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[FR Doc. 05–20741 Filed 10–12–05; 3:42 pm] BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6668–4] 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 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815). Draft EISs EIS No. 20040468, ERP No. D–AFS– L65470–ID, Meadows Slope Wildland Fire Protection Project, Proposal to Create and Maintain a Fuelbreak of Reduced Crown Fire Hazard, Payette National Forest, New Meadows, Ranger District, Adams and Valley Counties, ID Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential adverse effects of management activities on water quality, fish habitat and soil productivity. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20050081, ERP No. D–AFS– L65477–OR, B&B Fire Recovery Project, Proposed Harvest of FireKilled Trees, Reduction of Fuels, Planting of Tree, Deschutes National Forest, Sister Ranger District, Jefferson and Deschutes Counties, OR Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential long term impacts of salvage logging to surface water quality, especially temperature, and aquatic habitat from increased sediment delivery to streams. Rating EC2. PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 EIS No. 20050250, ERP No. D–AFS– L65489–OR, Ashland Forest Resiliency Project, To Recover from Large-Scale High-Severity Wild Land Fire, Upper Bear Analysis Area, Ashland Ranger District, Rogue RiverSiskiyou National Forest, Jackson County, OR Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential impacts of sediment delivery to streams that feed into the City of Ashland’s drinking water supply, and potential impacts from large wood debris to streams within and downstream of the proposed project. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20050297, ERP No. D–SFW– J65447–WY, Bison and Elk Management Plan, Implementation, National Elk Refuge/Grand Teton National Park/John D. Rocefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Teton County, WY Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO. EIS No. 20050299, ERP No. D–SFW– K64026–CA, San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, Sweetwater Marsh and South San Diego Units, San Diego, County, CA Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO. EIS No. 20050138, ERP No. DS–NIH– B81009–MA, National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories, Additional Information on Two Alternatives, Construction of National Biocontainment Laboratory, BioSquare Research Park, Boston University Medical Center Campus, Boston, MA Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the air quality, risk assessment, and environmental justice. Rating EC2. FINAL EISs EIS No. 20040271, ERP No. F–FHW– B40087–VT, VT 9/100 Transportation Improvement Study (NH–010–1(33), In the Towns of Wilmington and West Dover, Federal Permits and Approvals, NPDES Permit and COE Section 10 and 404 Permits. Windham County, VT Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the analysis of vernal pool resources and indirect/cumulative wetland impacts. EIS No. 20040502, ERP No. F–FHW– B40089–CT, CT–2/2A/32 Transportation Improvement Study, Construction, Funding, Coast Guard Bridge Permit, NPDES Permit, COE E:\FR\FM\14OCN1.SGM 14OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 198 / Friday, October 14, 2005 / Notices Section 10 and 404 Permit, New London County, CT Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about ground and surface water resources, impacts to wetlands and secondary impacts. However, EPA supports the selection of the preferred alternative. EIS No. 20050191, ERP No. F–AFS– L65470–ID, Meadows Slope Wildland Fire Protection Project, Proposes to Create and Maintain a Fuelbreak of Reduced Crown Fire Hazard, Payette National Forest, New Meadows Rangers District, Adams and Valley Counties, ID Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concern about water quality impacts associated with sediment in low gradient streams. EIS No. 20050258, ERP No. F–AFS– L65477–OR, B&B Fire Recovery Project, Proposed Harvest of FireKilled Trees, Reduction of Fuels, Planting of Tree, Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Ranger District, Jefferson and Deschutes Counties, OR Summary: EPA continued to have environmental concerns about the long term impacts of salvage logging to water quality and aquatic habitat from sediment delivery to streams. EIS No. 20050307, ERP No. F–IBR– K64023–CA, Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project, To Address New Significant Information, Habitat Restoration in Battle Creek and Tributaries, License Amendment Issuance, Implementation, Tehama and Shasta Counties, CA Summary: EPA is supportive of efforts to restore salmonid habitat to facilitate population growth and recovery, and has no objection to the proposed action. EIS No. 20050312, ERP No. F–NRC– B06005–CT, Generic-License Renewal of Nuclear Plants for the Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Supplement 22 to NUREG–1437, Implementation, New London County, CT Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the entrainment and impingement of fish and other aquatic organisms, heat shock, and the assessment of cumulative environmental impacts. EIS No. 20050326, ERP No. F–AFS– K65278–CA, Burlington Ridge Trails Project, To Eliminate, Reconstruct/or Reroute Unsound Trail Sections, Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada County, CA Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. VerDate Aug<31>2005 13:54 Oct 13, 2005 Jkt 208001 EIS No. 20050338, ERP No. F–FHW– F40428–OH, OH–823, Portsmouth Bypass Project, Transportation Improvements, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Appalachian Development Highway, Scioto County, OH Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about ecosystem fragmentation, forest losses, relocation impacts, and requested that these impacts be further mitigated. EIS No. 20050345, ERP No. FS–BLM– K67038–NV, Ruby Hill Mine Expansion—East Archimedes Project, Extension of Existing Open Pit and Expansion of Two Existing Waste Rock Disposal Areas, Plan-ofOperations Permit, Eureka County, NV Summary: EPA recommended that BLM analyze potential long-term heap leach draindown scenarios and include the full cost of long-term treatment in the reclamation/closure bond. Dated: October 11, 2005. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 05–20615 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6668–3] Environmental Impacts 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 10/03/2005 Through 10/07/2005 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20050410, Draft EIS, COE, FL, Central and Southern Florida Project, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Implementation, Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs, Palm Beach County, FL, Comment Period Ends: 11/21/2005, Contact: Janet Cushing 904–232–2259. The above EIS should have appeared in FR on 10/07/05. The comment period is calculated from the 10/7/ 2005 FR. EIS No. 20050418, Final EIS, AFS, CA, Bald Mountain Project, Proposes to Harvest Trees Using Group and Individual Trees Selection Methods, Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, Plumas and Butte Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 11/ PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60075 14/2005, Contact: Katherine Worn 530–534–6500 EIS No. 20050419, Final EIS, AFS, MT, Middle East Fork Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project, Implementation of Three Alternatives, Bitterroot National Forest, Sula Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT, Wait Period Ends: 11/14/2005, Contact: Sandrah Mack 406–821–1251 EIS No. 20050420, Final 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, Wait Period Ends: 11/ 14/2005, Contact: Caryn Huntt DeCarlo 775–884–8352 EIS No. 20050421, Draft EIS, HUD, NY, Ashburton Avenue Master Plan and Urban Renewal Plan/Mulford Hope VI Revitalization Plan, Development, Implementation, Yonkers City, Westchester County, NY, Comment Period Ends: 11/28/2005, Contact: Stephen Whetstone 914–337–6650 EIS No. 20050422, Draft Supplement, COE, AR, Fourche Bayou Basin Project, 1,750 Acre Bottomland Acquisition with Nature Appreciation Facilities, Development, Funding, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR, Comment Period Ends: 11/28/ 2005, Contact: Jim Ellis 501–324–5629 EIS No. 20050423, Final EIS, BLM, NV, Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Cities of Las Vegas and Henderson, Clark County, NV, Wait Period Ends: 11/14/2005, Contact: Charles Carroll 702–515– 5291 EIS No. 20050424, Draft EIS, NPS, CA, Furnace Creek Water Collection System, Reconstruction, Death Valley National Park, Implementation, Inyo County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 12/12/2005, Contact: Linda Greene 760–786–3253 EIS No. 20050425, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, Southern Diablo Mountain Range and Central Coast of California Resource Management Plan, Several Counties, CA, Comment Period Ends: 01/11/ 2006, Contact: Sky Murphy 831–630– 5039 EIS No. 20050426, Final EIS, FTA, CA, Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor Improvements, Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit and Exposition Transitway, Construction and Operation, Funding, Section 404 Permit, Los Angeles County, CA, Wait Period Ends: 11/14/ 2005, Contact: Ray Sukys 415–744– 3115 EIS No. 20050427, Draft Supplement, FTA, WA, Central Link Light Rail Transit Project (Sound Transit) E:\FR\FM\14OCN1.SGM 14OCN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20040468, ERP No. D-AFS-L65470-ID, Meadows Slope Wildland Fire 
Protection Project, Proposal to Create and Maintain a Fuelbreak of 
Reduced Crown Fire Hazard, Payette National Forest, New Meadows, Ranger 
District, Adams and Valley Counties, ID

