[Federal Register: September 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 179)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6667-5]


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 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 1, 2005 (70 FR
16815).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20050202, ERP No. D-CGD-A03086-00, Programmatic--Vessel and
Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements
and Alternative Technology Revisions, To Increase the Oil Removal
Capability, U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), United States, Alaska,
Guam, Puerto Rico and other U.S. Territories.

    Summary: EPA expressed concerns related to the synergistic effects
of chemical dispersants with oil on water quality and organisms within
the water column, spill modeling, and model limitations for the fate
and effect of chemically dispersed oil.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20050235, ERP No. D-NPS-F65057-IN, Lincoln Boyhood National
Memorial General Management Plan, Implementation, Lincoln City, Spencer
County, IN.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050266, ERP No. D-DOE-A00171-00, Proposed Consolidation of
Nuclear Operations Related to Production of radioisotope Power Systems,
Located or Planned Sites: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL),
Tennessee; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), New Mexico; and the
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho, TN, NM, ID.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050310, ERP No. D-JUS-G81013-TX, Laredo Detention Facility,
Proposed Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated Detention Facility,
Implementation, Webb County, TX.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050300, ERP No. DS-NOA-E55555-00, Reef Fish (Amendment 25)
and Coastal Migratory Pelagic (Amendment 17) for Extending the Charter
Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

    Summary: EPA agrees with the extension of the permit moratorium,
but recommended that any available moratorium data be evaluated and
summarized in the FSEIS as part of the decision-making process.

Rating LO

Final EISs

EIS No. 20050270, ERP No. F-NRC-E06024-AL, Generic--License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants for Browns Ferry, Unit 1, 2 and 33 (TAC Nos. MC7168,
MC1769, and MC1770), Supplement 21 to NUREG-1437, Implementation,
Athens, AL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns because of the
uncertainty of the ultimate location of a permitted repository site for
the radioactive waste.

EIS No. 20050317, ERP No. F-NAS-E12007-FL, New Horizons Mission to
Pluto, Continued Preparations and Implementation to Explore Pluto and
Potentially the Recently Discovered Kuiper Belt, Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, FL.

    Summary: EPA's previous issues have been resolved therefore, EPA
has no objection to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20050334, ERP No. F-DOE-J91000-MT, South Fork Flathead
Watershed Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Program, Preserve the

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Genetic Purity of the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Population, Flathead
National Forest, Flathead River, Flathead, Powell and Missoula
Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
impacts to aquatic ecosystem integrity, particularly effects to non-
target species, and ecological impacts of restocking historically
fishless lakes. EPA emphasizes the need to follow strict pesticide
application protocols with appropriate management and mitigation
measures, and establishment of a comprehensive monitoring and adaptive
management program to minimize ecological and public health risks
during project implementation.

EIS No. 20050335, ERP No. FS-AFS-J65419-MT, Gallatin National Forest,
Updated Information, Replaces the Effects Analysis for the Northern
Goshawk in the Main Boulder Fuels Reduction Project (FEIS),
Implementation, Gallatin National Forest, Big Timber Ranger District,
Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action and supports
the proposed ecological effects monitoring.

    Dated: September 13, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-18428 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]

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