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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard J. Hoffman, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–5582; fax number (202) 564–5603;
e-mail address:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
This proposed consent decree would
resolve a deadline suit to require EPA to
respond to two administrative petitions
that EPA object to certain Title V permit
amendments proposed by the Georgia
Environmental Protection Division for
the Bowen plant and the seven power
plants in the State of Georgia. Under the
proposed decree, Sierra Club would
agree to dismiss the lawsuit if the
Administrator responds to the petitions
by March 15, 2006. The consent decree
does not specify the type of response
that the Administrator must make to the
petitions. If the consent decree becomes
final and the Administrator responds to
the petitions by March 15, 2006, Sierra
Club will dismiss the case and EPA will
pay Sierra Club a specified amount in
settlement of its claims for attorneys’
fees.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will receive written
comments relating to the proposed
consent decree from persons who were
not named as parties or interveners to
the litigation in question. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed
consent decree if the comments disclose
facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless
EPA or the Department of Justice
determines, based on any comment
which may be submitted, that consent to
the consent decree should be
withdrawn, the terms of the decree will
be affirmed.
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II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Consent
Decree?
Direct your comments to the official
public docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2006–
0105 which contains a copy of the
consent decree. The official public
docket is available for public viewing at
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the Office of Environmental Information
(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center,
EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566–
1752.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use the
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
or view public comments, to access the
index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
the appropriate docket identification
number.
It is important to note that EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing online at https://
www.regulations.gov without change,
unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
is not included in the official public
docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted
material, including copyrighted material
contained in a public comment, will not
be placed in EPA’s electronic public
docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public
docket. Although not all docket
materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any
of the publicly available docket
materials through the EPA Docket
Center.
B. How and To Whom Do I Submit
Comments?
You may submit comments as
provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
If you submit an electronic comment,
EPA recommends that you include your
name, mailing address, and an e-mail
address or other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. This
ensures that you can be identified as the
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EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information
on the substance of your comment. Any
identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will
be included as part of the comment that
is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA’s electronic
public docket. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web
site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA’s preferred method
for receiving comments. The electronic
public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, which means EPA will
not know your identity, e-mail address,
or other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA’s electronic public
docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail)
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system. If you send an e-mail comment
directly to the Docket without going
through www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA’s
electronic public docket.
Dated: February 1, 2006.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
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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. 20050347, ERP No. D–DOE–
B05194–ME, Bangor Hydro-Electric
Northeast Reliability Interconnect,
Construct, Connect, Operate and
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Maintain an Electric Transmission
Line, Amend Presidential Permit (PP–
89), DOE/EIS–0372, Hancock,
Penobscot and Washington Counties,
ME.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
project related to direct and indirect
impacts to wetlands and wildlife
habitat. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050471, ERP No. D–AFS–
J65456–WY, Moose-Gypsum Project,
Proposes to Authorize Vegetation
Treatments, Watershed
Improvements, and Travel Plan and
Recreation Updates, Pinedale Ranger
District, Bridger-Teton National
Forest, Sublette County, WY.
Summary: EPA supports the potential
benefits of the proposed action that may
result in improvement of the desired
future conditions. However, the final
EIS should include information on
sediment, water quality, fisheries, and
wildlife to adequately determine the
extent of project impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050473, ERP No. D–COE–
J39034–MT, Upper Columbia
Alternative Flood Control and Fish
Operations, Implementation, Libby
and Hungry Horse Dams, Columbia
River Basin, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to the aquatic
ecosystem and recommended avoidance
of unnatural double peak hydrographs
and further evaluation of Alternative
LV2 as part of a potential long-term
strategy to more effectively recover the
endangered Kootenai River white
sturgeon. EPA supports dam and
reservoir operations that avoid
exceedances of total dissolved gas
saturation standards as much as
possible and more natural flow regimes
and net overall benefits to the aquatic
ecosystems. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050500, ERP No. D–AFS–
L65498–ID, Newsome Creek
Watershed Rehabilitation, Stream
Restoration and Improvement and
Decommissioning of Roads, Red River
Ranger District, Nez Perce National
Forest, Idaho County, ID.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about ongoing
water quality and potential impacts of
toxic substances released by mining
activities, and recommended that the
final EIS include data demonstrating
that water quality standards would be
met and details on the mine tailings
management. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20050503, ERP No. D–GSA–
L80018–WA, Peace Arch Port of Entry
Redevelopment Project,
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Improvements to Security, Safety and
Functionality, Canadian Border in
Blaine, Whatcom County, WA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
potential for impacts to surface water
quality from storm water run-off. Rating
EC1.
