[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 204 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54803-54804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25583]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8798-6]


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

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copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal 
Activities at 202-564-7146 or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/. An 
explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact 
statements (EISs) was published in FR dated July 17, 2009 (74 FR 
34754).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090247, ERP No. D-NOA-E91027-00, Comprehensive Ecosystem-Base 
Amendment 1 (CE-BA1) for the South Atlantic Region, Implementation.

    Summary: EPA fully supports protection of deepwater coral habitat 
and the application of the ecosystem-based approach to fishery 
management proposed by the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1. 
Rating LO.

EIS No. 20090283, ERP No. D-NPS-F65077-WI, Apostle Islands National 
Lakeshore General Management Plan/Wilderness Management Plan, 
Implementation, Bayfield and Ashland Counties, WI.

    Summary: While EPA has no objections to this project, it did 
request information on comparing current management zones with zones 
proposed in the preferred alternative. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20090286, ERP No. D-NPS-E610790FL, Biscayne National Park 
Fishery Management Plan, Improvement of the Status of Fisheries 
Resources, Implementation, Miami-Dade County, FL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to the 
park fishery populations from the effects of increased human population 
growth, improved fishing technology, and increased recreational 
bycatch. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20090307, ERP No. D-UCG-A39141-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Ballast Water 
Discharge Standard Project, To Implement a Ballast Water Discharge 
Standard to Prevent or Reduce the Number of Non-indigenous Species 
introduced into the United States Waters.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090269, ERP No. F-TVA-E65082-00, 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, Appalachia, and Fontana Reservoirs, 
Fannin, Towns, and Union Counties, GA; Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and 
Swain Counties, North Carolina; and Polk County, TN.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water 
quality and shoreline integrity impacts.

EIS No. 20090321, ERP No. F-SFW-L64054-AK, Kenai National Wildlife 
Refuge Draft Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, 
AK.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: October 20, 2009.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-25583 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]
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