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Download as PDF 58080 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 197 / Friday, October 12, 2007 / Notices nominee’s prior involvement with the topic under review). Specific criteria to be used in evaluating Short List candidates for Panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b) availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an appearance of a lack of impartiality; and (e) skills working on committees, subcommittees and advisory panels; and, for the Panel as a whole, (f) diversity of, and balance among, scientific expertise, viewpoints, etc. Prospective candidates will also be required to fill-out the ‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This confidential form allows Government officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between that person’s public responsibilities (which includes membership on an EPA Federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities, or the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by Federal regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following URL address: https:// www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110– 48.pdf. The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees and review panels is described in the following document: Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC– 02–010), which is posted on the SAB Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/ pdf/ec02010.pdf. Dated: October 5, 2007. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E7–20146 Filed 10–11–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6691–9] jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:35 Oct 11, 2007 Jkt 214001 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 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156). discussion of mitigation measures. EPA also requests additional analysis of impacts to wetland resources and the potential for secondary development impacts associated with the commercial/industrial development that the project is intended to catalyze. Draft EISs Rating EO2 EIS No. 20070331, ERP No. D–IBW– G36112–TX, PROGRAMMATIC—Rio Grande Flood Control Projects, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for Maintenances Activities and Future Improvements, along the TexasMexico Border. EIS No. 20070277, ERP No. D–CGD– E02013–AL, Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal Deepwater Port License Application, Proposes to Construct and Operate a Liquefied Natural Gas Receiving and Degasification Facility, Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, South of Fort Morgan, AL Summary EPA expressed environmental objections to the open loop regasification system due to immediate and cumulative adverse impacts to waters and habitat. EPA recommends that the final EIS explore ways to incorporate the identified closed-loop submerged combustion vaporization and to further consider ambient air technology for re-heating the imported gas. Rating EO2 EIS No. 20070291, ERP No. D–APH– A84031–00, PROGRAMMATIC— Introduction of Genetically Engineered (GE) Organisms, To Address Current and Future Technological Trends Resulting GE Plants, Implementation Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed alternatives on issues related to GE organism Regulation, Permit Conditions, Interstate Movement and Shipping Standards. EPA requested additional information, data and analysis in the Final PEIS on the proposed alternatives for these issues. Rating EC2 EIS No. 20070317, ERP No. D–FHW– B40099–NH, I–93 Exit 4A Interchange Study Derry-Londonderry Project, To Reduce Traffic Congestion Improve Safety for Public and Promote Economic Vitality, Rockingham County, NH Summary EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed project due to its high potential to violate water quality standards. EPA requests additional stormwater analysis necessary to more fully describe potential impacts and to facilitate a PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality impacts. Rating EC2 EIS No. 20070351, ERP No. D–NSF– A12045–00, PROGRAMMATIC— Integrated Ocean Drilling Program— United States Implementing Organizations Participation in the Development of Scientific Ocean Drilling, IODP–USIO. Summary EPA has no objections to the proposed action. Rating LO. Final EISs EIS No. 20070325, ERP No. F–NRC– B06006–MA, Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 29 to NUREG–1437, Regarding the License Renewal of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Cape Cod Bay, Town of Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA. Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about the effectiveness of various mitigation measures to address adverse impacts from continued operation of Pilgrim over the relicensing period. EPA also continues to believe that more detailed information should be provided to describe the impacts of relicensing, to examine alternative operating modes, technologies, and mitigation measures. EIS No. 20070335, ERP No. F–NRC– B06007–VT, Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 30 to NUREG1437, Regarding Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, VT Summary EPA continues to express concerns about entrainment and impingement of fish and other aquatic organisms and impact from thermal discharge. E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 197 / Friday, October 12, 2007 / Notices EIS No. 20070360, ERP No. F–BLM– J03020–00, Overland Pass Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Project (OPP), Construction and Operation of 760 mile Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline, Right-of-Way Grant, KS, WY, and CO Summary While most of EPA’s previous issues have been resolved, EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the water quality monitoring program. EIS No. 20070378, ERP No. F–VAD– K11116–CA, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Annex, Construction and Operation, Located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, Point Loma, San Diego County, CA. Summary EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts to biological resources and continues to recommend additional compensation for these impacts. EIS No. 20070387, ERP No. F–AFS– K65322–CA, Little Doe and Low Gulch Timber Sale Project, Proposes to Harvest Commercial Timber, Six Rivers National Forest, Mad River Ranger District, Trinity County, CA. Summary EPA has no objection to the proposed action. Dated: October 9, 2007. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E7–20149 Filed 10–11–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6691–8] jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 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 10/01/2007 through 10/05/2007 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9 EIS No. 20070413, Final EIS, AFS, MT, Little Belt-Castle-North Half Crazy Mountains Travel Management Plan, To Change the Management of Motorized and Non-motorized Travel on the Road, Trails, and Areas within, Belt Creek, Judith, Musselshell, and White Sulphur Springs Ranger Districts, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Cascade, Judith Basin, VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:35 Oct 11, 2007 Jkt 214001 Meagher, Wheatland, Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT. Wait Period Ends: 11/13/2007. Contact: Dick Schwecke 406–791–7700 EIS No. 20070414, Final EIS, AFS, MT, Rocky Mountain Ranger District Travel Management Plan, Proposes to Change the Management of Motorized and Non-Motorized Travel, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Glacier, Pondera, Teton and Lewis and Clark Counties, MT. Wait Period Ends: 11/ 13/2007. Contact: Dick Schwecke 406–791–7700 EIS No. 20070415, Final EIS, AFS, UT, Ogden Ranger District Travel Plan Revision, To Present Additional Analysis for Six Alternatives, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Ogden Ranger District, Box Elder, Cache, Morgan, Weber and Rich Counties, UT. Wait Period Ends: 11/ 13/2007. Contact: Rick Vallejos 801– 625–5112 EIS No. 20070416, Draft EIS, BLM, WY, Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas Development Project, Drill, Extract, Remove, and Market Natural Gas Under Valid Existing Oil and Gas Leases, Approval, Right-of-Way Grants and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit (s), