[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 164 (Friday, August 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 49668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19517]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8584-9]


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. 20080206, ERP No. D-COE-K39112-CA, Middle Harbor 
Redevelopment Project, Proposal to Increase Container Terminal 
Efficiency to Accommodate a Portion of the Predicted Future 
Containerized Cargo, Section 10 and 404 Permits, Port of Long Beach, 
Los Angeles County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about unavoidable 
impacts to air quality, environmental justice communities, aquatic and 
biological resources. EPA recommended commitments to meet air emission 
reductions, coordination with the environmental justice community to 
identify additional measures to offset health impacts, avoidance of 
fill, and development of a port-wide vessel whale strike avoidance 
program. Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20080230, ERP No. D-COE-K39113-CA, Natomas Levee 
Improvement Project, Issuing of 408 Permission and 404 Permit, 
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Sutter and Sacramento, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposal's 
compliance with the Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines and 
potential impacts to wetlands. EPA also expressed environmental 
concerns about potential impacts to air quality, as well as the 
indirect and cumulative impacts of residential development associated 
with the levee improvement project and the residual flood risk to 
residential developments in the floodplain. EPA recommended that 
additional information be provided in the Final EIS regarding 
compliance with the Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines, floodplain management 
efforts in the area, and how the project and future development would 
be consistent with the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan Rating 
EC2.
    EIS No. 20080241, ERP No. D-USN-D11044-00, Virginia Capes (VACAPES) 
Range Complex, Proposed action is to Support and Conduct Current and 
Emerging Training and RDT & E Operations, Chesapeake Bay, DE, MD, VA, 
and NC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to the 
Lower Chesapeake Bay, water quality, marine mammals/threatened and 
endangered species, historic resources, effects from hazardous 
materials, and cumulative impacts. Additional information was requested 
to better assess the impacts. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

    EIS No. 20080247, ERP No. F-NCP-D61060-DC, Smithsonian Institution 
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Construction 
and Operation, Between 14th and 15th Streets NW., and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., and Madison Drive, NW., Washington, DC.
    Summary: EPA's previous issues have been resolved; therefore, EPA 
does not object to the proposed action.

    Dated: August 19, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E8-19517 Filed 8-21-08; 8:45 am]
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