[Federal Register: March 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 58)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-8591-8]
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)(copyright) 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 6, 2008 (73 FR
19833).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20080528, ERP No. D-USN-L10006-00, Northwest Training Range
Complex (NWTRC), To Support and Conduct Current, Emerging, and Future
Training and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E)
Activities, WA, OR and CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
marine resources. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080533, ERP No. D-AFS-K65351-CA, Plumas National Forest
Public Motorized Travel Management, Implementation, Plumas National
Forest, Plumas County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the scope of
the travel management planning process, and potential impacts from the
designation of the Sly Creek open area and associated routes to soil
and water resources. The Final EIS should address seasonal closures,
monitoring, and enforcement commitments. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20090028, ERP No. D-NPS-F65073-IN, Indiana Dunes National
Lakeshore, Draft White-Tailed Deer Management Plan, Implementation,
Lake, Porter, LaPorte Counties, IN.
Summary: The preferred alternative provides a balanced combination
of methods to manage deer and natural resources. EPA does not object to
this project. Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080347, ERP No. F-COE-D30005-MD, Atlantic Coast of Maryland
Shoreline Protection Project, Proposed Dredging of Several New Offshore
Shoals to Provide Sand for Borrow Sources from 2010 to 2044, Ocean
City, Worcester County, MD.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20080378, ERP No. F-COE-D39028-00, Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island
Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Study, Using
Uncontaminated Dredged Material from the Upper Chesapeake Bay Approach
Channels to the Port of Baltimore to Restore and Protect Island Habitat
in the Middle Portion of Chesapeake Bay, Dorchester County, MD.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20080509, ERP No. F-IBR-J39037-ND, Northwest Area Water Supply
Project, To Construct a Biota Water Treatment Plant, Lake Sakakawea,
Missouri River Basin to Hudson Bay Basin, Divide, Williams, Burke,
Renville, Bottineau, Pierce, McHenry, Ward, Mountrail and McLean
Counties, ND.
Summary: EPA noted that the preferred alternative incorporates
earlier EPA recommendations regarding UV treatment technology and the
need for a template for the adaptive management plan. EPA made
additional comments regarding the water quality analysis.
EIS No. 20090036, ERP No. F-AFS-F65069-MN, Glacier Project, To Maintain
and Promote Native Vegetation, Communities that are Diverse,
Productive, Healthy, Implementation, Superior National Forest,
Kawishiwi Ranger District, St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN.
Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's earlier question regarding
the projected amount of suitable habitat for the Northern goshawk;
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project.
Dated: March 24, 2009.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-6886 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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