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historic and archaeological resources. 

Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20080171, ERP No. D–NOA–

L91031–WA, Proposed Authorization 

of the Makah Indian Tribe’s Request 

to Hunt Gray Whales in the Tribe’s 

Usual and Accustomed Fishing 

Grounds off the Coast of Washington. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080186, ERP No. D–FAA–

K51044–NV, City of Mesquite, 

Proposed Replacement General 

Aviation Airport, Implementation, 

Clark County, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

toxics, aquatic resource, and biological/ 

wildlife impacts as well as indirect 

impacts associated with the proposed 

replacement airport site and future nonaviation use of the existing site. EPA 

requested additional analysis and/or 

mitigation strategies for each resource 

area of concern. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080204, ERP No. D–APH–

A82128–00, PROGRAMMATIC—Use 

of Genetically Engineered Fruit Fly 

and Pink Bollworm in APHIS Plant 

Pest Control Programs, 

Implementation. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080253, ERP No. D–NOA–

E91024–00, Amendment 4 to the 

Spiny Lobster Fishery Management 

Plan of Puerto Rico and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands and Amendment 8 to 

the Spiny Lobster Fishery 

Management Plan of the Gulf of 

Mexico and South Atlantic, To 

Address the Harvest and Exportation 

of Undersized Lobster Tails to the 

United States. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the no 

action alternative and believes that any 

of the proposed action alternatives 

would be more protective. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080195, ERP No. DS–FHW–

E40804–TN, Interstate 69 Segment of 

Independent Utility (SIU) #8, New 

Information for a New Crossover 

Alternative, from TN–385 in 

Millington, TN to I–155/US 51 in 

Dyersburg, TN, Funding, Shelby, 

Tipton, Lauderdale and Dyer 

Counties, TN. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to wetlands, rivers, streams, floodplains, 

and prime and unique farmland. EPA 

also has concerns about the selection of 

Alternative R as the preferred 

alternative. Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080198, ERP No. F–IBR–

K39075–CA, Fish Passage 

Improvement Project, Red Bluff 

Diversion Dam (RBDD), 

Improvements of Anadromous Fish 

Passage both Upstream and 

Downstream, Tehama-Colusa Canal, 

RBDD to south of the Town of 

Dunnigan and Corning Canal, RBDD 

to south of the City of Corning, 

Funding, U.S. Army COE Section 10 

and 404 Permits Issuance, Tehama, 

Glenn, Colusa, Yolo Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about water 

quality impacts, and potential impacts 

of climate change on the proposed 

action. We recommended the ROD 

include a commitment to post-project 

groundwater monitoring. 

EIS No. 20080211, ERP No. F–FRA–

K53012–CA, Bay Area to Central 

Valley High-Speed Train (HST) 

Project, Provide a Reliable HighSpeed Electrified Train System to 

Link Bay Area Cities to the Central 

Valley, Sacramento, and South 

California. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about the 

proposed project regarding land-use and 

growth-related impacts. 

EIS No. 20080231, ERP No. F–FRC–

L03013–00, Bradwood Landing 

Project, Liquefied Natural Gas Import 

Terminal and Natural Gas Pipeline 

Facilities, Construction and 

Operation, U.S. Army COE Section 10 

and 404 Permits, Clatsop County, OR 

and Cowlitz County, WA. 

Summary: EPA continues to express 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to wetlands and air quality. 

EIS No. 20080244, ERP No. F–FAA–

E51052–FL, Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport, 

Proposed Development and Extension 

of Runway 9R/27L and other 

Associated Airport Projects, Funding, 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit 

and NPDES Permit, Fort Lauderdale, 

Broward County, FL. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about aircraft 

noise exposures to residents. Noise 

mitigation plan specifics and 

commitments were deferred to the FAA 

ROD. 

EIS No. 20080277, ERP No. F–SFW–

G64013–TX, Texas Chenier Plain 

National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 

Development of a 15–Year 

Management Plan (Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan) for Refuge 

Complex, and Expansion of the 

Approval Land Acquisition 

Boundaries (Land Protection Plan) for 

the Four Refuges: Moody, Anahuac, 

McFaddin and Texas Point National 

Wildlife Refuges, Chambers, Jefferson 

and Galveston Counties, TX. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20080249, ERP No. FS–BLM–

J02038–WY, Pinedale Anticline Oil 

and Gas Exploration and 

Development Project, Additional 

Information on Two New 

Alternatives, Consolidated 

Development with Year-Round 

Development (Construction, Drilling, 

Completion, and Production), 

Sublette County, WY. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about 

groundwater, ozone, and visibility 

impacts. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8584–6] 

Environmental Impact 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 08/4/2008 Through 08/8/2008 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20080306, Final EIS, AFS, 00, 

Nebraska and South Dakota BlackTailed Prairie Dog Management, To 

Manage Prairie Dog Colonies in an 

Adaptive Fashion, Nebraska National 

Forest and Associated Units, 

Including Land and Resource 

Management Plan Amendment 3, 

Dawes, Sioux, Blaines Counties, NE 

and Custer, Fall River, Jackson, 

Pennington, Jones, Lyman, Stanley 

Counties, SD, Wait Period Ends: 09/ 

15/2008, Contact: Mike McNeill 308–

432–0315. 

