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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY



[ER-FRL-8798-6]



 
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



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copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal 

Activities at 202-564-7146 or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/. An 

explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR dated July 17, 2009 (74 FR 

34754).



Draft EISs



EIS No. 20090247, ERP No. D-NOA-E91027-00, Comprehensive Ecosystem-Base 

Amendment 1 (CE-BA1) for the South Atlantic Region, Implementation.



    Summary: EPA fully supports protection of deepwater coral habitat 

and the application of the ecosystem-based approach to fishery 

management proposed by the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1. 

Rating LO.



EIS No. 20090283, ERP No. D-NPS-F65077-WI, Apostle Islands National 

Lakeshore General Management Plan/Wilderness Management Plan, 

Implementation, Bayfield and Ashland Counties, WI.



    Summary: While EPA has no objections to this project, it did 

request information on comparing current management zones with zones 

proposed in the preferred alternative. Rating LO.



EIS No. 20090286, ERP No. D-NPS-E610790FL, Biscayne National Park 

Fishery Management Plan, Improvement of the Status of Fisheries 

Resources, Implementation, Miami-Dade County, FL.



    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to the 

park fishery populations from the effects of increased human population 

growth, improved fishing technology, and increased recreational 

bycatch. Rating EC1.



EIS No. 20090307, ERP No. D-UCG-A39141-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Ballast Water 

Discharge Standard Project, To Implement a Ballast Water Discharge 

Standard to Prevent or Reduce the Number of Non-indigenous Species 

introduced into the United States Waters.



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



Final EISs



EIS No. 20090269, ERP No. F-TVA-E65082-00, Mountain Reservoirs Land 

Management Plan, Implementation, Proposes to Develop a Plan for 

Managing Nine Mountain Reservoirs: Chatuge, Hiwassee, Blue Ridge, 

Nottely, Ocoees 1, 2, and 3, Appalachia, and Fontana Reservoirs, 

Fannin, Towns, and Union Counties, GA; Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and 

Swain Counties, North Carolina; and Polk County, TN.



    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water 

quality and shoreline integrity impacts.



EIS No. 20090321, ERP No. F-SFW-L64054-AK, Kenai National Wildlife 

Refuge Draft Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, 

AK.



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



    Dated: October 20, 2009.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 

Activities.

[FR Doc. E9-25583 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]

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