EIS No. 20050528, ERP No. D–AFS–
F65060–IN, Tell City Windthrow 2004
Project, Salvage Harvest and
Prescribed Burning of Windthrow
Timber, Implementation, Hoosier
National Forest, Perry, Crawford and
Dubois Counties, IN.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050504, ERP No. DC–COE–
H36012–MO, St. Johns Bayou and
New Madrid Floodway Project,
Channel Enlargement and
Improvement, Revised Information to
Clarify and Address Issues of
Concern, Flood Control National
Economic Development (NED), New
Madrid, Mississippi and Scott
Counties, MO.
Summary: EPA recommended that the
Final RSEIS 2 provide additional
information on locations and expected
benefits of mitigation measures, and on
contingencies for fishery impacts in the
event that the proposed fish passage
measures into the New Madrid
Floodway do not perform as anticipated.
Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050398, ERP No. F1–BLM–
K65158–CA, Clear Creek Resource
Management Area Plan Amendment,
Hollister Resource Management Plan,
Implement the Decision Made in the
1999 CCMA ROD, San Benito and
Fresno Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA supports BLM’s
proposal to immediately close certain
routes to reduce erosion and sediment
loading in streams and avoid impacts to
special status species. BLM has also
committed to incorporating the results
of EPA’s CCMA asbestos exposure
evaluation into a subsequent NEPA
document soon after our study is
completed in July 2006. EPA expressed
some human health concerns and
recommended that, in the interim, BLM
implement measures in the CCMA to
reduce children’s exposure to asbestos,
improve public education/
communication regarding asbestos risks,
and commit to a 2006 summer dry
season closure between Memorial Day
weekend and November 15.
EIS No. 20050381, ERP No. F–AFS–
K65394–CA, Los Padres National
Forest Oil and Gas Leasing
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Management, Implementation, Kern,
Los Angeles, Monterey, Santa Barbara
and San Luis Obispo Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA continued to
expressed concerns about potential
impacts from the project’s short-term
emissions of ozone precursors and
particulate smaller than 10 microns, and
recommended the Forest Service
include additional lease stipulations to
reduce air pollutant emissions.
EIS No. 20050407, ERP No. F–N.S.–
K65268–AZ, Saguaro National Park
Fire Management Plan,
Implementation, Tucson, AZ.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed project.
EIS No. 20050491, ERP No. F–AFS–
B65011–00, White Mountain National
Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan, Forest Plan
Revision, Implementation, Carroll,
Coos, Grafton Counties, NH and
Oxford County, ME.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action.
EIS No. 20050514, ERP No. F–NIH–
B81009–MA, National Emerging
Infectious Laboratories, Selected the
Preferred Alternative, Construction of
National Biocontainment Laboratory,
BioSquare Research Park, Boston
University Medical Center Campus,
Boston, MA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed project.
EIS No. 20050519, ERP No. F–FHW–
B40095–RI, U.S. Route 6/Route 10
Interchange Improvement Project, To
Identify Transportation Alternative,
Funding, City of Providence County,
RI.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
preferred alternative.
EIS No. 20050525, ERP No. F–N.S.–
K61161–CA, Golden Gate National
Recreation Area (GGNRA) Fire
Management Plan, Implementation,
Muir Woods National Monument,
Fort Point National Historic Site, San
Mateo, San Francisco and Marin
Counties, CA.
Summary: The FEIS has adequately
responded to our concerns with air
quality and smoke management, water
quality and wetlands, and herbicide use;
therefore, EPA does not object to the
proposed action.