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse effects of management activities on water quality, fish habitat 
and soil productivity. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050081, ERP No. D-AFS-L65477-OR, B&B Fire Recovery Project, 
Proposed Harvest of Fire-Killed Trees, Reduction of Fuels, Planting of 
Tree, Deschutes National Forest, Sister Ranger District, Jefferson and 
Deschutes Counties, OR

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
long term impacts of salvage logging to surface water quality, 
especially temperature, and aquatic habitat from increased sediment 
delivery to streams. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20050250, ERP No. D-AFS-L65489-OR, Ashland Forest Resiliency 
Project, To Recover from Large-Scale High-Severity Wild Land Fire, 
Upper Bear Analysis Area, Ashland Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou 
National Forest, Jackson County, OR

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
impacts of sediment delivery to streams that feed into the City of 
Ashland's drinking water supply, and potential impacts from large wood 
debris to streams within and downstream of the proposed project. Rating 
EC2.

EIS No. 20050297, ERP No. D-SFW-J65447-WY, Bison and Elk Management 
Plan, Implementation, National Elk Refuge/Grand Teton National Park/
John D. Rocefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Teton County, WY

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20050299, ERP No. D-SFW-K64026-CA, San Diego Bay National 
Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, 
Sweetwater Marsh and South San Diego Units, San Diego, County, CA

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20050138, ERP No. DS-NIH-B81009-MA, National Emerging 
Infectious Disease Laboratories, Additional Information on Two 
Alternatives, Construction of National Biocontainment Laboratory, 
BioSquare Research Park, Boston University Medical Center Campus, 
Boston, MA

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the air 
quality, risk assessment, and environmental justice. Rating EC2.

FINAL EISs

EIS No. 20040271, ERP No. F-FHW-B40087-VT, VT 9/100 Transportation 
Improvement Study (NH-010-1(33), In the Towns of Wilmington and West 
Dover, Federal Permits and Approvals, NPDES Permit and COE Section 10 
and 404 Permits. Windham County, VT

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
analysis of vernal pool resources and indirect/cumulative wetland 
impacts.

EIS No. 20040502, ERP No. F-FHW-B40089-CT, CT-2/2A/32 Transportation 
Improvement Study, Construction, Funding, Coast Guard Bridge Permit, 
NPDES Permit, COE

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Section 10 and 404 Permit, New London County, CT

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about ground 
and surface water resources, impacts to wetlands and secondary impacts. 
However, EPA supports the selection of the preferred alternative.

EIS No. 20050191, ERP No. F-AFS-L65470-ID, Meadows Slope Wildland Fire 
Protection Project, Proposes to Create and Maintain a Fuelbreak of 
Reduced Crown Fire Hazard, Payette National Forest, New Meadows Rangers 
District, Adams and Valley Counties, ID

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concern about water 
quality impacts associated with sediment in low gradient streams.

EIS No. 20050258, ERP No. F-AFS-L65477-OR, B&B Fire Recovery Project, 
Proposed Harvest of Fire-Killed Trees, Reduction of Fuels, Planting of 
Tree, Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Ranger District, Jefferson and 
Deschutes Counties, OR

    Summary: EPA continued to have environmental concerns about the 
long term impacts of salvage logging to water quality and aquatic 
habitat from sediment delivery to streams.

EIS No. 20050307, ERP No. F-IBR-K64023-CA, Battle Creek Salmon and 
Steelhead Restoration Project, To Address New Significant Information, 
Habitat Restoration in Battle Creek and Tributaries, License Amendment 
Issuance, Implementation, Tehama and Shasta Counties, CA

    Summary: EPA is supportive of efforts to restore salmonid habitat 
to facilitate population growth and recovery, and has no objection to 
the proposed action.

EIS No. 20050312, ERP No. F-NRC-B06005-CT, Generic-License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants for the Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, 
Supplement 22 to NUREG-1437, Implementation, New London County, CT

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
entrainment and impingement of fish and other aquatic organisms, heat 
shock, and the assessment of cumulative environmental impacts.

EIS No. 20050326, ERP No. F-AFS-K65278-CA, Burlington Ridge Trails 
Project, To Eliminate, Reconstruct/or Reroute Unsound Trail Sections, 
Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada 
County, CA

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

EIS No. 20050338, ERP No. F-FHW-F40428-OH, OH-823, Portsmouth Bypass 
Project, Transportation Improvements, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 
404 Permit, Appalachian Development Highway, Scioto County, OH

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about 
ecosystem fragmentation, forest losses, relocation impacts, and 
requested that these impacts be further mitigated.

EIS No. 20050345, ERP No. FS-BLM-K67038-NV, Ruby Hill Mine Expansion--
East Archimedes Project, Extension of Existing Open Pit and Expansion 
of Two Existing Waste Rock Disposal Areas, Plan-of-Operations Permit, 
Eureka County, NV

    Summary: EPA recommended that BLM analyze potential long-term heap 
leach draindown scenarios and include the full cost of long-term 
treatment in the reclamation/closure bond.


    Dated: October 11, 2005.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05-20615 Filed 10-13-05; 8:45 am]
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