[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 149 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44990-44991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17718]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8584-3]


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. 20080197, ERP No. D-BLM-K60041-NV, Lincoln County Land Act 
(LCLA) Groundwater Development and Utility Right-of-Way Project, 
Implementation, To Grant a Right-of-Way Permit for Groundwater 
Development and Utility Facilities, Lincoln County, NV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the long-term 
availability of the water supply, conservation and water use 
efficiency, and indirect and cumulative impacts, and recommended 
continued collaboration through a regional groundwater framework to 
ensure efficient long-term sustainable use of the deep carbonate-rock 
aquifer, and evaluation and commitment to specific climate change 
adaptation measures and back-up water supplies. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080200, ERP No. D-AFS-J65515-UT, Dixie National Forest 
Motorized Travel Plan, Implementation, Dixie National and the Teasdale 
portion of the Fremont River Ranger District on the Fishlake National 
Forest, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Piute, Washington and Wayne Counties, UT.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080209, ERP No. D-AFS-J65516-WY, Inyan Kara Analysis Area 
Vegetation Management, Proposes to Implement Best Management Livestock 
Grazing Practices and Activities Associated with Adaptive Management 
and Monitoring Strategies, Douglas Ranger District, Medicine Bow Routt 
National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland, Niobrara and 
Weston Counties, WY.


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    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential water 
quality impacts to riparian/stream systems due to past grazing 
activities. EPA supports adaptive management practices proposed by the 
Forest Service for improve existing resource conditions impacted by 
grazing and long-term drought. EPA requested that the final EIS include 
a drought management plan and baseline data for monitoring and 
protecting water quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080219, ERP No. D-NOA-E39073-00, Programmatic--Coral 
Restoration in the Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks National Marine 
Sanctuaries, Implementation, FL, TX, and LA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action, but requested 
additional data to clarify timeframes of coral growth and the level of 
effort to conduct the restoration projects. Rating LO.

    Dated: July 29, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E8-17718 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am]
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