EIS No. 20080307, Final EIS, AFS, OR, 

East Maury Fuels and Vegetation 

Management Project, Proposed Fuels 

and Vegetation Treatments Reduce 

the Risk of Stand Loss, Lookout 

Mountain Ranger District, Ochoco 

National Forest, Crook County, OR, 

Wait Period Ends: 09/15/2008, 

Contact: Barbara Fontaine 541–416–

6500. 

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EIS No. 20080308, Final EIS, SFW, WA, 

Hanford Reach National Monument 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan, 

Management of Monument Resources, 

Programs and Visitors for the Next 15 

Years, Adams, Benton, Franklin, and 

Grant Counties, WA, Wait Period 

Ends: 09/15/2008, Contact: Charles 

Houghten 503–231–2096. 

EIS No. 20080309, Draft EIS, TVA, GA, 

Mountain Reservoirs Land 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Proposes to Develop a Plan for 

Managing Nine Mountain Reservoirs: 

Chatuge, Hiwassee, Blue Ridge, 

Nottely, Ocoees 1, 2, and 3, 

Apalachia, and Fontana Reservoirs, 

Fannin, Towns, and Union Counties, 

GA; Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and 

Swain Counties, North Carolina; and 

Polk County, TN, Comment Period 

Ends: 09/29/2008, Contact: Kenneth 

P. Parr 423–751–4254. 

EIS No. 20080310, Final EIS, COE, NC, 

West Onslow Beach and New River 

Inlet (Topsail Beach) Shore Protection 

Project, Storm Damages and Beach 

Erosion Reduction, Funding, Pender 

County, NC, Wait Period Ends: 09/15/ 

2008, Contact: Glenn McIntosh 910–

251–4671. 

EIS No. 20080311, Final EIS, FTA, CO, 

Denver Union Station (DUS) Project, 

Transportation Improvement, 

Multimodal Transportation Center for 

the Metro Denver Region, Funding 

and NPDES Permit, City and County, 

Denver, CO, Wait Period Ends: 09/29/ 

2008, Contact: James Barr 202–493–

2633. 

EIS No. 20080312, Draft EIS, FHW, SC, 

Southern Evacuation Lifeline Project, 

Proposed New Location Freeway 

Which Would Provide Improved 

Hurricane Evacuation, Congestion 

Relief, Improved Access to Services 

East and West of the Waccamaw 

River, Horry and Georgetown 

Counties, SC, Comment Period Ends: 

09/29/2008, Contact: Patrick Tyndall 

803–765–5460. 

EIS No. 20080313, Draft EIS, UAF, UT, 

White Elk Military Operations Area, 

Propose to Establish a New Military 

Operations Area (MOA) Linked to the 

Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) 

Airspaces, Hill Air Force Base, UT, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/29/2008, 

Contact: Sheryle Parker 757–764–

9334. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20080305, Final EIS, CGD, AL, 

Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal 

(BOET) Deepwater Port License 

Application (Docket # USCG–2006–

24644), Proposes to Construct and 

Operate a Liquefied Natural Gas 

Receiving and Regasification Facility, 

Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of 

Mexico, South of Fort Morgan, AL, 

Wait Period Ends: 09/22/2008, 

Contact: Ltc. Hannah Kim 202–372–

1438. Revision to FR Notice Published 

8/08/2008: Correction to Wait Period 

from 09/08/2008 to 9/22/2008. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200; FRL–8705–5] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Water 

Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 

Meetings—2008 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–

463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of two 

meetings of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) Water Quality MidCycle Subcommittee. 

DATES: The meetings (teleconference 

calls) will be held on Thursday, 

September 4, 2008 and Monday, 

September 15, 2008. Both calls are 

scheduled to be held from 1 p.m. to 3 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The 

meetings may adjourn early if all 

business is finished. Requests for the 

draft agendas or for making oral 

presentations at the conference calls 

will be accepted up to one business day 

before the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Participation in the 

meetings will be by teleconference 

only—meeting rooms will not be used. 

Members of the public may obtain the 

call-in number and access code for the 

call from Susan Peterson, the 

Designated Federal Officer, whose 

contact information is listed under the 

‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’

section of this notice. Submit your 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200, by one of 

the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566–

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–

HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Water 

Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee—2008 

Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0200. Note: 

This is not a mailing address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–

0200. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

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