[Federal Register: April 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 81)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6698-3]

 
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 11, 2008 (73 
FR 19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20080004, ERP No. D-NSA-A06182-00 PROGRAMMATIC--EIS--Complex 
Transformation, To Make the U.S. Nuclear Weapon Complex Smaller, and 
more Responsive, Efficient and Secure in Order to Meet National 
Security Requirements, CA, NV, NM, SC, TN and TX

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080035, ERP No. D-IBR-L39041-WA Yakima River Basin Water 
Storage Feasibility Study, Create Additional Water Storage, Benton, 
Yakima, Kittitas Counties, WA

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed 
Black Rock Alternative because of potential impacts to groundwater, and 
subsequent migration of radiological and chemical contaminants to the 
Columbia River, and a lack of effective mitigation measures. EPA's 
concerns about the Wymer Dam and Reservoir and Wymer Dam Plus Yakima 
River Pump Exchange alternatives were the potential adverse effects on 
wetlands, riparian areas, water quality, and habitat. EPA recommended 
additional evaluation of

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the seepage impacts, as well as further examination of proposed State 
Alternatives, which may help to increase water availability with 
minimal environmental effects. Rating EO2.

EIS No. 20080071, ERP No. D-NOA-L39164-WA PROGRAMMATIC--Incorporation 
of the Revised Washington Shoreline Management Act Guidelines Into the 
Federally Approved Washington Coastal Management Program, Amendment No. 
4 Approval, Coastal Counties in WA
    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080087, ERP No. F-FRC-G03036-00 Fayetteville/Greenville 
Expansion Project, Construction and Operation of the Natural Gas 
Pipeline Facilities in Arkansas and Mississippi

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20080088, ERP No. F-FHW-J40261-MT Miller Creek Road Project, To 
Provide Safe and Improved Access Between U.S. 93 and the Miller Creek 
Area, Missoula County, MT

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: April 22, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E8-9074 Filed 4-24-08; 8:45 am]

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