[Federal Register: January 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 18)]
[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 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20050340, ERP No. D-AFS-J65451-UT, West Fork Blacks Fork
Allotment Management Plan, Proposes to Authorize Continued Livestock
Grazing, Township 1 North, Range 11 East, Salt Lake Principle Meridan,
Evanston Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Summit County,
UT
Summary: EPA expressed concerns about adverse impacts from sheep
grazing to soils and vegetation. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050400, ERP No. D-BLM-K65291-00, Lake Havasu Field Office
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Colorado River, Davis Dam in
the north and south to Park Dam, CA and AZ
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050405, ERP No. D-NPS-K39094-NV, Clean Water Coalition
Systems Conveyance and Operations Program, Construction, Operation and
Maintenance, City of Las Vegas, City County, NV
Summary: EPA expressed concerns about potential impacts to water
quality and requested additional information on wastewater discharge
permit requirements, details on water and air quality mitigation,
criteria for effluent allocation between Las Vegas Wash and Boulder
Basin, measures to conserve, reuse, and recycle water, and measures to
reduce wastewater production. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050424, ERP No. D-NPS-K39095-CA, Furnace Creek Water
Collection System, Reconstruction, Death Valley National Park,
Implementation, Inyo County, CA
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed
discharge of more than 120,000 gallons per day of reverse osmosis brine
into the Furnace Creek Wash alluvium, which could affect surface water
and groundwater quality. EPA requested that other disposal alternatives
be considered. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050436, ERP No. D-NPS-F61022-MI, Isle Royale National Park
Wilderness and Backcounty Management Plan, Implementation, MI
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050446, ERP No. D-USN-E11059-00, Undersea Warfare Training
Range (USWTR), Installation and Operation, Preferred Site (in the
Cherry Point Operating Area) and the Alternate Sites (within the
Virginia Capes and Jacksonville Operating Areas), NC, VA and FL
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050391, ERP No. F-AFS-K65284-CA, Creeks Forest Health
Recovery Project, To Develop a Network of Defensible Fuel Profile Zones
(DFPZs), Group-Selection Timber Harvest, Individual Tree Selection,
Lassen National Forest, Almanor Ranger District, Plumas County, CA
Summary: EPA's previous concerns about the potential impacts to
water and air quality, environmental justice and tribal consultation
have been adequately addressed; therefore, EPA does not object to the
proposed action.
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EIS No. 20050423, ERP No. F-BLM-K65439-NV, Sloan Canyon National
Conservation Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Cities of
Las Vegas and Henderson, Clark County, NV
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20050479, ERP No. F-SFW-A65171-00, Resident Canada Goose
Management Plan, Evaluate Alternatives Strategies to Reduce, Manage,
and Resident Canada Goose Population, Implementation, within the
Conterminous U.S.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050508, ERP No. F-NPS-F65057-IN, Lincoln Boyhood National
Memorial General Management Plan, Implementation, Lincoln City Spencer
County, IN
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20050522, ERP No. F-NPS-G02014-TX, Big Thicket National
Preserve Oil and Gas Management Plan, Implementation, Hardin,
Jefferson, Orange, Liberty, Tyler, Jasper and Polk Counties, TX
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: January 24, 2006.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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