[Federal Register: May 23, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 100)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6640-5]

 
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) 564-7167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to 
draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated 
April 01, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-K65252-CA Rating LO, Combined Array for Research in 
Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) Project, Construction, Reconstruction 
and Operation of 23 Antennas at the Juniper Flat Site, Special-Use-
Permit Issuance, Inyo Mountain, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to this project.
    ERP No. D-FHW-J40160-ND Rating LO, Liberty Memorial Bridge 
Replacement Project, Poor and Deteriorating Structural Rehabilitation 
or Reconstruction, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 
404 Permits Issuance, Missouri River, Bismarck and Mandan, ND.
    Summary: EPA has no environmental concerns or objections to the 
proposed project.
    ERP No. D-NPS-L61226-AK Rating LO, Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve Vessel Quotas and Operating Requirements for Cruise Ships and 
Tour, Charter, and Private Vessels, Implementation, AK.
    Summary: EPA requested additional information on Environmental 
Justice and Tribal Consultation be included in the final EIS.
    ERP No. DS-NPS-E61074-00 Rating LO, Big South Fork National River 
and Recreation Area, General Management Plan, Implementation, 
Additional Information concerning Resources, Roads and Trails, 
McCreary, KY and Fentress, Morgan, Pickett and Scott Counties, TN.
    Summary: EPA did not identify any potential environmental impacts 
requiring substantive changes to the proposal.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K65248-CA North Fork Fire Salvage Project, Harvest 
Salvage, Merchantable Timber Volume Sale and Sierra National Forest 
Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Bass Lake Ranger 
District, Madera County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K60033-NV, Toquop Energy Project, Toquop Land 
Disposal Amendment to the Caliente Management Framework Plan (MFP), 
Construction of a 1,100-megawatt (MW) Natural Gas-Fired Water-Cooled 
Electric Power Generating Plant and Associated Features on Public 
Lands, Right-of-Way Grant, Lincoln, Clark and Washoe Counties, NV.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-L65399-OR, Kelsey Whisky Landscape Management 
Planning Area, Implementation, Associated Medford District Resource 
Management Plan Amendments, Josephine and Jackson Counties, OR.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns with several 
aspects of the plan including needs for: a reduction in the number of 
miles of roads to be decommissioned or closed; and protection of a 
botanical transition zone and late succession reserves and important 
habitat for two endangered bird species.
    ERP No. F-FTA-E59002-NC, South Corridor Light Rail Project to 
Provide Light Rail Service between the Town of Pineville and Downtown 
Charlotte, City of Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, NC.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the project as proposed.

    Dated: May 20, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 03-13012 Filed 5-22-03; 8:45 am]

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