[Federal Register: October 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 190)]
[Notices]               
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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 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-SFW-L64050-00 Rating EC2, Caspian Tern (sterna caspia) 
Management to Reduce Predation of Juvenile Salmonids in the Columbia 
River Estuary, To Comply with the 2002 Settlement Agreement, Endangered 
Species Act (ESA), Columbia River, WA, OR, ID, and CA.

    Summary: EPA raised concerns about tern consumption of ESA-listed 
salmonids in the vicinity of proposed nesting sites, the need for 
alternative nesting sites and water quality impacts from the creation, 
enhancement and maintenance of tern nesting habitat.

    ERP No. DB-NOA-E91007-00 Rating LO, South Atlantic Shrimp Fishery 
Management Plan, Amendment 6, Propose to Amend the Bycatch Reduction 
Device (BRD) Testing Protocol System, South Atlantic Region.
    Summary: While EPA has no objection to the preferred alternatives, 
EPA requested clarification on why some alternatives only apply to 
either penaeid or rock shrimp, rather than to both.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-G65085-NM, Sacramento, Dry Canyon and Davis Grazing 
Allotments, Authorization of Livestock Grazing Activities, Lincoln 
National Forest, Sacramento Ranger District, Otero County, NM.

    Summary: The Final EIS adequately responded to EPA's comments on 
the Draft EIS. EPA has no objection to the preferred action.

    ERP No. F-COE-E39063-AL, Choctaw Point Terminal Project, 
Construction and Operation of a

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Container Handling Facility, Department of the Army (DA) Permit 
Issuance, Mobile County, AL.
    Summary: EPA continues to express concern due to impacts to 
wetlands. EPA recommended that the issue of avoiding/minimizing impacts 
to wetlands be further addressed in the Record of Decision.

    ERP No. F-FHW-F40364-WI, Burlington Bypass State Trunk Highway 
Project, Construction, from WI-36, WI-11 and WI-83, Funding and COE 
Section 404 Permit, In the City of Burlington, Racine, and Walworth 
Counties, WI.

    Summary: While EPA's previous objection regarding direct impacts to 
the fresh fen have been avoided, EPA continues to express concerns 
about indirect impacts to the fen and the need to provide a detailed 
wetland compensation plan.

    ERP No. F-IBW-G39039-00, Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP), 
Long-Term River Management Alternatives Practices, Implementation, from 
below Percha Dam in Sierra County, NM to American Dam in El Paso, TX.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the prepared action.
    ERP No. F-NPS-G65086-TX, Big Bend National Park General Management 
Plan, Implementation, Brewster County, TX.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    ERP No. F-NPS-K65251-AZ, Petrified Forest National Park General 
Management Plan Revision, Implementation, Navajo and Apache Counties, 
AZ.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    ERP No. F-NPS-K65267-CA, Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) and 
the North District of Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Fire 
Management Plan, Implementation, Marin County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FB-NOA-G64002-00, Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan 
Amendment 22, To Set Red Snapper Sustainable Fisheries Act Targets and 
Thresholds, Set a Rebuilding Plan, and Establish Bycatch Reporting 
Methodologies for the Reef Fish Fishery, Gulf of Mexico.

    Summary: While EPA has no objection to the proposed action, EPA did 
request clarification on whether additional regulatory controls in the 
Shrimp FMP may be necessary to limit the juvenile red snapper that are 
caught as bycatch in shrimp fishery.

    Dated: September 28, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-22088 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]

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