[Federal Register: February 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 30)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6648-4]

 
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

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ratings assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was 
published in FR dated April 04, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65397-WY Rating LO, Woodrock Project, Proposal for 
Timber Sale, Travel Management and Watershed Restoration, 
Implementation, Bighorn National Forest, Tongue Ranger District, 
Sheridan County, WY.
    Summary: EPA has lack of objections to the proposed action based on 
the predicted overall improvement of forest resource conditions. EPA 
suggests that the final EIS provide qantification sediment from erosion 
estimates and monitor water quality and habitat quality in streams.
    ERP No. D-AFS-K65265-AZ Rating LO, Bar T Bar Anderson Springs 
Allotment Management Plans to Authorize Permitted Livestock Grazing for 
a 10-Year Period, Coconino National Forest, Mogollon Rim and Mormon 
Lake Ranger District, Coconino County, AZ.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the Preferred Alternative but EPA 
requested more detailed information for monitoring, specifically 
impacts to vegetation.
    ERP No. D-AFS-L65444-OR Rating LO, Eyerly Fire Salvage Project, 
Burned and Damaged Trees Salvage, Reforestation and Fuels Treatment, 
Implementation, Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Ranger District, 
Jefferson County, OR.
    Summary: While EPA has no objection to the proposed action it did 
request clarification on consultation with Tribes, Environmental 
Justice and measures to protect workers from health risks associated 
with the use of fire retardants.
    ERP No. D-DOE-E09014-KY Rating EC1, Paducah, Kentucky, Site 
Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facility, Construction and 
Operation, McCraken County, KY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the 
capability and capacity of the two disposal facilities to accept the 
proposed waste products from the Paducah conversion facility. EPA 
requested that DOE include this information in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E61076-00 Rating LO, Low Country Gullah Culture 
Special Resource Study, Gullah Culture Preservation and Protection 
Analysis to Consider the Suitability and Feasibility for Inclusion in 
the National Park Service System, SC, NC, GA and FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.

    Dated: February 10, 2004.
Ken Mittleholtz,
Environmental Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-3232 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]

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