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Dorado County, NV, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Laura 

Cabollero 916–989–7172. 

EIS No. 20080041, Final Supplement, 

AFS, 00, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup 

Land and Resource Management Plan, 

Supplements the Rangeland Resource 

Section of the 2003 FEIS Concerning 

Terrestrial Management Indicator 

Species (MIS), Boise National Forest, 

Payette National Forest and Sawtooth 

National Forest, Forest Plan Revision, 

Implementation, Several Counties, ID; 

Malhaur County, OR and Box Elder 

County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/ 

2008, Contact: Sharon LaBrecque 

208–737–3277. 

EIS No. 20080042, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, 

Debaugan Fuels Reduction Project, 

Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities, 

Lolo National Forest, Superior Ranger 

District, Mineral County, MT, 

Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008, 

Contact: Sharon Sweeney 406–822–

4233. 

EIS No. 20080043, Draft EIS, FTA, HI, 

Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier 

Project, To Build a New Interisland 

Ferry Pier, Maui, HI, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Ted 

Matley 415–744–2737. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20070526, Draft EIS, AFS, WY, 

Thunder Basin National Grassland 

Prairie Dog Management Strategy, 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

Amendment #3, Proposes to 

Implement a Site-Specific Strategy to 

Manage Black-Trailed Prairie Dogs, 

Douglas Ranger District, Medicine 

Bow-Routt National Forests and 

Thunder Basin National Grassland, 

Campbell, Converse, Niobrara and 

Weston Counties, WY, Comment 

Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: 

Misty Hays 307–358–4690, Revision 

of FR Notice Published 12/21/2007: 

Extending Comment Period from 

02/04/2008 to 03/24/2008. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6695–8] 

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 FR 

dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20070559, ERP No. D1–DOE–

A06181–00, Rail Alignment for the 

Construction and Operation of a 

Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic 

Repository (DOE/EIS–0369D) at Yucca 

Mountain, Nye County, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

preferred alignment (the Caliente rail 

alignment) because it could require the 

filling of up to 81 acres of waters of the 

U.S., including wetlands associated 

with the Meadow Valley Wash and 

Clover Creek. EPA also expressed 

concerns about the limited analysis 

regarding the hydrologic effects of the 

rail line construction to the Meadow 

Valley Wash area. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070419, ERP No. D–BLM–

J65493–UT, Kanab Field Office 

Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Portions of Kane and 

Garfield Counties, UT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse impacts to water quality, 

aquatic resources, air quality, and 

sensitive/rare wildlife and their habitat. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070440, ERP No. D–FHW–

J40178–UT, Mountain View Corridor 

(MVC) Project, Proposed 

Transportation Improvement 2030 

Travel Demand in Western Salt Lake 

County south of I–80 and west of 

Bangerter Highway and in 

northwestern Utah County of I–15, 

south of the Salt Lake County Line, 

and north of Utah Lake, Salt Lake and 

Utah County, UT. 

Summary: EPA has environmental 

concerns about the potential 

impairment of water quality in the 

Jordan River. Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20070469, ERP No. D–NOA–

E91021–00, Snapper Grouper 

Amendment 15B, Fishery 

Management Plan, To Analyze the 

Effects of Updating Management 

Reference Points for Golden Tilefish 

(Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps); 

Define Allocations for Snowy Grouper 

(Epinephelus niveatus) and Red Porgy 

(Pagrus pagrus), NC, SC, FL and GA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20070484, ERP No. D–FHW–

F40818–00, Interstate–94, I–43, I–894, 

and WI–119 (Airport Spur) I–94/USH 

41 Interchange to Howard Avenue, To 

Address Freeway System’s 

Deteriorated Conditions, Funding and 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 

Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee 

Counties, WI and Lake County, IL. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

impacts to wetlands, and has requested 

further analysis regarding mobile source 

air toxics and suggests air quality 

mitigation strategies that should be 

considered. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070498, ERP No. D–FHW–

J40181–UT, I–15 Corridor Project, 

Transportation Improvement from 

Utah County to Salt Lake County, UT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential increases in PM 2.5 as well as 

the project’s contribution of total 

dissolved solids to impaired the Jordan 

River. Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20070517, ERP No. D–USN–

D11043–MD, National Naval Medical 

Center, Activities to Implement 2005 

Base Realignment and Closure 

Actions, Construction and Operation 

of New Facilities for Walter Reed 

National Military Medical Center, 

Bethesda, MD. 

Summary: EPA expressed concern 

about potential wetland and historic 

resource impacts. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070519, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65502–MT, Cooney McKay Forest 

Health and Fuels Reduction Project, 

Proposed to Restore Desirable 

Vegetative Conditions, Swan Valley 

near Condon, Swan Lake Ranger 

District, Flathead National Forest, 

Lake and Missoula Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA supports activities to 

reduce hazardous fuels and fire risk in 

wildland urban interface areas, but 

expressed environmental concerns 

about adverse impacts from logging and 

road construction on water quality. EPA 

also identified the need for consistency 

with the downstream Swan Lake TMDL. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070428, ERP No. DA–DOE–

A06181–00, Geologic Repository for 

the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel 

and High-Level Radioactive Waste at 

Yucca Mountain, Nye County, 

Nevada—Nevada Rail Transportation 

Corridor (DOE/EIS–0250F–S2D), 

Railroad Construction and Operation 

within the Mina Rail Corridor to 

connect Yucca Mountain Repository 

to Rail Line near Wabusha, NV. 


