Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability, 6004-6005 [05-2177]

Download as PDF 6004 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 23 / Friday, February 4, 2005 / Notices Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. ERP No. F–FHW–F40409–IN IN–25 Transportation Corridor Improvements from I–65 Interchange to U.S. 24, Funding, Right-of-Way and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, Hoosier Heartland Highway, Tippecanoe, Carroll and Cass Counties, IN. Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. ERP No. F–FHW–L40206–WA WA– 104/Edmonds Crossing Project, Connecting Ferries, Bus and Rail, Funding, NPDES Permit and COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, City of Edmonds, Snohomish County, WA. Summary: No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. Dated: January 25, 2005. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 05–1628 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6660–2] Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements filed January 24, 2005 through January 28, 2005 pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 050029, Final Supplement, FHW, FL, FL–23 Extension (Branan Field-Chaffe Road), Construction from FL–134 (103rd Street) to FL–8 (I–10) and FL–10 (US–90/Beaver Street), NPDES and US Army COE Section 404 Permits Issuance, Clay and Duval Counties, FL, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Donald E. Davis (404) 562–9521. EIS No. 050030, Draft EIS, NPS, CA, Non-Native Deer Management Plan of Axis Deer (Axis axis) and Fallow Deer (Dama dama), Implementation, Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, CA, Comment Period Ends: April 05, 2005, Contact: Natalie Gates (415) 464–5189. EIS No. 050031, Final EIS, USA, TX, Fort Bliss, Texas Proposed Leasing of Lands, Proposed Siting, Construction and Operation, by the City of El Paso of a Brackish Water Desalination Plant and Support Facilities, El Paso Water VerDate jul<14>2003 18:52 Feb 03, 2005 Jkt 205001 Utilities (EPWU), City of El Pasco, TX and New Mexico, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: John Barrera (915) 568–3908. EIS No. 050032, Draft EIS, AFS, WV, Fernow Experimental Forest, To Continue Long-Term Research and Initiate New Research, Involving Removal of Trees, Prescribed Burning, Stem Injection of Selected of Trees, Control Invasive Plant Species, Northeastern Research Station, Parson, Tucker County, WV, Comment Period Ends: March 21, 2005, Contact: Mary Beth Adams (304) 478–2000 Ext 130. EIS No. 050033, Draft EIS, IBR, NV, Humboldt Project Conveyance, Transferring 83,530 Acres from Federal Ownership to the Pershing County Water Conservation District (PCWCD), Pershing and Lander Counties, NV, Comment Period Ends: April 01, 2005, Contact: Caryn Huntt DeCarlo (775) 884–8352. EIS No. 050034, Final EIS, NSF, Development and Implementation of Surface Traverse Capabilities in Antarctic Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation, Antarctica, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Polly A. Pinhole (703) 292– 8033. EIS No. 050035, Final EIS, AFS, WY, Upper Green River Area Rangeland Project, Propose Site Specific Grazing Management Practices, Bridger-Teton Forest, Sublette, Teton and Fremont Counties, WY, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Craig Trulock (307) 367–4326. EIS No. 050036, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, Burlington Ridge Trails Project, To Eliminate, Reconstruct/or Reroute Unsound Trail Sections, Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada County, NV, Comment Period Ends: March 21, 2005, Contact: Mary Furney (053) 478–6263. EIS No. 050037, Draft EIS, AFS, MO, Mark Twain National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Revise to the 1986 Land and Resource Management Plan, several counties, MO, Comment Period Ends: May 5, 2005, Contact: Laura Watts (573) 341–7471. EIS No. 050038, Draft EIS, BLM, NM, McGregor Range Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA), Implementation, Otero County, NM, Comment Period Ends: May 5, 2005, Contact: Tom Phillips (505) 525–4377. EIS No. 050039, Draft EIS, AFS, NM, Tajique Watershed Restoration Project, Proposes Fuel Reduction and Restore Forest Health, Cibola National PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Forest, Torraine County, NM, Comment Period Ends: March 21, 2005, Contact: Vicky Estrada (505) 847–2990. EIS No. 050040, Final Supplement, AFS, UT, Table Top Exploratory Oil and Gas Wells, New Information from the Approval 1994 Final EIS, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Evanston Ranger District, Summit County, UT, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Roger Kesterson (307) 782–6555. EIS No. 050041, Final Supplement, BIA, AZ, NM, Programmatic EIS—Navajo Nation 10-Year Forest Management Plan, Selected Preferred Alternative Four, Chuska Mountain and