[Federal Register: June 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 120)]
[Notices]
[Page 35132-35133]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20jn08-48]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-8582-9]
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 202-564-7167.
An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental
impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 11, 2008 (73
FR 19833).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20070299, ERP No. D-AFS-J65488-WY, Battle Park Cattle and Horse
(C&H) and Mistymoon Sheep and Goat (S&G) Allotment Project, Proposes to
Continue Livestock Grazing on both Allotments, Powder River District
Ranger, Bighorn National Forest, Bighorn County, WY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to soil
and water resources, and recommended including more information on
water quality, current extent of invasive species, and drought
mitigation planning. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080015, ERP No. D-BLM-J65505-WY, Westside Land Conveyance
Project, Congressionally-Mandated Transfer of 16,500 Acres of Public
Land to the Westside Irrigation District, Big Horn and Washakie
Counties, WY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality
impacts from crop production on newly irrigated lands. The final EIS
should include measures to avoid or mitigate impacts to the Big Horn
River. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080092, ERP No. D-BIA-J01082-MT, Absaloka Mine Crow
Reservation South Extension Coal Lease Approval, Proposed Mine
Development Plan, and Related Federal and State Permitting Actions,
Crow Indian Reservation, Crow Tribe, Bighorn County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
ground and surface water and cumulative air impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080119, ERP No. D-USN-K10011-CA, Southern California Range
Complex, To Organize, Train, Equip, and Maintain Combat-Ready Naval
Forces, San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
marine resources. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080133, ERP No. D-NPS-G65108-TX, Guadalupe Mountains National
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Culberson and Hudspeth
Counties, TX.
Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative. Rating
LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080140, ERP No. F-DOI-J39030-UT, Lower Duchesne River
Wetlands Mitigation Project (LDWP), Restoration Measures in the Lower
Duchesne River Area, Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System (SACS)
on portion of the Strawberry Reservoir, Implementation, Ute Indian
Tribe, NPDES and U.S. Army COE section 404 Permits, Duchesne, Utah,
Uintah Counties, UT.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20080145, ERP No. F-FRC-F03011-00, Rockies Express Pipeline
Project, (REX-East), Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline
Facilities, WY, NE, MO, IL, IN and OH.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts
to surface/ground water, wetlands, air quality, and upland forest
habitat, and recommends additional mitigation plans/measures be
included in the ROD or equivalent FERC order.
EIS No. 20080152, ERP No. F-FRC-E05103-NC, Yadkin--Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydro
Electric Project (Docket Nos. P-2197-073 & P-2206-030), Issuance of New
Licenses for the Existing and Proposed Hydropower Projects, Yadkin--
Yadkin-Pee Dee Rivers, Davidson, Davie, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly,
Anson and Richmond Counties, NC.
Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA
does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20080178, ERP No. F-AFS-J65486-UT, Big Creek Vegetation
Treatment Project, Preferred Alternative is 1, To Treat 4,800 Acres of
Aspen Conifer and Sagebrush Communities, Ogden Ranger District,
Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Rich County, UT.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20080151, ERP No. FA-AFS-K65286-CA, Watdog Project, Additional
Clarification of Changes Between the Final EIS (2005) and Final
Supplement EIS (2007), Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National
Forest, Butte and Plumas Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about
cumulative impacts to watersheds and short-term impacts to old-forest
species, and recommends a less-intensive harvest alternative.
EIS No. 20080173, ERP No. FS-FTA-G40190-TX, North Corridor Fixed
Guideway Project, Updated/Additional Information on the Locally
Preferred Alternative, Propose Transit Improvements from University of
Houston (UH)-Downtown Station to Northline Mall, Harris County, TX.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
[[Page 35133]]
EIS No. 20080179, ERP No. FS-FTA-G40191-TX, Southeast Corridor Project,
Preferred Alternative is the Light Rail Alternative, Proposed Fixed-
Guideway Transit System, Funding, Metropolitan Transit Authority
(METRO) of Harris County, Houston, Harris County, TX.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: June 17, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E8-14004 Filed 6-19-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P