EIS No. 20050526, ERP No. F–N.S.–
K65271–CA, Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area, Fire
Management Plan, Implementation,
Santa Monica Mountains, CA.
Summary: EPA does not object to this
project.
EIS No. 20050527, ERP No. F–AFS–
L65478–OR, Big Butte Springs Timber
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Sales, To Implementation
Management Direction, Roque RiverSiskiyou National Forest, Butte Falls
Ranger District, Cascade Zone,
Jackson County, OR.
Summary: EPA’s environmental
concerns about potential adverse
impacts to water quality and natural
resources have been addressed;
therefore, EPA does not object to the
proposed action.
EIS No. 20050529, ERP No. F–FHW–
K40256–CA, 1st Street Viaduct and
Street Widening Project, To Replace
Two Traffic Lanes on the 1st Street
Viaduct between Vignes Street and
Mission Road, Funding, in the City
and County of Los Angeles, CA.
Summary: EPA continues to have
environmental concerns about the
proposed project regarding air quality
and mitigation for construction-related
diesel emissions.
EIS No. 20060000, ERP No. F–BLM–
G65096–NM, McGregor Range
Resource Management Plan
Amendment (RMPA),
Implementation, Otero County, NM.
Summary: No formal comment letter
was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: February 6, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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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 January 30, 2006
through February 3, 2006 pursuant to
40 CFR 1506.9.
EIS No. 20060036, Draft EIS, BLM, OR,
North Steens Ecosystem Restoration
Project, To Reduce Juniper-Related
Fuels and Restore Various Plant
Communities, Implementation,
Andrews Resource Area, Cooperative
Management and Protection Area
(CMPA), Harney County, OR,
Comment Period Ends: March 27,
2006, Contact: Douglas Linn 541–573–
4543.
EIS No. 20060037, Final EIS, AFS, IN,
German Ridge Restoration Project, to
Restore Native Hardwood
Communities, Implementation,
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Ranger District, Perry County, IN,
Wait Period Ends: March 13, 2006,
Contact: Ron Ellis 812–275–5987.
EIS No. 20060038, Draft EIS, BLM, UT,
Greater Deadman Bench Oil and Gas
Producing Region, Proposes to
Develop Oil and Gas Resources, Rightof-Way Grants and Applications for
Permit to Drill, Vernal, Uintah
County, UT, Comment Period Ends:
March 27, 2006, Contact: Stephanie
Howard 435–781–4400.
EIS No. 20060039, Final EIS, FAA, AZ,
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Airport (PHX), Construction and
Operation of a Terminal, Airfield and
Surface Transportation, City of
Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ, Wait
Period Ends: March 13, 2006, Contact:
Jennifer Mendelsohn 310–725–3637.
EIS No. 20060040, Final EIS, FHW, AK,
Juneau Access Transportation Project,
Improvements in the Lynn Canal/
Taiya Inlet Corridor between Juneau
and Haines/Skagway, Special-UsePermit and COE Section 10 and 404
Permits, Tongass National Forest,
Klondike Gold Rush National Historic
Park, Haines States Forest, City and
Borough of Juneau, Haines Borough,
Cities Haines and Skagway, AK, Wait
Period Ends: March 13, 2006, Contact:
Tim A. Haugh 907–586–7430.
EIS No. 20060041, Draft Supplement,
COE, FL, South Florida Water
Management District, (SFWMD),
Proposes Construction and Operation
Everglades Agricultural Area
Reservoir A–1 Project, Lake
Okeechobee, Palm Beach County, FL,
Comment Period Ends: March 27,
2006, Contact: Tori White 561–472–
8888.
EIS No. 20060042, Draft EIS, NPS, TN,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
General Management Plan
Amendment, Implementation,
Elkmont Historic District, Sevier
County, TN, Comment Period Ends:
May 11, 2006, Contact: Amy
Wirsching 404–562–3124 Ext-607.
