[Federal Register: January 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 20)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 the Federal Register dated April 4, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. DNRS-L31004-ID Rating LO, Little Wood River Irrigation 
District, Gravity Pressurized Delivery System Construction, Funding and 
U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Townships of 1 North, 1 South and 2 
South of Range 21 East of the Boise Merridan, City of Carey, Blaine 
County, ID.
    Summary: EPA recommended that wetland mitigation plans include 
descriptions of potential off-site mitigation areas, assurances that 
appropriate hydrology exists and that monies slated for mitigation be 
bonded until it is demonstrated that wetlands values and function have 
been adequately replaced. EPA requested that the final EIS include 
additional information on Environmental Justice analyses and Tribal 
consultations.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-F40398-IN Indianapolis Northeast Corridor 
Transportation Connections Study to Identify Actions to Reduce Expected 
Year 2025 Traffic Congestion and Enhance Mobility, Between I-69: from 
I-465 to IN-328; I-465: from U.S. 31 to I-70; I-70: from I-65 to I-465: 
IN-37 from I-69 to Allisonville Road (Noblesville), Marion and Hamilton 
Counties, IN.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. EPA 
does request that the Record of Decision provide clarification on 
monitoring spawning fish and wetland mitigation.
    ERP No. F-FHW-G40175-TX TX-45 Highway Southeast Study, I-35 south 
at Farm-to-Market Road-1327 to TX-130/US 183, Local Regional 
Enhancements to the National Transportation Systems, Funding and Right-
of-Way Permit Issuance, Travis County, TX.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the selection of the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. FS-NRC-E06014-SC Generic EIS--License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants, Supplement 13 regarding H.B. Robinsion Steam Electric Plant, 
Unit No. 2, Operating License Renewal for 20-Years, Site Specific, on 
the Shore of Lake Robinsion, Darlington and Chesterfield Counties, SC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns, and agreed with the 
NRC's proposal to require radiological monitoring of all plant 
effluents, and appropriate storage and disposition of radiological 
waste.

    Dated: January 27, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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