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Download as PDF 45044 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 154 / Friday, August 10, 2007 / Notices sroberts on PROD1PC70 with PROPOSALS aquatic resources and wildlife habitat from new road construction and impacts from existing roads need maintenance, and suggested that the final EIS include additional information on implementing proposed road closures. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20070222, ERP No. D–AFS– J65484–MT, Grizzly Vegetation and Transportation Management Project, Proposes Timber Harvest, Prescribed Burning, Road Maintenance, and Transportation Management Actions, Three Rivers Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential adverse impacts to soil and water quality. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20070238, ERP No. D–AFS– K65328–00, Mt. Ashland LateSuccessional Reserve Habitat Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project, To Promote and Maintain Late-Successional Habitat, Oak Ranger District, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA and Jackson County, OR Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to riparian areas and the watershed from proposed silviculture treatments and recommended that the Final EIS include information about potential source water locations in the project area, and identify Alternative 5 as the Preferred Alternative. Rating EC2. Final EISs EIS No. 20070219, ERP No. F–AFS– J65478–00, Norwood Project, Proposes to Implement Multiple Resource Management Actions, Black Hills National Forest, Hell Canyon Ranger District, Pennington County, SD and Weston and Crook Counties, WY Summary: The final EIS and additional information adequately addressed EPA’s concerns with impacts to water quality soils and wetlands, roads, sedimentation and OHV use, invasive and noxious weeds, and wildlife habitat; therefore, EPA does not object to this proposed action. EIS No. 20070233, ERP No. F–NPS– J65461–CO, Great Sand Dunes National and Preserve. General Management Plan/Wilderness Study, Implementation, Alamos and Saguache Counties, CO Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. EIS No. 20070235, ERP No. F–BLM– K65306–CA, Alturas Field Office Project, Resource Management Plan, VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:37 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 211001 Implementation, Alturas Field Office Project, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, CA Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water quality, soil condition and rangeland habitat, and requested that BLM focus on relieving grazing pressure in Category 1 rangelands until these areas improve. EPA also requested the closure of OHV route segments adjacent to waters to improve soil conditions, habitat, and water quality. EIS No. 20070236, ERP No. F–BLM– K65307–00, Eagle Lake Field Office Project, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra Counties, CA and Washoe County, NV Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water quality and soil condition and rangeland habitat, and requested that BLM focus on relieving grazing pressure in Category 1 rangelands until these areas improve. EPA also requested the closure of additional OHV route segments adjacent to waters to improve soil conditions, habitat, and water quality. EIS No. 20070240, ERP No. F–AFS– J65401–00, Northern Rockies Lynx Management Direction, Selected Alternative F, Conservation and Promote Recovery of the Canada Lynx, NFS and BLM to Amend Land Resource Management Plans for 18 National Forests (NF), MT, WY, UT, and ID Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about mitigation measures to protect the lynx and its habitat. EIS No. 20070283, ERP No. F–AFS– L65532–OR, Five Buttes Project, Conduct Vegetation Management Activities, Implementation, Deschutes National Forest, Crescent Ranger District, Deschutes County, OR Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. EIS No. 20070293, ERP No. F–SFW– A65170–00, Light Goose Management Plan, Reducing and Stabilizing Specific Populations ‘‘Light Geese’’ in North America, Implementation Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. EIS No. 20070254, ERP No. FS–TVA– E06008–TN, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2, Completion and Operation, Updated Information on Extensive Environmental Record, Rhea County, TN Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ongoing need for appropriate storage and ultimate disposition of radioactive waste generated on-site. EPA also has concerns about the lack of measures to limit bioentrainment and other impacts to aquatic species from surface water withdrawals and discharges. Dated: August 7, 2007. