[Federal Register: November 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 217)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6692-8]
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. 20070307, ERP No. D-USA-A11079-00, Permanent Home Stationing of
the 2/25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBECT), To Address a Full Range
of Alternatives for Permanently Stationing the 2/25th SBCT, Hawaii and
Honolulu Counties, HI; Anchorage and Southeast Fairbanks Boroughs, AK;
El Paso, Pueblo, and Fremont Counties, CO.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the cumulative
impacts related to the recent decision to resume year-round training
operations in the Eagle River Flats area at Fort Richardson, AK. EPA
recommended a cumulative impact analysis, particularly on water
resources and the Cook Inlet Beluga whale population in this area.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070330, ERP No. D-IBW-K36148-CA, PROGRAMMATIC--Tijuana River
Flood Control Project, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for
Maintenance Activities and Future Improvements, San Diego County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air and water
quality, and requested that best management practices be incorporated
into the project to reduce impacts Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070372, ERP No. D-BLM-E60016-00, Alabama and Mississippi
Resource Management Plan, Analyzes Management Alternatives for the
Public Land and Resources, in Portions of the States of Alabama and
Mississippi.
Summary: EPA supports BLM's suite of management alternatives.
However, EPA expressed environmental concerns about the lack of
detailed discussion of waste water disposal given the potential for
impacts to water quality. A more detailed discussion of Alabama's and
Mississippi's underground injection well control (IUC) programs should
be provided in the final EIS. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070390, ERP No. DS-AFS-L65382-ID, Meadow Face Stewardship
Pilot Project, Improvement to Aquatic and Terrestrial Vegetative
Conditions, Supplement Information on the Cumulative Effects Analysis,
Nez Perce National Forest, Clearwater Ranger District, Idaho County,
ID.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070300, ERP No. LD-USA-J11118-MT, Limestone Hills Training
Area (LHTA) Withdrawal Project, To Withdraw Federal Lands from within
the LHTA from DOI, Bureau of Land Management for Transfer to Montana
Army National Guard for Military Training Use, Broadwater County, MT.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20070342, ERP No. F-FRC-E03016-GA, Elba III Project, Construct,
Operate and Acquire Facilities to move Re-Vaporized Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG), U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits and U.S. Coast
Guard Permit, Elba Island, Chatham County, GA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about air
quality and pipeline alignment impacts and requested additional
mitigation.
EIS No. 20070389, ERP No. F-FHW-K40262-CA, Interstate 5 (Santa Ana
Freeway) Project, Improvement from State Route 91 in Orange County to
Interstate 605 in Los Angeles County, CA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about air
quality impacts, including mobile source air toxics. EPA recommends
identifying MSAT hotspots; appropriate avoidance, minimization, and/or
mitigation for MSATs; and additional mitigation measures for
particulate matter.
EIS No. 20070394, ERP No. F-COE-E39068-FL, Central and Southern Florida
Project, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Caloosahatchee
River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir Project, Restoration of the
Ecosystem in Caloosahatchee Estuary, Lake Okeechobee, FL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality
impacts and requested warm-weather reservoir water quality monitoring
and blue-green algal sampling.
EIS No. 20070407, ERP No. F-AFS-J65480-MT, North Bridger Allotment
Management Plan Update, Proposal to Update Allotment Management Plan on
11 Livestock Grazing Allotments, Bozeman Ranger District, Gallatin
National Forest, Gallatin County, MT.
Summary: EPA supports the selection of alternative 3 and proposed
grazing improvements, but has some environmental concerns about water
quality and the resources to implement proposed grazing and range
improvements, and monitoring and oversight in a near term time frame to
improve water quality.
EIS No. 20070424, ERP No. F-BPA-L08065-WA, Port Angeles--Juan de Fuca
Transmission Project, Construct a 550-Megawatt Direct Current Cable
from Victoria, British Columbia, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to
Port Angeles, Presidential Permit, Clallam County, WA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water
quality issues, and requested that clarifying information be included
in the Record of Decision.
Dated: November 6, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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