[Federal Register: February 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 34)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6648-6]

 
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. D-AFS-K65265-CA Rating EC2, McNally/Sherman Pass 
Restoration Project, Proposal to Remove Fire-Kill Trees, Road 
Construction and Associated Restoration of the Area Burned, Sequoia 
National Forest, Cannell Meadow Ranger District, Tulare County, CA.
    Summary: EPA raised environmental concerns on potential impacts to 
water supplies from using magnesium chloride to reduce road-related 
fugitive dust emissions and a fungicide SPORAX to control tree stump 
fungus. The FEIS should include mitigation to reduce or avoid potential 
adverse impacts when using the compounds.
    ERP No. D-DOE-F09004-OH Rating EC2, Portsmouth, Ohio Site Depleted 
Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facility, Construction and Operation, 
Pike County, OH.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns over the measurement units 
and proper reference to NESHAP standards, and the cumulative effects of 
the new enrichment facility that will be built on the site.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40179-TX Rating LO, Kelly Parkway Project, 
Construction from U.S. 90 to TX-16, to Improvement Transportation 
Mobility, Facilitate Economic Development, and Enhance Safety, Funding 
and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-NRC-F06022-IL Rating EC2, Quad Cities Nuclear Power 
Station Units 1 and 2, Supplement 16 to NUREG-1437, License Renewal, 
IL.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns regarding radiological 
impacts from power updates, and on-site storage and transport of spent 
fuel rods and waste. EPA requests information regarding potential 
sediment contamination, and risk estimates for core damage frequency, 
and site-specific radiation doses.
    ERP No. DA-FTA-L40210-WA Rating LO, Central Link Light Rail Transit 
Project (Sound Transit) Construction and Operation of the North Link 
Light Rail Extension from Downtown Seattle and Northgate, Funding, 
Right-of-Way and U.S. Army COE Section Permits, Cities of Seattle, Sea 
Tac and Tukwila, King County, WA.
    Summary: EPA Region 10 used a screening tool to conduct a limited 
review of this action. Based upon this screen, EPA does not foresee 
having any environmental objections to the proposed project.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-F40411-MN Trunk Highway 371 Corridor Reconstruction, 
U.S. Truck Highway 10 to County State Aid Highway (CSAH) Highway 48, 
Funding, Morrison County, MN.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative.

    Dated: February 17, 2004.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 04-3746 Filed 2-19-04; 8:45 am]

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