[Federal Register: January 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 13)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6671-5]
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. 20050308, ERP No. D-BLM-K65289-NV, Ely District Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, White Pine, Lincoln Counties and a
Portion of Nye County, NV.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050365, ERP No. D-NRC-F06027-OH, American Centrifuge
Plant, Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Facility, Construction,
Operation, and Decommission, License Issuance, Piketon, OH.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the generic approach in the
preparation of the DEIS, because it does not address all related
enrichment, decommissioning, and disposal activities and does not fully
evaluate all feasible alternatives. EPA requested additional
information on the handling and control of source, product and waste
materials, more comprehensive cancer rate data, more comprehensive
pollutant modeling data, a more comprehensive radiation monitoring
scheme, and the most current annual radiological emission data. EPA
also requested an analysis of the cumulative impacts for (1)
construction of Cylinder Storage Yard X-745H on the currently impaired
stream (Little Beaver Creek) due to additional erosion and
sedimentation impacts, and (2) groundwater contamination. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050374, ERP No. D-BLM-K65290-CA, Ukiah Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, Several Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050414, ERP No. D-NRC-C06015-NY, Generic--License Renewal
of Nuclear Plants for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2,
Supplement 24 to NUREG 1437, Implementation, Lake Ontario, Oswego
County, NY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project's
impingement and entrainment impacts to fish and shellfish, as well as
from heat shock and the need to perform a narrower EJ analysis. EPA
also requested that the issues of waste treatment and pollution
prevention be addressed. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050441, ERP No. D-COE-L32013-AK, Delong Mountain Terminal
Project, Proposed Construction and Operation of Navigation
Improvements, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to subsistence resources and the ability of native
hunters to harvest these resources. EPA recommended consideration of
changes to the preferred alternative and additional mitigation measures
to reduce these impacts be considered during Government-to-Government
Consultation with the local Tribes. EPA also recommended that the Final
EIS include additional information regarding the planning process,
evaluation of alternatives, cost estimates, and economic analysis.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050469, ERP No. D-NOA-A91073-00, Programmatic--Towards an
Ecosystem Approach for the Western Pacific Region: From Species Based
Fishery Management Plans to Place-Based Fishery Ecosystem Plans,
Realignment, Implementation, Western Pacific Region (America Samoa,
Guam, Hawaii, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), and U.S.
Pacific Remote Island Areas.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050481, ERP No. D-FTA-H40187-MO, St. Louis Metro South
Metrolink Extension, Transportation Improvement, City of St. Louis, St.
Louis County, MO.
Summary: EPA has expressed environmental concerns about the
proposed project regarding potential impacts to floodplains, park and
recreation lands, water quality, wetlands, noise and vibration. EPA is
also concerned about the uncertainty of potential issues that could
arise between now and the projected construction start date, which is
likely greater than 5 years, considered to be the useful life of an
EIS. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050493, ERP No. D-NPS-G61043-AR, Pea Ridge National
Military Park General Management Plan, Implementation, AR.
Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred action as described
in the DEIS. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050460, ERP No. DS-USN-A10072-00, Surveillance Towed
Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar Systems,
Updated and Additional Information, Implementation.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050483, ERP No. DS-UAF-G11038-00, Realistic Bomber
Training Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake Vortices on Surface
Structures, Dyess Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050420, ERP No. F-IBR-K60035-NV, Humboldt Project
Conveyance, Transferring 83,530 Acres from Federal Ownership to the
Pershing County Water Conservation District (PCWCD), Pershing and
Lander Counties, NV.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20050474, ERP No. F-COE-K11114-CA, Mare Island Reuse of
Dredged Material Disposal Ponds as a Confirmed Updated Dredged Material
Disposal Facility, Issuing Section 404 Permit Clean Water Act and
Section 10 Permit Rivers and Harbor Act, San
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Francisco Bay Area, City of Vallejo, Solando County, CA.
Summary: EPA concerns regarding responsibility for key aspects of
site operations were addressed in the Final EIS; therefore, EPA does
not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050482, ERP No. F-AFS-J65427-WY, Cottonwood II Vegetation
Management Project, Vegetation Management in the North and South
Cottonwood Creek Drainages, Implementation, Bridger-Teton National
Forest, Big Piney Ranger District, Sublette County, WY.
Summary: EPA has remaining concerns about potential adverse impacts
to water quality, soils, fish and wildlife habitat, and socio-economic
impacts to the community.
EIS No. 20050499, ERP No. F-AFS-H65022-MO, Mark Twain National
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Revise to the
1986 Land and Resource Management Plan, several counties, MO.
Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's concerns on air quality
impacts of prescribed burning, degree of cumulative impacts assessment
and provides more detail on the adaptive management process. Therefore,
EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050505, ERP No. F-AFS-L65481-00, Caribou Travel Plan
Revision, Determine the Motorized Road and Trail System,
Implementation, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Westside, Soda Spring
and Montpeller Ranger Districts, Bannock, Bear River, Bonneville,
Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties, ID; Box Elder and Cache
Counties, UT and Lincoln County, WY.
Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about the travel
plan's potential adverse impacts to water quality, air quality, and
wilderness; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050512, ERP No. F-NPS-D61056-DC, Rock Creek Park and the
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Project, General Management Plan,
Implementation, Washington, DC.
Summary: The Final EIS has adequately addressed EPA's concerns with
road improvements and visitor safety, wildlife management, and historic
resources; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050536, ERP No. F-FAA-A12043-00, Horizontal Launch and
Reentry of Reentry Vehicles, Facilitate the Issuance of Licenses in
United States.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20060000, ERP No. F-BLM-G65096-NM, McGregor Range Resource
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA), Implementation, Otero County, NM.
Summary: No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: January 17, 2006.
Pearl Young,
Management Analyst, Office of Federal Activities.
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