Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability, 47808-47809 [E6-13662]

Download as PDF jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 47808 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 160 / Friday, August 18, 2006 / Notices Implementation, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou Counties, CA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water quality/riparian impacts from livestock and roads, and the sustain ability of rangeland management under the preferred alternative. EPA recommended reductions in grazing in areas not meeting range health standards, and additional acreage designated for special management. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060237, ERP No. D–AFS– L65514–AK, Traitors Cove Timber Sale Project, Timber Harvest and Road Construction, Implementation, Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, Tongas National Forest, AK. Summary: EPA expressed concerns about cumulative impacts to the watershed from the proposed action, as well as, past actions. The Final EIS should include modifications or mitigation for these impacts. Rating EC1. EIS No. 20060241, ERP No. D–AFS– L65516–WA, Olympic National Forest, Beyond Prevention: SiteSpecific Invasive Plant Treatment Project, Implementation, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason Counties, WA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about aquatic invasive plant infestations and how these would be treated to prevent deterioration of water quality. Rating EC1. EIS No. 20060245, ERP No. D–FHW– E40807–SC, Interstate 73 Southern Project, Construction from I–95 to the Myrtle Beach Region, Funding, NPDES Permit, U.S. Coast Guard Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Dillon, Horry and Marion Counties, SC. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to wetlands and the Little Pee Dee River Heritage Preserve as well as noise impacts and environmental justice issues. Potential indirect impacts to wildlife habitat acreage is also a concern. Rating EC1. EIS No. 20060256, ERP No. D–AFS– K65312–CA, Pilgrim Vegetation Management Project, Proposes Commercial Thinning/Sanitation, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA. Summary: EPA expressed concerns about human and non-target species exposure to Borax and the effects of the project on sensitive species. EPA recommended the project design VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:35 Aug 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 include road improvements to address identified sedimentation and erosion concerns. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060257, ERP No. D–AFS– L61232–AK, Helicopter Access to Conduct Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) in Wilderness, Implementation, Tongas and Chugach National Forest, AK. Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO. Final EISs EIS No. 20060250, ERP No. F–FHW– E40798–NC, Greensboro-High Point Road (NC–1486–NC–4121) Improvements from U.S. 311 (I–74) to Hilltop Road (NC–1424), Funding, Cities of Greensboro and High Point, Town of Jamestown, Guilford County, NC. Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the protection of surface water quality within the Randleman Reservoir watershed. EPA also has concerns regarding construction-related mobile source air toxic as well as impacts to migratory birds. EIS No. 20060289, ERP No. F–AFS– L65509–WA, School Fire Salvage Recovery Project, Salvage Harvest Fire-Killed (dead) and Fire-Damaged (dying) Trees, Implementation, Pomeroy Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest, Columbia and Garfield Counties, WA. Summary: EPA continues to express concerns about increased sediment in streams, mass wasting and uncertainties associated with using the WEPP model to predict sediment loading. EIS No. 20060301, ERP No. F–NPS– L65491–ID, Minidoka Internment National Monument (Former Minidoka Relocation Center), General Management Plan, Implementation, Jerome County, ID. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. Dated: August 15, 2006. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6–13663 Filed 8–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6678–3] Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 08/07/2006 through 08/11/2006. Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20060335, Draft EIS, FHW, NH, Spaulding Turnpike Improvements Project, Reconstruction and Widening of a 3.5-mile Section from U.S. Route 4 and NH Route 16, U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permit, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Town of Newington, City of Dover, Strafford and Rockingham Counties, NH, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/ 2006. Contact: William F. O’Donnell 603–228–3057 x 101. EIS No. 20060336, Final 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, Wait Period Ends: 09/18/2006, Contact: Natalie Gates 415–464–5189. EIS No. 20060337, Draft Supplement, COE, FL, Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study, Updated Information on Operational Changes to the Current Water Control Plan, Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River Estuaries, Lake Okeechobee, FL, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2006, Contact: Yvonne Haberer 904–232–1701. EIS No. 20060338, Draft Supplement, FHW, MT, U.S. 93 Highway Ninepipe/Ronan Improvement Project, from Dublin Gulch Road/Red Horn Road, Funding, Special-UsePermit, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Lake County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 10/06/ 2006, Contact: Theodore Burch 406– 449–5302. EIS No. 20060339, Final EIS, FRA, 00, Adoption—Powder River Basin Expansion Project, Construction of New Rail Facilities, Finance Docket No. 33407 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, SD, WY and MN, Wait Period Ends: 09/18/2006, Contact: David Valenstein 202–493– 6368. Federal Railroad Administration has adopted the Surface Transportation Board’s, FEIS #200010444 filed 11/20/ 2001 and FSEIS #20050553 file 12/30/ 2005. FRA was not a Cooperating Agency on the above FEIS. Under Section 1506.3(b) of the CEQ Regulations, the FEIS and FSEIS must be Recirculated for a 30-day Wait Period. EIS No. 20060340, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, Custer National Forest Weed Management, To Implement Specific E:\FR\FM\18AUN1.SGM 18AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 160 / Friday, August 18, 2006 / Notices Invasive Weed Treatments, Carbon, Stillwater, Sweetgrass, Park, Powder River, Rosebud and Carter Counties, MT and Harding County, SD, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2006, Contact: Kim Reid 406–657–6205 x233. EIS No. 20060341, Final EIS, AFS, ID, Three Basins Timber Sale Project, Proposal to Treat 760 Acres of Mature Forest, Implementation, CaribouTarghee National Forest, Montpellier Ranger District, Bearlake and Caribou Counties, ID, Wait Period Ends: 09/ 18/2006, Contact: Robbin Redman 208–557–5821. EIS No. 20060342, Draft EIS, FHW, WA, WA–520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Replace WA–520’s Portage Bay and Evergreen Point Bridges and Improve Roadway between I–5 in Seattle and Bellevue Way or 108th Avenue Northeast on the Eastside, U.S. Coast Guard Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, King County, WA, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2006, Contact: Paul Krueger 206–381–6432. EIS No. 20060343, Draft EIS, WPA, SD, White Wind Farm Project, Construct a Large Utility-Scale Wind-Powered Electric Energy Generating Facility, Sherman Township, Brookings County, SD, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2006, Contact: Mark Wieringa 720–962–7448. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Amended Notices EIS No. 20060265, Draft EIS, EPA, ND, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation’s Proposed Clean Fuels Refinery Project, Construct and Operate a New 15,000 Barrel Per Day Clean Fuels Refinery and Grow Hay for Buffalo, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Ward County, ND, Comment Period Ends: 09/14/2006, Contact: Dana Allen 303–312–6870. This document is available on the Internet at: https://www.epa.gov/region8/ compliance/nepa. Revision of FR Notice Published 06/ 30/2006: Extending Comment Period from 08/29/2006 to 09/14/2006. EIS No. 20060278, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Strategy, To Implement the Operational Measures to Reduce the Occurrence and Severity of Vessel Collisions with the Right Whale, Serious Injury and Deaths Resulting from Collisions with Vessels, Comment Period Ends: 10/ 05/2006, Contact: Stewart Harris 301– 713–2322. Revision of FR Notice Published 07/ 07/2006. Extending Comment Period from 09/05/2006 to 10/05/2006. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:35 Aug 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 EIS No. 20060309, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Acceptable Biological Catch and Optimum Yield Specifications and Management Measures for the 2007– 2008 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery and Amendment 16–4 Rebuilding Plans for Seven Depleted Pacific Coast Groundfish Species, WA, OR and CA, Comment Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Robert Lohn 206–526–6150. Revision of FR Notice Published 07/ 28/2006: Correction to Telephone Number. Dated: August 15, 2006. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6–13662 Filed 8–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2006–0301; FRL–8077–1] National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: A meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) will be held from September 6–8, 2006, in Bethesda, MD. At this meeting, the NAC/AEGL Committee will address, as time permits, the various aspects of the acute toxicity and the development of Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for the following chemicals: 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene; 1,2,4trimethylbenzene; 1,3,5trimethylbenzene; 2-ethylhexyl chloroformate; benzyl chloroformate; chlorobenzene; dibromoethane; ethylbenzene; ethylene oxide; hexafluoropropylene; phenyl chloroformate; phenyl mercaptan; propargyl alcohol; tetrafluoroethylene; and trifluorochloroethylene. DATES: A meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 6, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 7, 2006, and from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on September 8, 2006. For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities and/or to request accommodation of a disability, please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) listed under FOR PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47809 at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda at 7400 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD (Bethesda Metro Stop). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address:TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. For technical information contact: Paul S. Tobin, DFO, Economics, Exposure, and Technology Division (7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–8557; email address: tobin.paul@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. This action may be of particular interest to anyone who may be affected if the AEGL values are adopted by government agencies for emergency planning, prevention, or response programs, such as EPA’s Risk Management Program under the Clean Air Act and Amendments Section 112r. It is possible that other Federal agencies besides EPA, as well as State agencies and private organizations, may adopt the AEGL values for their programs. As such, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– OPPT–2006–0301. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Rm. 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, E:\FR\FM\18AUN1.SGM 18AUN1