Defiance Plateau Area, AZ and NM, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Jonathan Martin (928) 729–7228. EIS No. 050042, Final EIS, AFS, WY, Tongue Allotment Management Plan, Proposal to Continue Livestock Grazing on All or Portions of the 22 Allotment, Bighorn National Forest, Tongue and Medicine Wheel/ Paintrock Ranger Districts, Johnson, Sheridan and Bighorn Counties, WY, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Craig L. Yancey (307) 674– 2600. EIS No. 050043, Draft Supplemental EIS, FHW, UT, US 6 Highway Project, Improvements from Interstate 15 (I– 15) in Spanish Fork to Interstate (I– 70) near Green River, New Information, Funding, Right-of-Way Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Utah, Wasatch, Carbon, Emery Counties, UT, Comment Period Ends: March 28, 2005, Contact: Jeff Berna (801) 963–0182. Amended Notices EIS No. 050000, Draft EIS, AFS, UT, Ogden Ranger District Travel Plan, To Update the Travel Management Plan, Wasatch-Cache National Plan, Ogden Ranger District, Box Elder, Cache, Morgan, Weber and Rich Counties, UT, Comment Period Ends: March 30, 2005, Contact: Rick Vallejos (801) 625–5112. Revision of Federal Register Notice Published on 1/28/05: CEQ Comment Period Ending 02/22/ 2005 has been Extended to 03/01/ 2005. EIS No. 250017, Final EIS, NOA, ME, MA, RI, NH, CT, Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan, Minimizing Impacts on Essential Fish Habitat of Any Species, Gulf of Maine—Georges Bank, ME, NH, MA, CT and RI, Wait Period Ends: March 1, 2005, Contact: Peter D. Colosi (978) 281–3332. Revision of Federal Register Notice Published on 1/28/05: CEQ Comment Period Ending 02/22/ E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 23 / Friday, February 4, 2005 / Notices 2005 has been Extended to 03/01/ 2005. Dated: February 1, 2005. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 05–2177 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6660–3] 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 the Federal Register dated April 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403). Draft EISs ERP No. D–FAA–E51051–FL Rating EC2, Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN), Proposed Relocation to a New Site, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Bay County, FL. Summary: EPA expressed concerns due to wetland and secondary impacts, and requested additional information on secondary development and impacts induced by the proposed airport relocation, wetland mitigation, and the sponsor’s site selection process. ERP No. D–FHW–H40183–00 Rating LO, Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvements Project, Transportation Improve from Missouri River on I–80 to East of the I–480 Interchange, (Tier 1), Pottawattamie County, IA and Douglas County, NB. Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project. ERP No. D–FRC– G03023–TX Rating EC2, Cheniere Corpus Christi Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project, To Provide Facilities for the Importation, Storage and Vaporization of Liquefied Natural Gas, Nueces and San Patricio Counties, TX. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested additional information regarding wetlands mitigation measures, the potential for invasive species introduction, and air quality impacts. VerDate jul<14>2003 18:52 Feb 03, 2005 Jkt 205001 ERP No. D–NIH–G84000–TX Rating LO, Galveston National Laboratory for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Facility at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Construction, Partial Funding, Grant, Galveston, TX. Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred alternative. However, EPA asked that the Final EIS include a discussion of general air quality conformity. ERP No. D–STB–G53010–TX Rating EC2, Southwest Gulf Railroad Project, Construction and Operation Exemption, To Transport Limestone from Vulcan Construction Materials (VCM) Quarry to Del Rio Subdivision, Medina County, TX. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed project regarding the Spill Prevention, Containment and Countermeasure Plan, aquatic steam crossing mitigation measures, and air quality impacts. Final EISs ERP No. F–BIA–L02031–OR Wanapa Energy Center, Construction and Operation a New 1,200 Megawatt (MW) Natural Gas-Fired Electric Power Generating Facility, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), in the City of Hermiston and the Port of Umatilla, OR. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent. ERP No. F–FHW–D40093–PA City of Lebanon Bridge Over Norfolk Southern Railroad Tracks Construction Project, 12th Street to Lincoln Avenue, Funding, Lebanon County, PA. Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. ERP No. F–FHW–F40408–00 Trunk Highway 60 Reconstruction Project, Improvements from 1.8 miles south of the Minnesota-Iowa Border (120th Street) to I–90 north of the City of Worthington, Funding, U.S. Army COE Section 404 and NPDES Permits Issuance, Nobles County, MN and Osceola County, IA. Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. ERP No. F–FRC–G03022–LA Sabine Pass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Pipeline Project, Construction and Operation LNG Import Terminal and Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities, Several Permits, Cameron Parish, LA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested additional information regarding postconstruction monitoring of wetland mitigation and sediment toxicity testing of dredged material. EPA will also continue coordination efforts with the PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6005 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the Aquatic Resources Mitigation Plan is finalized and the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application is reviewed. ERP No. F–FTA–D54041–VA Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, HighQuality and High-Capacity Transit Service in the Dulles Corridor, West Falls Church Metrorail Station in Fairfax County to the Vicinity of Route 772 in Loudoun County, VA. Summary: EPA’s comments have been adequately addressed in the Final EIS and has no objections to the preferred alternative. ERP No. F–IBR–K39088–CA Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSC), To Renew the Settlement Contractors Long-Term Contract Renewal for 145 Contractors, Central Valley Project (CVP), Sacramento River, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, Portion of Placer and Solano Counties, CA. Summary: EPA expressed continuing concerns regarding direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to water quality associated with the contract renewals. EPA requested additional information on water quality degradation in the area, water demand calculations, and methods of water conservation that will be implemented. ERP No. F–USA–J11020–UT Activities Associated with Future Programs at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Implementation, Tooele and Jaub Counties, UT. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent. ERP No. FB–FTA–L40205–00 South Corridor Project, I–205/Portland Mall Light Rail (Phase I), Selected the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA), Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, OR. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent. ERP No. FS–GSA–G80000–TX Del Rio Port of Entry (POE), Increased Security Measures Associated with Phase II Expansion, Supplement to the 1992 Del Rio Border Patrol Station, Del Rio, Val Verde County, TX. Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project. Dated: February 1, 2005. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 05–2178 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1

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Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

    Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General 
Information (202) 564-7167 or https://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements filed January 24, 
2005 through January 28, 2005 pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 050029, Final Supplement, FHW, FL, FL-23 Extension (Branan 
Field-Chaffe Road), Construction from FL-134 (103rd Street) to FL-8 (I-
10) and FL-10 (US-90/Beaver Street), NPDES and US Army COE Section 404 
Permits Issuance, Clay and Duval Counties, FL, Wait Period Ends: March 
7, 2005, Contact: Donald E. Davis (404) 562-9521.
EIS No. 050030, Draft EIS, NPS, CA, Non-Native Deer Management Plan of 
Axis Deer (Axis axis) and Fallow Deer (Dama dama), Implementation, 
Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) and Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, Marin County, CA, Comment Period Ends: April 05, 2005, 
Contact: Natalie Gates (415) 464-5189.
EIS No. 050031, Final EIS, USA, TX, Fort Bliss, Texas Proposed Leasing 
of Lands, Proposed Siting, Construction and Operation, by the City of 
El Paso of a Brackish Water Desalination Plant and Support Facilities, 
El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU), City of El Pasco, TX and New Mexico, 
Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: John Barrera (915) 568-3908.
EIS No. 050032, Draft EIS, AFS, WV, Fernow Experimental Forest, To 
Continue Long-Term Research and Initiate New Research, Involving 
Removal of Trees, Prescribed Burning, Stem Injection of Selected of 
Trees, Control Invasive Plant Species, Northeastern Research Station, 
Parson, Tucker County, WV, Comment Period Ends: March 21, 2005, 
Contact: Mary Beth Adams (304) 478-2000 Ext 130.
EIS No. 050033, Draft EIS, IBR, NV, Humboldt Project Conveyance, 
Transferring 83,530 Acres from Federal Ownership to the Pershing County 
Water Conservation District (PCWCD), Pershing and Lander Counties, NV, 
Comment Period Ends: April 01, 2005, Contact: Caryn Huntt DeCarlo (775) 
884-8352.
