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estimates that many homeowners would 

use it (i.e., 75,000 homeowners/yr.). 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: May 21, 2009. 

Kathleen Hogan, 

Director, Climate Protection Partnerships 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–12467 Filed 5–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8910–7] 

Biennial Determination of the Waste 

Isolation Pilot Plant’s Compliance With 

Applicable Federal Environmental 

Laws for the Period 2006 to 2008 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Based on documentation 

submitted by the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) for the Waste Isolation 

Pilot Plant (WIPP), the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 

or ‘‘we’’) determined that between 2006 

and 2008, DOE operated the WIPP 

facility in compliance with applicable 

Federal statutes, regulations, and permit 

requirements designated in Section 

9(a)(1) of the WIPP Land Withdrawal 

Act, as amended. The Secretary of 

Energy was notified of the 

determination via a letter from EPA 

Administrator Lisa P. Jackson dated 

May 22, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick 

Stone; telephone number: (214) 665– 

7226; address: WIPP Project Officer, 

Mail Code 6PD–O, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. How Can I Get Copies of This 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0324; FRL– 

XXXX–X]. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, 

Room 3334, 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 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

As provided in EPA’s regulations at 40 

CFR Part 2, and in accordance with 

normal EPA docket procedures, if 

copies of any docket materials are 

requested, a reasonable fee may be 

charged for photocopying. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

II. Background 

EPA made this determination under 

the authority of Section 9 of the WIPP 

Land Withdrawal Act (WIPP LWA). 

(Pub. L. 102–579 and 104–201.) Section 

9(a)(1) of the WIPP LWA requires that, 

as of the date of the enactment of the 

WIPP LWA, DOE shall comply with 

respect to WIPP with (1) regulations for 

the management and storage of 

radioactive waste (40 CFR Part 191, 

Subpart A); (2) the Clean Air Act; (3) the 

Solid Waste Disposal Act; (4) the Safe 

Drinking Water Act; (5) the Toxic 

Substances Control Act; (6) the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act; and (7) all other applicable Federal 

laws pertaining to public health and 

safety or the environment. Section 

9(a)(2) of the WIPP LWA requires DOE 

biennially to submit to EPA 

documentation of continued compliance 

with the laws, regulations, and permit 

requirements set forth in Section 9(a)(1). 

(DOE must also submit similar 

documentation of compliance with the 

Solid Waste Disposal Act to the State of 

New Mexico.) Section 9(a)(3) requires 

the Administrator of EPA to determine 

on a biennial basis, following the 

submittal of documentation of 

compliance by the Secretary of DOE, 

whether the WIPP is in compliance with 

the pertinent laws, regulations, and 

permit requirements, as set forth at 

Section 9(a)(1). 

We determined that for the period 

2006 to 2008, the DOE-submitted 

documentation showed continued 

compliance with 40 CFR Part 191, 

subpart A, the Clean Air Act, the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, the Toxic 

Substances Control Act, and the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act. With respect to other applicable 

Federal laws pertaining to public health 

and safety or the environment, as 

required by Section 9(a)(1)(G), DOE’s 

documentation also indicates that DOE 

was in compliance with the Clean Water 

Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and 

certain statutes under the jurisdiction of 

the Department of the Interior. 

This determination is not in any way 

related to, or a part of, our certification 

and recertification decisions regarding 

whether the WIPP complies with EPA’s 

disposal regulations for transuranic 

radioactive waste at 40 CFR Part 191. 

Dated: May 22, 2009. 

Lisa P. Jackson, 

Administrator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8593–8] 

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 

05/18/2009 through 05/22/2009, 

pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20090168, Final EIS, AFS, CO, 

Hermosa Landscape Grazing Analysis 

Project, Proposes to Continue to 

Authorize Livestock Grazing Cascade 

Reservoir, Dutch Creek, Elbert Creek, 

Hope Creek South Fork, and Upper 

Hermosa Allotments, Columbine 

Ranger District, San Juan National 

Forest, La Plata and San Juan 

Counties, CO, Wait Period Ends: 06/ 

29/2009, Contact: Cam Hooley 970– 

884–1414. 

EIS No. 20090169, Final Supplement, 

FHW, MO, Interstate 70 Corridor 

Improvements, Kansas City to St. 

Louis, Updated Information, 

Evaluates if a Truck-Only Lane 

Strategy is Viable, Kansas City to St. 

Louis, MO, Wait Period Ends: 06/29/ 

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2009, Contact: Peggy Casey 573–636– 

7104. 

EIS No. 20090170, Draft EIS, FHW, WI, 

Zoo Interchange Corridor Study, 

Reconstruction to I–94 from 70th 

Street to 124 Street and on US 45 from 

Burleigh Street to I–894/US 45 and 

Lincoln Avenue in Milwaukee 

County, WI, Comment Period Ends: 

07/13/2009, Contact: Allen Radlifff 

608–829–7500. 

EIS No. 20090171, Draft EIS, 

NOA\SFW, WA, PROGRAMMATIC— 

Lower Duwamish River Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) 

Restoration Plan, Implementation, 

King County, WA, Comment Period 

Ends: 07/28/2009, Contact: Patricia 

Montanio 301–713–2325. 

