Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments, 72299 [E5-6761]

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 72299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6761]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6669-9]


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 FR dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).

Draft EISs

    EIS No. 20050325, ERP No. D-AFS-D65032-WV, Programmatic--
Monongahela National Forest Plan Revision, Proposes to Revise Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Barbour, Grant, Greenbrier, Nicholas, 
Pendleton, Pocahontab, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, Webster Counties, WV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
for impacts to air and water quality, and habitat.
    Rating EC1.

    EIS No. 20050378, ERP No. D-COE-C39018-NJ, Liberty State Park 
Ecosystem Restoration Project, Hudson Raritan Estuary Study, To Address 
the Adverse Impacts Associated with Past Filling Activities, Port 
Authority of New York and New Jersey, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the implementation of the preferred 
alternative.
    Rating LO.

    EIS No. 20050386, ERP No. D-NOA-L39063-AK, Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management Approval of Amendments to the State of 
Alaska's Coastal Management Program, Implementation, Funding, AK.

    Summary: EPA is concerned about the potential negative impacts to 
biological, cultural and subsistence resources, and subsistence users 
in coastal Alaska communities due to the limited range of alternatives 
analyzed, lack of cumulative effects analysis, environmental justice 
concerns and lack of documentation of effective government to 
government consultation with affected Alaska Native tribes.
    Rating EC2.

    EIS No. 20050397, ERP No. D-BIA-L65495-ID, PROGRAMMATIC--Coeur d' 
Alene Tribe Integrated Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Coeur 
d' Alene Reservation and Aboriginal Territory , ID.

    Summary: While EPA has no objection to the proposed action, we did 
request clarification on how predicted harvest levels/habitat acreage 
compared to historic ranges/sizes and on non-native species.

    Rating LO.

    EIS No. 20050404, ERP No. D-NPS-F65076-OH, First Ladies National 
Historic Site General Management Plan, Implementation, Canton, OH.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative.
    Rating LO.

    EIS No. 20050416, ERP No. D-NOA-G90016-TX, Programmatic--Texas 
National Estuarine Research Reserve and Management Plan, Mission-
Aransas Estuary, Site Designation, Federal Approval, TX.

    Summary: EPA had no objections to the preferred alternative.
    Rating LO.

EIS No. 20050395, ERP No. DS-HUD-K80045-CA, Stillwater Business Park, 
New and Revised Information, Development of Business Park, Annexation 
AN1-01, Shastec Redevelopment Project Area, Airport Land Use Plan 
Amendment , Pre-Zone, General Plan Amendment GPA-2-01, Rezone RZ-1-01, 
Funding and U.S. Army COE 404 Permit, City of Redding, Shasta County, 
CA.

    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about alternatives, off-
site mitigation, cumulative impacts to habitat/hydrology, and induced 
growth impacts.
    Rating EC2.
    EIS No. 20050422, ERP No. DS-COE--G36072-AR, Fourche Bayou Basin 
Project, 1,750 Acre Bottomland Acquisition with Nature Appreciation 
Facilities, Development, Funding, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, 
AR.

    Summary: EPA strongly supports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
plans to proceed with purchase of the 1,750 acres of bottomland 
hardwoods and has no objections to the preferred alternative.
    Rating LO.

Final EISs

    EIS No. 20050336, ERP No. F-FAA-D40328-VA, Washington Dulles 
International Airport Project, Acquisition of Land, Construction and 
Operation, IAD 2004 Airport Layout Plan (ALP), Dulles, VA.

    Summary: EPA continues to be concerned about mitigation proposed 
for wetland and stream impacts. In addition, EPA expressed concern 
about air toxic modeling.

    EIS No. 20050384, ERP No. F-COE-D39029-DC, Washington Aqueduct's 
Project, Proposed Water Treatment Residuals Management Process, NPDES 
Permit, Dalecarlia and McMillan Water Treatment Plants, Potomac River, 
Washington, DC.

    Summary: EPA believes that the Final EIS adequately considers the 
potential impacts of the preferred and other alternatives and has no 
objections to its implementation.

    EIS No. 20050430, ERP No. F-COE-D36075-PA, The Town of Bloomsburg, 
Columbia County, Pennsylvania Flood Damage Reduction Project, 
Implementation, Integrated Feasibility Report, Susquehanna River and 
Fishing Creek, Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

    Dated: November 29, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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