EIS No. 20060043, Final EIS, AFS, CO,
Rock Creek Integrated Management
Project, Propose Treatment to Address
Mountain Beetle Epidemics, and to
Reduce Wildfires within the Rock
Creek Analysis Area, Medicine BowRoutt National Forests and Thunder
Basin National Grassland, Glenwood
Springs Resource Area, Routt and
Grand Counties, CO, Wait Period
Ends: March 13, 2006, Contact: Joanne
Sanfilippo 970–870–2210.
Amended Notices
EIS No. 20060035, Final EIS, AFS, OH,
Wayne National Forest, Proposed
Revised Land and Resource
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Management Plan, Implementation,
Several Counties, OH, Wait Period
Ends: March 6, 2006, Contact: Bob
Gianniny 740–753–0882 Revision to
Federal Register notice published on
February 3, 2006. The above EIS
should have appeared in the Federal
Register on February 3, 2006.
Dated: February 6, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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Full Tribal Pesticide Program Council
(TPPC) Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program
Council (TPPC) will hold a 2 and 1/2–
day meeting, beginning on March 8 and
ending on March 10, 2006. This notice
announces the location and times for
the meeting, and sets forth the tentative
agenda topics. One Tribal Caucus
scheduled each day.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
March 8–9, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and a half day training for Tribes on
March 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Doubletree Hotel (Crystal City), 300
Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Georgia McDuffie, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001;
telephone number: (703) 605–0195; fax
number: (703) 308–1850; e-mail address:
mcduffie.georgia@epa.gov or Lillian
Wilmore, TPPC Facilitator, P.O. Box
470829 Brookline Village, MA 02447–
0829; telephone number: (617) 232–
5742; fax (617) 277–1656; e-mail
address: naecology@aol.com
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I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you may be potentially
affected by this action if you are
interested in TPPC’s information
exchange relationship with EPA
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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. 20050347, ERP No. D-DOE-B05194-ME, Bangor Hydro-Electric
Northeast Reliability Interconnect, Construct, Connect, Operate and
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Maintain an Electric Transmission Line, Amend Presidential Permit (PP-
89), DOE/EIS-0372, Hancock, Penobscot and Washington Counties, ME.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project
related to direct and indirect impacts to wetlands and wildlife
habitat. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050471, ERP No. D-AFS-J65456-WY, Moose-Gypsum Project,
Proposes to Authorize Vegetation Treatments, Watershed Improvements,
and Travel Plan and Recreation Updates, Pinedale Ranger District,
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Sublette County, WY.
Summary: EPA supports the potential benefits of the proposed action
that may result in improvement of the desired future conditions.
However, the final EIS should include information on sediment, water
quality, fisheries, and wildlife to adequately determine the extent of
project impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050473, ERP No. D-COE-J39034-MT, Upper Columbia Alternative
Flood Control and Fish Operations, Implementation, Libby and Hungry
Horse Dams, Columbia River Basin, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to the aquatic ecosystem and recommended avoidance of
unnatural double peak hydrographs and further evaluation of Alternative
LV2 as part of a potential long-term strategy to more effectively
recover the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon. EPA supports dam
and reservoir operations that avoid exceedances of total dissolved gas
saturation standards as much as possible and more natural flow regimes
and net overall benefits to the aquatic ecosystems. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20050500, ERP No. D-AFS-L65498-ID, Newsome Creek Watershed
Rehabilitation, Stream Restoration and Improvement and Decommissioning
of Roads, Red River Ranger District, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
County, ID.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about ongoing water
quality and potential impacts of toxic substances released by mining
activities, and recommended that the final EIS include data
demonstrating that water quality standards would be met and details on
the mine tailings management. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20050503, ERP No. D-GSA-L80018-WA, Peace Arch Port of Entry
Redevelopment Project, Improvements to Security, Safety and
Functionality, Canadian Border in Blaine, Whatcom County, WA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
for impacts to surface water quality from storm water run-off. Rating
EC1.