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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 08/07/2006 through 08/11/2006.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 20060335, Draft EIS, FHW, NH, Spaulding Turnpike Improvements 
Project, Reconstruction and Widening of a 3.5-mile Section from U.S. 
Route 4 and NH Route 16, U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permit, NPDES Permit 
and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Town of Newington, City of Dover, 
Strafford and Rockingham Counties, NH, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2006. 
Contact: William F. O'Donnell 603-228-3057 x 101.
EIS No. 20060336, Final 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, Wait Period Ends: 09/18/2006, 
Contact: Natalie Gates 415-464-5189.
EIS No. 20060337, Draft Supplement, COE, FL, Lake Okeechobee Regulation 
Schedule Study, Updated Information on Operational Changes to the 
Current Water Control Plan, Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River 
Estuaries, Lake Okeechobee, FL, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2006, 
Contact: Yvonne Haberer 904-232-1701.
EIS No. 20060338, Draft Supplement, FHW, MT, U.S. 93 Highway Ninepipe/
Ronan Improvement Project, from Dublin Gulch Road/Red Horn Road, 
Funding, Special-Use-Permit, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 
Permit, Lake County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 10/06/2006, Contact: 
Theodore Burch 406-449-5302.
EIS No. 20060339, Final EIS, FRA, 00, Adoption--Powder River Basin 
Expansion Project, Construction of New Rail Facilities, Finance Docket 
No. 33407 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, SD, WY and MN, Wait 
Period Ends: 09/18/2006, Contact: David Valenstein 202-493-6368.
    Federal Railroad Administration has adopted the Surface 
Transportation Board's, FEIS 200010444 filed 11/20/2001 and 
FSEIS 20050553 file 12/30/2005. FRA was not a Cooperating 
Agency on the above FEIS. Under Section 1506.3(b) of the CEQ 
Regulations, the FEIS and FSEIS must be Recirculated for a 30-day Wait 
Period.
EIS No. 20060340, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, Custer National Forest Weed 
Management, To Implement Specific

