[Federal Register: October 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 195)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6656-5]

 
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 the Federal Register dated April 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-K65273-CA Rating EC2, Cottonwood Fire Vegetation 
Management Project, Control Vegetation that is Competing with Conifer 
Seedlings, Sierraville Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest, Sierra 
County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns due to impacts to water quality and 
sensitive resources, related to potential use of the herbicide 
triclopyr and cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E65070-AL Rating LO, Selma to Montgomery National 
Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan, Implementation, Dallas, 
Lowndes and Montgomery Counties, AL.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the preferred alternative for 
managing this historic trail.
    ERP No. D-NPS-L61227-OR Rating LO, Crater Lake National Park 
General Management Plans, Implementation, Klamath, Jackson and Douglas 
Counties, OR.
    Summary: EPA supports the selection on the environmentally 
preferred alternative which includes increased non-motorized 
recreational opportunities in the Park.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-DOE-L09817-WA BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project, To 
Build a 720-megawatt Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Cogeneration Facility, 
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), Whatcom County, WA.
    Summary: No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-SFW-L64048-WA Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 
Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Habitat Restoration, Refuge Boundary 
Expansion and Related Environmental and Recreational Opportunities, 
Approval and Implementation, Puget Sound, Nisqually River Delta, 
Thurston and Pierce Counties, WA.
    Summary: No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: October 5, 2004.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-22667 Filed 10-7-04; 8:45 am]

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