[Federal Register: November 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 222)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6669-5]
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 FR dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR
16815).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20050249, ERP No. D-BLM-L65488-ID, Cotterel Wind Power Project
and Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment, To Build a 190-240
megawatt, Wind-Powered Electrical Generation Facility, Right-of-Way
Application, City of Burley, Towns of Albion and Malta, Cassia County,
ID.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050353, ERP No. D-FHW-C50014-NY, Willis Avenue Bridge
Reconstruction, Proposing Reconstruction of 100-year old Willis Avenue
Bridge over the Harem River between Manhattan and the Bronx, New York
and Bronx Counties, NY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality
impacts, and requested additional information be included in the final
EIS to address this issue.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050355, ERP No. D-COE-G32059-LA, Port of Iberia Project, To
Determine the Feasibility of Deepening the Existing Navigation Channels
between the POI and the Gulf of Mexico, Portions of the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and Freshwater Bayou (FWB), LA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050377, ERP No. D-COE-C39017-NY, Montuak Point Storm Damage
Reduction Project, Proposed Reinforcement of an Existing Stone
Revetment Wall, Suffolk County, NY.
Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative, which
will arrest the erosion with little environmental impact to the project
area.
Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050205, ERP No. F-FRC-B03012-RI, KeySpan Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) Facility Upgrade Project, Construction and Operation, and
Algonquin Gas Transmission Project, Proposal for Site, Construct and
Operate a New Natural Gas Pipeline, Coast Guard Permit, U.S. Army COE
Section 10 and 404
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Permits, Providence County, RI and New England.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
need for additional air emission control measures on marine vessels,
additional mitigation measures to address impacts from entrainment of
fish, eggs, and larvae by ship ballast water intakes, and requested an
opportunity for additional discussions about potential environmental
justice impacts.
EIS No. 20050320, ERP No. F-AFS-J65426-UT, Wasatch Plateau Grazing
Project, Proposal to Continue to Authorize Sheep Grazing by Issuance of
a Term Grazing Permits on 31 Sheep Allotments, Manti-La Sal National
Forest, Sanpete, Ferron and Price Ranger Districts, Sanpete, Carbon,
Utah and Emery County, UT.
Summary: The FEIS addressed EPA's concerns with impact to water
quality.
EIS No. 20050408, ERP No. F-FHW-F40432-WI, U.S. 41 Highway Corridor
Project, Transportation Improvement between the Cities of Oconto and
Perhtigo, Funding, Marinette and Oconto Counties, WI.
Summary: While EPA has no objection to the proposed action, it
asked to be involved in planning the wetland restoration of the more
than 300 acres required for compensatory mitigation.
EIS No. 20050449, ERP No. F-USN-E11054-FL, Navy Air-To-Ground Training
at Avon Park Air Force Range, To Conduct Air-To-Ground Ordnance
Delivery and Training, Fleet Forces Command's Fleet Readiness Training
Program (FRTP), Polk and Highland Counties, FL.
Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA
has no objection to the proposed action.
Dated: November 15, 2005.
Elaine Suriano,
Environmental Scientist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-22887 Filed 11-17-05; 8:45 am]
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