[Federal Register: December 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 248)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6694-5]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental
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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. 20070357, ERP No. D-BLM-J65490-UT, Moab Field Office Planning
Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and San Juan
Counties, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality
impacts and the; mitigation measures proposed under the Preferred
Alternative (Alternative C) not being able to fully address significant
environmental impacts associated with travel and recreation management
issues. Consequently, EPA recommends specific environmentally-
protective mitigation measures be included in the final EIS.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070406, ERP No. D-AFS-L65500-AK, Iyouktug Timber Sales,
Proposes Harvesting Timber, Implementation, Hoonah Ranger District,
Tongass National Forest, Hoonah, AK.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to water quality and wetlands. The final EIS should
include additional information about effected resources and mitigation
measures to avoid or compensate for impacts.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070476, ERP No. D-FRC-G03035-00, Gulf Crossing Project,
Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline to Facilitate the
Transport of up to 1.73 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day of Natural Gas,
Locate in various Counties and Parishes in OK, TX, LA, and MS.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland, air
quality, and environmental justice impacts, and requested additional
information and mitigation measures for these issues.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070443, ERP No. DS-FTA-K54022-CA, Third Street Light Rail
Phase 2, Updated Information on the Central Subway Project Area,
Funding, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, in the City and
County San Francisco, CA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20070459, ERP No. F-FRC-E05102-SC, Santee Cooper Hydroelectric
Project (FERC. No. 199), Relicensing for Existing 130-megawatt (MW),
Santee and Cooper Rivers, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and
Sumter Counties, SC.
Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA
does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20070489, ERP No. F-DOE-A09834-00, FutureGen Project, Planning,
Design, Construction and Operation of a Coal Fueled Electric Power and
Hydrogen Gas Production Plant, Four Alternative Sites: Mattoon, IL,
Tuscola, IL, Jewett, TX, and Odessa, TX.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20070522, ERP No. F-IBR-K39109-CA, Lower Yuba River Accord,
Proposal to Resolve Instream Flow Issues Associated with Operation,
Yuba River, Yuba County, CA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20070494, ERP No. LF-COE-G39050-LA, Mississippi River--Gulf
Outlet (MRGO) Deep-Draft Navigation De-Authorization Study,
Implementation, St. Bernard Parish, LA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: December 21, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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