Department of the Commerce’s/NOA 

and the Department of Interior’s/SFW 

are Joint Lead Agencies on this project. 

EIS No. 20090172, Final EIS, NOA, CA, 

Southwest Fisheries Science Center 

Replacement, Construction and 

Operation, located on University of 

California, La Jolla, CA, Wait Period 

Ends: 06/29/2009, Contact: William F. 

Broglie 301–713–0836. 

EIS No. 20090173, Draft EIS, UCG, 00, 

Goethals Bridge Replacement Project, 

Construction of Bridge across the 

Arthur Kill between Staten Island 

New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey, 

Funding and USCG Bridge Permit, NY 

and NJ, Comment Period Ends: 07/13/ 

2009, Contact: Shelly Sugarman 202– 

372–1521. 

EIS No. 20090174, Final EIS, FHW, CA, 

Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement 

and SR–47 Expressway Improvement 

Project, New Information related to 

Health Risk Associated with Air 

Toxics, Funding, US Coast Guard 

Bridge Permit, US Army COE Section 

10 and 404 Permits, Ports of Long 

Beach and Los Angeles, Los Angeles 

County, CA, Wait Period Ends: 06/29/ 

2009, Contact: Cesar Perez 916–498– 

5065. 

Dated: June 26, 2009. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8593–9] 

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 17, 2009 (74 FR 

17860). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20090065, ERP No. D–COE– 

E39077–NC, Western Wake Regional 

Wastewater Management Facilities, 

Proposed Construction of Regional 

Wastewater Pumping, Conveyance, 

Treatment, and Discharge Facilities to 

Serve the Towns of Apex, Cary, Holly 

Springs and Morrisville, Research 

Triangle Park, Wake County, NC. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the lack 

of water quality modeling for a potential 

Harris Lake discharge and the need for 

a more detailed wetlands delineation 

concerning the transmission corridor. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090092, ERP No. D–FHW– 

H40195–MO, East Columbia 

Transportation Project, To Improve the 

Transportation Network in Eastern 

Columbia/Boone County by: (1) 

Extending Route 740 from its Terminus 

at US–63, along a new Alignment, to I– 

70 at the existing St. Charles road 

interchange, (2) Improving existing 

Broadway (Route WW) to Olivet Road 

and (3) Extending Ballenger Lane, from 

Future Route 740 to Clark Lane, City of 

Columbia, Boone County, MO. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20090094, ERP No. D–UAF– 

K11124–HI, Fort Kamehameha Historic 

District Buildings and Structures, 

Proposes to Dispose of their Obligation 

of Continuing Management and 

Maintenance, Hickam Air Force Base 

(AFB), HI. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20090085, ERP No. DR–FHW– 

K40264–CA, Partially Revised Tier 1— 

Placer Parkway Corridor Preservation 

Project, Select and Preserve a Corridor 

for the Future Construction from CA– 

70/99 to CA 65, Placer and Sutter 

Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to aquatic and biological resources. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080405, ERP No. DS–COE– 

G34043–LA, Inner Harbor Navigation 

Canal (IHNC) Lock Replacement Project, 

Proposal for Relieving Navigation 

Traffic Congestion Associated with 

IHNC Lock, Located between the St. 

Claude Avenue and North Claiborne 

Avenue Bridge, Orleans, LA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

proposed project and requested 

additional information with regard to 

mitigation of potential adverse impacts. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090067, ERP No. DS–FHW– 

G40184–TX, Trinity Parkway Project, 

New and Additional Information, 

Construction of a Six-Lane Controlled 

Access Toll Facility from IH–35 E/TX– 

183 to US–175/TX–310, US Army COE 

Section 10 and 404 Permits, Dallas 

County, TX. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to wetlands, water quality, and wildlife 

habitat, and requested additional 

information and impact analysis. Rating 

EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080392, ERP No. F–BLM– 

K67057–NV, Cortez Hills Expansion 

Project, Proposes to Construct and 

Operate a New Facilities and Expansion 

of the Existing Open-Pit Gold Mining 

and Processing Operations, Crescent 

Valley, Lander and Eureka Counties, 

NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential loss of up to 4.2 acres of 

wetland/riparian habitat from filling for 

project facilities and from groundwater 

drawdown. 

EIS No. 20090090, ERP No. F–FHW– 

F40440–00, Blue Water Bridge Plaza 

Study and Improve to the I–94/T–69 

Corridor, To Provide Safe, Efficient and 

Secure Movement of People and Goods 

across the Canadian-US Border, Port 

Huron Area, St. Clair County, MI. 

Summary: EPA’s previous issues have 

been resolved; therefore, EPA does not 

object to the proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090111, ERP No. F–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 recommended that the 

Record of Decision include additional 

information to demonstrate that the 

proposed action would represent the 

least environmentally damaging 

practicable alternative under the Clean 

Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. 

EIS No. 20090114, ERP No. FB–COE– 

K32046–CA, Port of Los Angeles 

Channel Deepening Project, To Dispose 

of Approximately 3.0 Million Cubic 

Yards of Dredge Material Required to 

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