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 Invasive Weed Treatments, Carbon, Stillwater, Sweetgrass, Park, Powder 
River, Rosebud and Carter Counties, MT and Harding County, SD, Comment 
Period Ends: 10/02/2006, Contact: Kim Reid 406-657-6205 x233.
EIS No. 20060341, Final EIS, AFS, ID, Three Basins Timber Sale Project, 
Proposal to Treat 760 Acres of Mature Forest, Implementation, Caribou-
Targhee National Forest, Montpellier Ranger District, Bearlake and 
Caribou Counties, ID, Wait Period Ends: 09/18/2006, Contact: Robbin 
Redman 208-557-5821.
EIS No. 20060342, Draft EIS, FHW, WA, WA-520 Bridge Replacement and HOV 
Project, Replace WA-520's Portage Bay and Evergreen Point Bridges and 
Improve Roadway between I-5 in Seattle and Bellevue Way or 108th Avenue 
Northeast on the Eastside, U.S. Coast Guard Permit and U.S. Army COE 
Section 10 and 404 Permits, King County, WA, Comment Period Ends: 10/
02/2006, Contact: Paul Krueger 206-381-6432.
EIS No. 20060343, Draft EIS, WPA, SD, White Wind Farm Project, 
Construct a Large Utility-Scale Wind-Powered Electric Energy Generating 
Facility, Sherman Township, Brookings County, SD, Comment Period Ends: 
10/02/2006, Contact: Mark Wieringa 720-962-7448.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 20060265, Draft EIS, EPA, ND, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) 
Nation's Proposed Clean Fuels Refinery Project, Construct and Operate a 
New 15,000 Barrel Per Day Clean Fuels Refinery and Grow Hay for 
Buffalo, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Ward County, ND, Comment 
Period Ends: 09/14/2006, Contact: Dana Allen 303-312-6870.
    This document is available on the Internet at: https://www.epa.gov/
region8/compliance/nepa.
    Revision of FR Notice Published 06/30/2006: Extending Comment 
Period from 08/29/2006 to 09/14/2006.

EIS No. 20060278, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, North Atlantic Right Whale Ship 
Strike Reduction Strategy, To Implement the Operational Measures to 
Reduce the Occurrence and Severity of Vessel Collisions with the Right 
Whale, Serious Injury and Deaths Resulting from Collisions with 
Vessels, Comment Period Ends: 10/05/2006, Contact: Stewart Harris 301-
713-2322.
    Revision of FR Notice Published 07/07/2006. Extending Comment 
Period from 09/05/2006 to 10/05/2006.

EIS No. 20060309, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 
Management Plan, Proposed Acceptable Biological Catch and Optimum Yield 
Specifications and Management Measures for the 2007-2008 Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Fishery and Amendment 16-4 Rebuilding Plans for Seven 
Depleted Pacific Coast Groundfish Species, WA, OR and CA, Comment 
Period Ends: 09/11/2006, Contact: Robert Lohn 206-526-6150.
    Revision of FR Notice Published 07/28/2006: Correction to Telephone 
Number.

    Dated: August 15, 2006.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E6-13662 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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