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E7–15714 Filed 8–9–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6689–7] 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 07/30/2007 Through 08/03/2007 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20070328, Final Supplement, BLM, MT, Golden Sunlight Mine Pit Reclamation Alternatives, Preferred Alternative Selected is the Underground Sump Alternative, Operating Permit No. 00065 and Planof-Operations #MTM 82855, Whitehall, Jefferson County, MT, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: David Williams 406–533–7655. EIS No. 20070329, Final EIS, GSA, OH, Cincinnati National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Laboratories Consolidation, Site Selection, Hamilton and Clermont Counties, OH, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Phil Youngberg 404–433–8393. EIS No. 20070330, Draft EIS, IBW, CA, PROGRAMMATIC—Tijuana River Flood Control Project, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for Maintenance Activities and Future Improvements, San Diego County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Daniel Borunda 915–832–4767. EIS No. 20070331, Draft EIS, IBW, TX, PROGRAMMATIC—Rio Grande Flood Control Projects, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for Maintenances Activities and Future Improvements, along the Texas-Mexico Border, Comment Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Daniel Borunda 915–832– 4767. EIS No. 20070332, Draft EIS BLM, OR, Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts of Salem, E:\FR\FM\10AUN1.SGM 10AUN1 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 154 / Friday, August 10, 2007 / Notices Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford Districts, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of Lakeview District, Revision of the Resource Management Plans, Implementation, OR, Comment Period Ends: 11/09/ 2007, Contact: Dick Prather 503–808– 6627. EIS No. 20070333, Final EIS, AFS, OR, Spears Vegetation Management Project, Proposal to Use Commercial Timber Harvest, Precommercial Thinning, Prescribed Fire, Grapple Piling and Hand Piling in the Mark Creek Watershed and Veaqie Creek Subwatershed, Lookout Mountain Ranger District, Ochoco National Forest, Crook and Wheeler Counties, OR, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Katherine Farrell 541–416– 6500. EIS No. 20070334, Final EIS, AFS, CO, Lizard Head Road Easement, Application from Private Landowners Requesting a Permit to Cross Public Lands to Access Non-Federal Lands, San Juan National Forest, Dolores Ranger District, Dolores County, CO, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Jim Powers 970–385–1211. EIS No. 20070335, Final EIS, NRC, VT Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 30 to NUREG1437, Regarding Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, VT, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/ 2007, Contact: Richard L. Emch 301– 415–1570. EIS No. 20070336, Final EIS, FHW, UT, South Logan to Providence Transportation Corridor Project, Improvements to 100 East Street between 300 South (Logan) to Providence Lane (100 North) in Providence, Funding and Right-ofWay Grant, Cities of Logan and Providence, Cache County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Doug Atkin 801–963–0182. EIS No. 20070337, Final EIS, TVA, AL, Bear Creek Dam Leakage Resolution Project, To Modify Dam and Maintain Summer Pool Level of 576 Feet, Bear Creek Dam, Franklin County, AL, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Charles P. Nicholson 865– 632–3582. EIS No. 20070338, Draft Supplement, TVA, TN, Watts Bar Reservoir Land Management Plan, Amend and Update the 2005 Plan, Guide Land Use Approvals, Private Water Use Facility, and Resource Management Decisions, Loudon, Meigs, Rhea and Roane Counties, TN, Comment Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Richard L. Toennisson 865–632–8517. EIS No. 20070339, Draft EIS, COE, GU, Apra Harbor Master Plan for Deep- VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:37 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 211001 Draft Wharf and Fill Improvements, Implementation, Piti, Guam, Comment Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: James Hatashima 808–438– 2264. EIS No. 20070340, Final EIS, FRC, 00, Southeast Expansion Project, Construction and Operation of 110.8 miles for Natural Gas Pipeline and Associated Ancillary Facilities, TX and LA, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/ 2007, Contact: Andy Black 1–866– 208–3372. EIS No. 20070341, Final EIS, NPS, MA, Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) Hunting Program, General Management Plan, Implementation, Barnstable County, MA, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Carrie Phillips 508–349–3785 Ext. 216. EIS No. 20070342, Final EIS, FRC, GA, Elba III Project, Construct, Operate and Acquire Facilities to move ReVaporized Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits and U.S. Coast Guard Permit, Elba Island, Chatham County, GA, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Andy Black 1–866–208– 3372. EIS No. 20070343, Draft EIS, STA, 00, Keystone Oil Pipeline Project, Proposed Construction, Connection, Operation and Maintenance, Applicant for Presidential Permit, ND, SD, NE, KS, MO, IL and OK, Comment Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Elizabeth Orlando 202–647– 4284. EIS