[Federal Register: December 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 241)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6670-4]
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 ratings
assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published
in FR dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20050356, ERP No. D-FRC-G03028-00, Port Arthur Liquefield
Natural Gas (LNG) Project, Construction and Operation, U.S. Army COE
section 10 and 404 Permits, (FERC/EIS-0182D), Jefferson and Orange
Counties, TX; and Cameron, Calcasieu, and Beauregard Parishes, LA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested
additional information to be included in the FEIS in the areas of air
quality impacts, sediment analysis, dredged material placement for
beneficial uses, habitat restoration and mitigation.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050361, ERP No. D-FRC-L05232-WA, Rocky Reach Hydroelectric
Project, (FERC/DEIS-0184D), Application for a New License for the
Existing 865.76 Megawatt Facility, Public Utility District No. 1 (PUD),
Columbia River, Chelan County, WA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050388, ERP No. D-FRC-L05233-WA, Lewis River Hydroelectric
Projects, Relicensing the Swift No. 1 (FERC No. 2111-018), Swift No. 2
(FERC No. 2213-011), Yale (FERC No. 2071-013), Merwin (FERC No. 935-
053) Project, Application for Relicense, North Fork Lewis River,
Cowlitz, Clark and Shamania Counties, WA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality
impacts, and requested additional information regrading water quality
impacts be included in the final EIS.
Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050440, ERP No. F-SFW-L65451-AK, Alaska Peninsula and
Becharof National Wildlife Refuges, Revised Comprehensive Conservation
Plan, Implementation, AK.
Summary: EPA does not object to the project as proposed. No formal
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050451, ERP No. F-AFS-L39061-WA, Fish Passage and Aquatic
Habitat Restoration at Hemlock Dam, Implementation, Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, Mount Adams District, Skamania County, WA.
Summary: No formal comment letter sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050464, ERP No. F-AFS-G65072-00, Ouachita National Forest,
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Proposed Revised Land Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Several
Counties, AR; and LeFlore and McCurtain Counties, OK.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050466, ERP No. F-COE-C39018-NJ, Liberty State Park Ecosystem
Restoration Project, Hudson Raritan Estuary Study, To Address the
Adverse Impacts Associated with Past Filling Activities, Port Authority
of New and New Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.
Summary: No formal comment letter sent to preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050467, ERP No. F-COE-C39017-NY, Montuak Point Storm Damage
Reduction Project, Proposed Reinforcement of an Existing Stone
Revetment Wall, Suffolk County, NY.
Summary: No comment letter was sent was sent to the proposing
agency.
EIS No. 20050477, ERP No. F-COE-K36141-AZ, Santa Cruz River, Paseo de
las Iglesias Feasibility Study, To Identify, Define and Solve
Environmental Degradation, Flooding and Water Resource Problems, City
of Tucson, Pima County, AZ.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050352, ERP No. FS-NPS-L65264-WA, Elwha River Ecosystem
Restoration Implementation Project, Updated Information, Olympic
Peninsula, Challam County, WA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: December 13, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E5-7444 Filed 12-15-05; 8:45 am]
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