[Federal Register: January 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 10)]
[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-BLM-J02046-UT Rating EC2, Castle Peak and Eightmile Flat 
Oil and Gas Expansion Project, Proposal to

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Expand Crude Oil and Natural Gas Development and Production Program, 
Right-of-Way Grant, Duchesne and Uintah Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air 
quality, including long-range protection of visibility and the lack of 
analysis of other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable development 
in the area, and the lack of mitigation measures to protect air and 
water quality and reduce infestations of invasive non-native plant 
species.
    ERP No. D-FRC-K05059-CA Rating EC2, Upper North Fork Feather River 
Project (FERC No. 2105), Issuing a New License for Existing 3517.3 
megawatt (MW) Hydroelectric Facility, North Fork Feather River, 
Chester, Plumas County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the analysis of 
the no-action alternative, and water and air quality impacts, and 
requested additional information regarding consultation with tribal 
governments, environmental justice issues, and the analysis of 
cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. D-FRC-K05060-CA Rating EC2, Stanislaus Rivers Projects, 
Relicensing of Hydroelectric Projects: Spring Gap-Stanislaus FERC No. 
2130; Beardsley/Donnells FERC No. 2005; Tulloch FERC No. 2067; and 
Donnells-Curtis Transmission Line FERC No. 2118, Tuolumne and Calaveras 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the analysis of 
the no-action alternative, and water and air quality impacts; and 
requested additional information regarding consultation with tribal 
governments, environmental justice issues, and the analysis of 
cumulative impacts.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-BLM-L65445-CA King Range National Conservation Area 
(KRNCA) Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Humboldt and 
Mendocino Counties, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-E39065-FL Central and Southern Florida Project, 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Aquifer Storage and Recovery 
(ASR) Pilot Operation, Aquifer Storage and Recovery Pilot Project, To 
Test the Feasibility for Utilizing ASR Technology for Water Storage at 
Seven Well Sites, Right-of-Way and NPDES Permits, Several Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA continues to strongly support the present ASR Pilot 
Projects as well as the concurrent ASR Regional Study as prerequisites 
to full implementation of 333 ASR wells approved in the CERP 
Recommended Plan.
    ERP No. F-COE-F32197-MS PROGRAMMATIC EIS--Upper Mississippi River 
and Illinois Waterway System Navigation Feasibility Study (UMR-IWW), 
Addressing Navigation Improvement Planning and Ecological Restoration 
Needs, MS, IL, IA, MN, MO, WI.
    Summary: Significant progress has been made in addressing EPA's 
concerns regarding the implementation of the proposed new management 
strategies that would influence the ecological future of the Upper 
Mississippi River System. Specific concerns that were addressed focused 
on defining purpose and need, adaptive management, and phased project 
approach, alternatives analysis, institutional arrangements, ecosystem 
restoration, and mitigation/impact analysis. EPA requested that more 
detailed information on adaptive management and institutional 
arrangements be included in the Record of Decision.

    Dated: January 11, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-819 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]

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