No. 20070344, Draft EIS, FHW, VT, Circ-Williston Transportation Project, Improvements between I–89 and the Towns Williston and Essex and the Village of Essex Junction, City of Burlington, Chittenden County, VT, Comment Period Ends: 11/08/2007, Contact: Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr. 802– 828–4424. Amended Notices EIS No. 20070266, Draft EIS, SFW, 00, Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, Comprehensive Conservation Plan, 15 Year Guidance for Management of Refuge Operations, Habitat and Visitor Services, Implementation, Coos County, NH and Oxford County, ME, Comment Period Ends: 09/21/2007, Contact: Nancy McGarigal 413–253–8562 Revision of FR Notice Published 07/ 06/2007: Extending Comment Period from 08/20/2007 to 09/21/2007. EIS No. 20070307, Draft EIS, USA, 00, Permanent Home Stationing of the 2/25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBECT), to Address a Full Range of Alternatives for Permanently Stationing the 2/25th SBCT, Hawaii PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45045 and Honolulu Counties, HI; Anchorage and Southeast Fairbanks Boroughs, AK; El Paso, Pueblo, and Fremont Counties, CO, Comment Period Ends: 10/30/2007, Contact: Michael Ackerman 410–436–2522. Revision of FR Notice Published 07/ 20/2007; Extending Comment Period from 09/04/2007 to 10/30/2007. EIS No. 20070322, Draft EIS, NPS, AZ, Saguaro National Park General Management Plan, Implementation, Rincon Mountain District and Tucson Mountain District, Pima County, AZ, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2007, Contact: Mary McVeigh 303–969– 2442. Revision of FR Notice Published 08/03/2007: Correction to Comment Period from 09/17/2007 to 10/02/ 2007. Dated: August 6, 2007. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 07–3921 Filed 8–9–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–M ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8453–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQORD– 2007–0667] Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Ecological Resources in Three Watersheds: A Synthesis Report Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public comment period. 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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 07/30/2007 Through 08/03/2007
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 20070328, Final Supplement, BLM, MT, Golden Sunlight Mine Pit 
Reclamation Alternatives, Preferred Alternative Selected is the 
Underground Sump Alternative, Operating Permit No. 00065 and Plan-of-
Operations MTM 82855, Whitehall, Jefferson County, MT, Wait 
Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: David Williams 406-533-7655.
EIS No. 20070329, Final EIS, GSA, OH, Cincinnati National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Laboratories Consolidation, Site 
Selection, Hamilton and Clermont Counties, OH, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/
2007, Contact: Phil Youngberg 404-433-8393.
EIS No. 20070330, Draft EIS, IBW, CA, PROGRAMMATIC--Tijuana River Flood 
Control Project, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for Maintenance 
Activities and Future Improvements, San Diego County, CA, Comment 
Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Daniel Borunda 915-832-4767.
EIS No. 20070331, Draft EIS, IBW, TX, PROGRAMMATIC--Rio Grande Flood 
Control Projects, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for Maintenances 
Activities and Future Improvements, along the Texas-Mexico Border, 
Comment Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Daniel Borunda 915-832-4767.
EIS No. 20070332, Draft EIS BLM, OR, Western Oregon Bureau of Land 
Management Districts of Salem,

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Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford Districts, and the Klamath 
Falls Resource Area of Lakeview District, Revision of the Resource 
Management Plans, Implementation, OR, Comment Period Ends: 11/09/2007, 
Contact: Dick Prather 503-808-6627.
EIS No. 20070333, Final EIS, AFS, OR, Spears Vegetation Management 
Project, Proposal to Use Commercial Timber Harvest, Precommercial 
Thinning, Prescribed Fire, Grapple Piling and Hand Piling in the Mark 
Creek Watershed and Veaqie Creek Subwatershed, Lookout Mountain Ranger 
District, Ochoco National Forest, Crook and Wheeler Counties, OR, Wait 
Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Katherine Farrell 541-416-6500.
EIS No. 20070334, Final EIS, AFS, CO, Lizard Head Road Easement, 
Application from Private Landowners Requesting a Permit to Cross Public 
Lands to Access Non-Federal Lands, San Juan National Forest, Dolores 
Ranger District, Dolores County, CO, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, 
Contact: Jim Powers 970-385-1211.
EIS No. 20070335, Final EIS, NRC, VT Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 30 to NUREG1437, Regarding Vermont Yankee 
Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, VT, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, 
Contact: Richard L. Emch 301-415-1570.
