[Federal Register: October 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 212)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-8587-2]
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 202-564-7157. An explanation of the ratings
assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published
in FR dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20080326, ERP No. DS-FHW-E40165-NC, US 74 Relocation, from US-
129 in Robbinsville to NC 28 in Stecoah, Funding and U.S. Army COE
Section 404 Permit, Transportation Improvement Program Project No. A-9
B&C, Graham County, NC.
Summary: EPA has environmental objections to the proposed project
regarding significant impacts to wetlands and high quality streams. EPA
also believes there are significant and unaddressed construction
impacts resulting from the proposed 2,870-foot tunnel under the
Appalachian Trail at Stecoah Gap. Furthermore, EPA believes there are
significant and unresolved impacts to residences, water supplies,
terrestrial forests, NFS lands, aquatic habitat, air quality, and noise
receptors. Rating EO2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080274, ERP No. F-CGD-E03017-FL, Calypso Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) Deepwater Port License Application, Proposes to Own,
Construct and Operate a Deepwater Port, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
in the OCS NG 17-06 (Bahamas) Lease Area, 8 to 10 miles off the East
Coast of Florida to the Northeast of Port Everglades, FL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about pipeline
impacts and impacts related to fuel use onboard the purpose-built
Storage and Regasification Ship.
EIS No. 20080287, ERP No. F-BLM-J65490-UT, Moab Field Office Planning
Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and San Juan
Counties, UT.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts
to air quality from oil and gas development, impacts from motorized
vehicle travel on natural resources, and impacts on Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern.
EIS No. 20080310, ERP No. F-COE-E11060-NC, West Onslow Beach and New
River Inlet (Topsail Beach) Shore Protection Project, Storm Damages and
Beach Erosion Reduction, Funding, Pender County, NC.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts
on marine habitats and migratory species from dredging and filling. EPA
requested adaptive management and water quality monitoring of the
borrow areas.
EIS No. 20080316, ERP No. F-BLM-J65436-UT, Vernal Field Office Resource
Management Plan, To Revise and Integrate the Book Cliff and Diamond
Mountain Resource Management Plans, and Analyzing the Management of
Non-Wilderness Study Area Lands with Wilderness Characteristic,
Implementation, Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah, and Grand Counties, UT.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts
to air quality from oil and gas development, impacts from motorized
vehicle to natural resources and impacts to Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern.
EIS No. 20080322, ERP No. F-NRC-E06024-GA, Vogtle Electric Generating
(NUREG 1872) Plant Site, Early Site Permit (ESP), for the Construction
and Operation of a new Nuclear Power Generating Facility Application
Approval, Burke County, GA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about
bioentrainment and other impacts to aquatic species from surface water
withdrawals and discharges.
EIS No. 20080328, ERP No. F-BLM-J65418-UT, Price Field Resource
Management Plan, Selection of
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Preferred Alternative D, Non-Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Lands with
Wilderness Characteristics, Implementation, Carbon and Emery Counties,
UT.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts
to air quality from oil and gas development, impacts to Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern and on wild and scenic river management.
EIS No. 20080362, ERP No. F-AFS-J65505-CO, Durango Mountain Resort
Improvement Plan, Special-Use-Permits, Implementation, San Juan
National Forest, La Plata and San Juan Counties, CO.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about
potential adverse impacts to water quality, wetlands, especially
forested wetlands, and lynx habitat.
EIS No. 20080363, ERP No. F-AFS-K65277-CA, Modoc National Forest
Noxious Weed Treatment Project, Proposes to Implement a Control and
Eradication Project, Lassen, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about
potential impacts to groundwater from herbicides with high leaching
potential.
EIS No. 20080376, ERP No. F-NOA-K39102-CA, Cordell Bank, Gulf of the
Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries, Proposes a
Series of Regulatory Changes, Offshore of Northern/Central, CA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20080387, ERP No. F-NPS-J61112-CO, Curecanti National
Recreation Area Resource Protection Study, Gunnison and Montrose
Counties, CO.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: October 28, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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