Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments, 6005 [05-2178]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2178]


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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.
    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 post-construction monitoring of 
wetland mitigation and sediment toxicity testing of dredged material. 
EPA will also continue coordination efforts with the 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, 
High-Quality 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.
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