EIS No. 050034, Final EIS, NSF, Development and Implementation of 
Surface Traverse Capabilities in Antarctic Comprehensive Environmental 
Evaluation, Antarctica, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Polly 
A. Pinhole (703) 292-8033.
EIS No. 050035, Final EIS, AFS, WY, Upper Green River Area Rangeland 
Project, Propose Site Specific Grazing Management Practices, Bridger-
Teton Forest, Sublette, Teton and Fremont Counties, WY, Wait Period 
Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Craig Trulock (307) 367-4326.
EIS No. 050036, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, Burlington Ridge Trails Project, To 
Eliminate, Reconstruct/or Reroute Unsound Trail Sections, Tahoe 
National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada 
County, NV, Comment Period Ends: March 21, 2005, Contact: Mary Furney 
(053) 478-6263.
EIS No. 050037, Draft EIS, AFS, MO, Mark Twain National Forest Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Revise to the 1986 Land and 
Resource Management Plan, several counties, MO, Comment Period Ends: 
May 5, 2005, Contact: Laura Watts (573) 341-7471.
EIS No. 050038, Draft EIS, BLM, NM, McGregor Range Resource Management 
Plan Amendment (RMPA), Implementation, Otero County, NM, Comment Period 
Ends: May 5, 2005, Contact: Tom Phillips (505) 525-4377.
EIS No. 050039, Draft EIS, AFS, NM, Tajique Watershed Restoration 
Project, Proposes Fuel Reduction and Restore Forest Health, Cibola 
National Forest, Torraine County, NM, Comment Period Ends: March 21, 
2005, Contact: Vicky Estrada (505) 847-2990.
EIS No. 050040, Final Supplement, AFS, UT, Table Top Exploratory Oil 
and Gas Wells, New Information from the Approval 1994 Final EIS, 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Evanston Ranger District, Summit County, 
UT, Wait Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Roger Kesterson (307) 
782-6555.
EIS No. 050041, Final Supplement, BIA, AZ, NM, Programmatic EIS--Navajo 
Nation 10-Year Forest Management Plan, Selected Preferred Alternative 
Four, Chuska Mountain and Defiance Plateau Area, AZ and NM, Wait Period 
Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Jonathan Martin (928) 729-7228.
EIS No. 050042, Final EIS, AFS, WY, Tongue Allotment Management Plan, 
Proposal to Continue Livestock Grazing on All or Portions of the 22 
Allotment, Bighorn National Forest, Tongue and Medicine Wheel/Paintrock 
Ranger Districts, Johnson, Sheridan and Bighorn Counties, WY, Wait 
Period Ends: March 7, 2005, Contact: Craig L. Yancey (307) 674-2600.
EIS No. 050043, Draft Supplemental EIS, FHW, UT, US 6 Highway Project, 
Improvements from Interstate 15 (I-15) in Spanish Fork to Interstate 
(I-70) near Green River, New Information, Funding, Right-of-Way Permit 
and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Utah, Wasatch, Carbon, Emery 
Counties, UT, Comment Period Ends: March 28, 2005, Contact: Jeff Berna 
(801) 963-0182.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 050000, Draft EIS, AFS, UT, Ogden Ranger District Travel Plan, 
To Update the Travel Management Plan, Wasatch-Cache National Plan, 
Ogden Ranger District, Box Elder, Cache, Morgan, Weber and Rich 
Counties, UT, Comment Period Ends: March 30, 2005, Contact: Rick 
Vallejos (801) 625-5112. Revision of Federal Register Notice Published 
on 1/28/05: CEQ Comment Period Ending 02/22/2005 has been Extended to 
03/01/2005.
EIS No. 250017, Final EIS, NOA, ME, MA, RI, NH, CT, Atlantic Herring 
Fishery Management Plan, Minimizing Impacts on Essential Fish Habitat 
of Any Species, Gulf of Maine--Georges Bank, ME, NH, MA, CT and RI, 
Wait Period Ends: March 1, 2005, Contact: Peter D. Colosi (978) 281-
3332. Revision of Federal Register Notice Published on 1/28/05: CEQ 
Comment Period Ending 02/22/

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2005 has been Extended to 03/01/2005.

    Dated: February 1, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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