EIS No. 20070336, Final EIS, FHW, UT, South Logan to Providence 
Transportation Corridor Project, Improvements to 100 East Street 
between 300 South (Logan) to Providence Lane (100 North) in Providence, 
Funding and Right-of-Way Grant, Cities of Logan and Providence, Cache 
County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Doug Atkin 801-963-
0182.
EIS No. 20070337, Final EIS, TVA, AL, Bear Creek Dam Leakage Resolution 
Project, To Modify Dam and Maintain Summer Pool Level of 576 Feet, Bear 
Creek Dam, Franklin County, AL, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: 
Charles P. Nicholson 865-632-3582.
EIS No. 20070338, Draft Supplement, TVA, TN, Watts Bar Reservoir Land 
Management Plan, Amend and Update the 2005 Plan, Guide Land Use 
Approvals, Private Water Use Facility, and Resource Management 
Decisions, Loudon, Meigs, Rhea and Roane Counties, TN, Comment Period 
Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Richard L. Toennisson 865-632-8517.
EIS No. 20070339, Draft EIS, COE, GU, Apra Harbor Master Plan for Deep-
Draft Wharf and Fill Improvements, Implementation, Piti, Guam, Comment 
Period Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: James Hatashima 808-438-2264.
EIS No. 20070340, Final EIS, FRC, 00, Southeast Expansion Project, 
Construction and Operation of 110.8 miles for Natural Gas Pipeline and 
Associated Ancillary Facilities, TX and LA, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/
2007, Contact: Andy Black 1-866-208-3372.
EIS No. 20070341, Final EIS, NPS, MA, Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) 
Hunting Program, General Management Plan, Implementation, Barnstable 
County, MA, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/2007, Contact: Carrie Phillips 508-
349-3785 Ext. 216.
EIS No. 20070342, Final EIS, FRC, GA, Elba III Project, Construct, 
Operate and Acquire Facilities to move Re-Vaporized Liquefied Natural 
Gas (LNG), U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits and U.S. Coast 
Guard Permit, Elba Island, Chatham County, GA, Wait Period Ends: 09/10/
2007, Contact: Andy Black 1-866-208-3372.
EIS No. 20070343, Draft EIS, STA, 00, Keystone Oil Pipeline Project, 
Proposed Construction, Connection, Operation and Maintenance, Applicant 
for Presidential Permit, ND, SD, NE, KS, MO, IL and OK, Comment Period 
Ends: 09/24/2007, Contact: Elizabeth Orlando 202-647-4284.
EIS No. 20070344, Draft EIS, FHW, VT, Circ-Williston Transportation 
Project, Improvements between I-89 and the Towns Williston and Essex 
and the Village of Essex Junction, City of Burlington, Chittenden 
County, VT, Comment Period Ends: 11/08/2007, Contact: Kenneth R. 
Sikora, Jr. 802-828-4424.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 20070266, Draft EIS, SFW, 00, Lake Umbagog National Wildlife 
Refuge, Comprehensive Conservation Plan, 15 Year Guidance for 
Management of Refuge Operations, Habitat and Visitor Services, 
Implementation, Coos County, NH and Oxford County, ME, Comment Period 
Ends: 09/21/2007, Contact: Nancy McGarigal 413-253-8562 Revision of FR 
Notice Published 07/06/2007: Extending Comment Period from 08/20/2007 
to 09/21/2007.
EIS No. 20070307, Draft EIS, USA, 00, Permanent Home Stationing of the 
2/25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBECT), to Address a Full Range of 
Alternatives for Permanently Stationing the 2/25th SBCT, Hawaii and 
Honolulu Counties, HI; Anchorage and Southeast Fairbanks Boroughs, AK; 
El Paso, Pueblo, and Fremont Counties, CO, Comment Period Ends: 10/30/
2007, Contact: Michael Ackerman 410-436-2522. Revision of FR Notice 
Published 07/20/2007; Extending Comment Period from 09/04/2007 to 10/
30/2007.
EIS No. 20070322, Draft EIS, NPS, AZ, Saguaro National Park General 
Management Plan, Implementation, Rincon Mountain District and Tucson 
Mountain District, Pima County, AZ, Comment Period Ends: 10/02/2007, 
Contact: Mary McVeigh 303-969-2442. Revision of FR Notice Published 08/
03/2007: Correction to Comment Period from 09/17/2007 to 10/02/2007.

    Dated: August 6, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 07-3921 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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