EIS No. 20050528, ERP No. D-AFS-F65060-IN, Tell City Windthrow 2004
Project, Salvage Harvest and Prescribed Burning of Windthrow Timber,
Implementation, Hoosier National Forest, Perry, Crawford and Dubois
Counties, IN.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20050504, ERP No. DC-COE-H36012-MO, St. Johns Bayou and New
Madrid Floodway Project, Channel Enlargement and Improvement, Revised
Information to Clarify and Address Issues of Concern, Flood Control
National Economic Development (NED), New Madrid, Mississippi and Scott
Counties, MO.
Summary: EPA recommended that the Final RSEIS 2 provide additional
information on locations and expected benefits of mitigation measures,
and on contingencies for fishery impacts in the event that the proposed
fish passage measures into the New Madrid Floodway do not perform as
anticipated. Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050398, ERP No. F1-BLM-K65158-CA, Clear Creek Resource
Management Area Plan Amendment, Hollister Resource Management Plan,
Implement the Decision Made in the 1999 CCMA ROD, San Benito and Fresno
Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA supports BLM's proposal to immediately close certain
routes to reduce erosion and sediment loading in streams and avoid
impacts to special status species. BLM has also committed to
incorporating the results of EPA's CCMA asbestos exposure evaluation
into a subsequent NEPA document soon after our study is completed in
July 2006. EPA expressed some human health concerns and recommended
that, in the interim, BLM implement measures in the CCMA to reduce
children's exposure to asbestos, improve public education/communication
regarding asbestos risks, and commit to a 2006 summer dry season
closure between Memorial Day weekend and November 15.
EIS No. 20050381, ERP No. F-AFS-K65394-CA, Los Padres National Forest
Oil and Gas Leasing Management, Implementation, Kern, Los Angeles,
Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA continued to expressed concerns about potential
impacts from the project's short-term emissions of ozone precursors and
particulate smaller than 10 microns, and recommended the Forest Service
include additional lease stipulations to reduce air pollutant
emissions.
EIS No. 20050407, ERP No. F-N.S.-K65268-AZ, Saguaro National Park Fire
Management Plan, Implementation, Tucson, AZ.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20050491, ERP No. F-AFS-B65011-00, White Mountain National
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Forest Plan Revision,
Implementation, Carroll, Coos, Grafton Counties, NH and Oxford County,
ME.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050514, ERP No. F-NIH-B81009-MA, National Emerging Infectious
Laboratories, Selected the Preferred Alternative, Construction of
National Biocontainment Laboratory, BioSquare Research Park, Boston
University Medical Center Campus, Boston, MA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
EIS No. 20050519, ERP No. F-FHW-B40095-RI, U.S. Route 6/Route 10
Interchange Improvement Project, To Identify Transportation
Alternative, Funding, City of Providence County, RI.
Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative.
EIS No. 20050525, ERP No. F-N.S.-K61161-CA, Golden Gate National
Recreation Area (GGNRA) Fire Management Plan, Implementation, Muir
Woods National Monument, Fort Point National Historic Site, San Mateo,
San Francisco and Marin Counties, CA.
Summary: The FEIS has adequately responded to our concerns with air
quality and smoke management, water quality and wetlands, and herbicide
use; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050526, ERP No. F-N.S.-K65271-CA, Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area, Fire Management Plan, Implementation, Santa
Monica Mountains, CA.
Summary: EPA does not object to this project.
EIS No. 20050527, ERP No. F-AFS-L65478-OR, Big Butte Springs Timber
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Sales, To Implementation Management Direction, Roque River-Siskiyou
National Forest, Butte Falls Ranger District, Cascade Zone, Jackson
County, OR.
Summary: EPA's environmental concerns about potential adverse
impacts to water quality and natural resources have been addressed;
therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.
EIS No. 20050529, ERP No. F-FHW-K40256-CA, 1st Street Viaduct and
Street Widening Project, To Replace Two Traffic Lanes on the 1st Street
Viaduct between Vignes Street and Mission Road, Funding, in the City
and County of Los Angeles, CA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the
proposed project regarding air quality and mitigation for construction-
related diesel emissions.
EIS No. 20060000, ERP No. F-BLM-G65096-NM, McGregor Range Resource
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA), Implementation, Otero County, NM.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: February 6, 2006.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-1907 Filed 2-9-06; 8:45 am]
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