 

Additional Information, Designation 

of a Preferred Alternative, Funding