[Federal Register: June 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 125)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6688-5]
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 6, 2007 (72 FR
17156).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20070055, ERP No. D-AFS-L65534-ID, Idaho Cobalt Project,
Development of Two Underground Mines, a Waste Disposal Site and
Associated Facilities, Approval of Plan-of-Operation, Salmon-Cobalt
Ranger District, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Lemhi County, ID.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts to
fishery and cultural resources and impacts related to contaminated
soils. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070103, ERP No. D-FHW-C50015-NY, Kosciuszko Bridge Project,
Proposed Rehabilitation or Replacement a 1.1 mile Segment Brooklyn-
Queens Expressway (-278) from Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn and the Long
Island Expressway (1495) in Queens, Kings and Queens Counties, NY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential air
quality impacts, and requested additional information and mitigation.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070132, ERP No. D-AFS-J61111-00, Yellowstone and Grand Teton
National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway,
Winter Use Plan, To Provide a Framework for Managing Winter Use
Activities, Implementation, Fremont County, ID, Gallatin and Park
Counties, MT Park and Teton Counties, WY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality,
natural soundscapes, and wildlife. EPA believes that the preferred
alternative should be modified or a different alternative should be
selected that meets the National Park Service's adaptive management
thresholds and its resource protection directives. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070171, ERP No. D-FRC-K03030-00, Phoenix Expansion Project,
Construction and Operation of Existing Natural Gas Transmission
Pipeline, Right-of-Way Grant and Temporary Use Permit, San Juan and
McKinley Counties, NM and Pinal and Maricopa Counties, AZ.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
impacts to air quality, aquatic resources, and endangered species. EPA
recommended that the FEIS provide additional information regarding
alternatives and identify, and commit to, opportunities for minimizing
impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070172, ERP No. D-FRC-G03035-00, Southeast Supply Header
Project, Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities,
Located in various Counties and Parishes in LA, MS and AL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
impacts to wetlands and air quality, and recommended additional
analyses to be included in the Final EIS. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070174, ERP No. D-BPA-L91029-WA, Chief Joseph Hatchery
Program, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of a Chinook Salmon
Hatchery Production Program, Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation (Colville Tribes), Okanogan River and Columbia River,
Okanogan County, WA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about discharge water
quality and requested additional information regarding the
applicability of state and tribal water quality standards. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070051, ERP No. DS-COE-E32070-MS, Gulfport Harbor Navigation
Channel Project, Updated Information on Providing Safe and Unrestricted
Navigation into and out of Gulfport Harbor, Harrison County, MS.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
biological resources. EPA requested additional information to ensure
that the dredged material to be disposed meets the relevant Ocean
Dumping Criteria. Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20070087, ERP No. F-FTA-E40775-FL, Miami North Corridor
Project, Build Alternative is Selected, Transit Improvement between NW
62 Street at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Station and NW 215th Street at
the
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Dade/Broward Counties Line, Funding, Dade County, FL.
Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about
noise impact, EJ impacts and impacts related to contaminated sites. EPA
requested that additional mitigation be discussed in the ROD.
EIS No. 20070191, ERP No. F-FAA-G11049-NM, ADOPTION--New Mexico
Training Initiative, Proposal to Modify the Training Airspace New
Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), NM.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20070192, ERP No. F-AFS-G65095-NM, Buckman Water Diversion
Project, Proposal to Divert Water from Rio Grande and San Juan-Chama
Project, To Meet Water Supply Needs, Sante Fe National Forest and Taos
Field Office, Sante Fe County, NM.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20070193, ERP No. FS-FAA-G11048-00, ADOPTION--Realistic Bomber
Training Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake Vortices on Surface
Structures, Dyess Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: June 26, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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