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Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20070429, ERP No. DB–DOE–

A06181–00, Geologic Repository for 

the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel 

and High-Level Radioactive Waste, 

Construction, Operation, Monitoring 

and Eventually Closing a Geologic 

Repository (DOE/EIS–0250F–S1D) at 

Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about regional 

seismic activity and questions that have 

been raised regarding the differences in 

observed strain rates in the area versus 

forecasted rates and whether these rates 

have been underestimated. EPA 

recommended that the final SEIS 

explain the appropriate strain rates will 

be determined and reflected in the 

project’s conceptual seismic model. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070441, ERP No. DS–IBR–

K39079–CA, Environmental Water 

Account (EWA) Project, Updated 

Information to Provide an Evaluation 

of 2004 Final EIS/EIR Environmental 

Water Account (EWA) and Effects 

Associated with Extending the 

Current EWA’s through 2011, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to fisheries and water quality, 

and recommended that the Final 

Supplemental EIS/EIR include 

additional information regarding EWA 

fisheries benefits, water quality 

conditions and management, and 

project funding. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070470, ERP No. DS–AFS–

L65453–ID, North Sheep 

Allotments—Sheep and Goat 

Allotment Management Plans, 

Additional Information on Analyses 

Concerning Management Indicator 

Species, Capable and Suitable Grazing 

Lands, and Adaptive Management 

Strategies, Authorization of 

Continued Sheep Grazing for Fisher 

Creek, Smiley Creek, North ForkBoulder and Baker Creek Sheep and 

Goat Grazing Allotments, Sawtooth 

National Forest, Ketchum Ranger 

District, Sawtooth National Recreation 

Area, Blaine and Custer Counties, ID. 

Summary: This supplemental EIS has 

included additional analysis and 

information on grazing land status, 

adaptive management and species of 

concern. However, EPA continues to 

have environmental concerns about 

adverse impacts to water quality and 

riparian areas from grazing, and 

cumulative effects to sensitive areas and 

aquatic resources from multiple uses. 

EPA recommended more emphasis on 

water quality restoration and 

monitoring, restoring riparian and sage 

grouse habitats, and consideration of a 

hybrid alternative which is based on 

available resources. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070521, ERP No. DS–NOA–

G64007–00, Reef Fish Amendment 

30A: Greater Amberjack—Revise 

Rebuilding Plan, Accountability 

Measures: Gray Triggerfish-Establish 

Rebuilding Plan, End Overfishing, 

Accountability Measures, Regional 

Management, Management 

Thresholds and Benchmarks, Gulf of 

Mexico. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

preferred alternative. Rating LO. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20070464, ERP No. F–FHW–

D40335–VA, Harrisonburg Southeast 

Connector Location Study, 

Transportation Improvements from 

U.S. Route 11 to U.S. Route 33, 

Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 

404 Permit, City of Harrisonburg, 

Rockingham County, VA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

preferred alternative. 

EIS No. 20070465, ERP No. F–FRA–

K59004–CA, Los Angeles to San Diego 

(LOSSAN) Rail Corridor, Proposed 

Rail Corridor Improvement Studies, 

Increase of Intercity Travel for Faster, 

Safer, and Reliable Passenger Rail 

System, Los Angeles, Orange, and San 

Diego Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts 

to aquatic and biological resources and 

impacts to sensitive lagoon ecosystems. 

EIS No. 20070531, ERP No. F–AFS–

J65481–MT, Lolo National Forest 

Integrated Weed Management, To 

Establish Beneficial Vegetation and 

Weed Resistant Plant Communities, 

Missoula, Mineral, Sanders, Granite, 

Powell, Lewis and Clark, Flathead, 

Ravalli and Lake Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA supports the Forest 

Service’s efforts in managing the great 

threats from noxious weeds. The final 

EIS addressed our comments on 

prioritizing a full range of weed 

management activities. Because of the 

potential for unintended transport of 

herbicides to surface and ground water, 

EPA encouraged continued water 

quality monitoring to validate design 

criteria and monitoring mitigation 

measures. 

EIS No. 20070490, ERP No. FS–COE–

J28021–CO, Rueter-Hess Reservoir 

Expansion Project, Enlarges Reservoir 

to Provide Storage of Denver Basin 

Groundwater for Meeting Peak 

Municipal Water Supply, U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 Permit, Town of 

Parker, Douglas County, CO. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the lack 

of information regarding the uncertainty 

of future water supplies for all of the 

four service areas. EPA also expressed 

concerns with potential impacts to 

Cherry Creek’s adjacent wetland and 

riparian habitat, and recommended that 

the Corps include a monitoring plan to 

detect whether any adverse impacts to 

aquatic ecosystems adjacent to Cherry 

Creek occur as a result of the proposed 

project. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E8–2371 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Farm Credit Administration Board; 

Regular Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of 

the regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

Administration Board (Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on February 14, 2008, 

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roland E. Smith, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting of the Board will be open to the 

public (limited space available). In order 

to increase the accessibility to Board 

meetings, persons requiring assistance 

should make arrangements in advance. 

The matters to be considered at the 

meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• January 10, 2008 

B. New Business 

• Consideration and Referral of 

Supervisory Strategies and Enforcement 

Actions 

• Merger of Sacramento Valley Farm 

Credit ACA into Farm Credit West ACA 


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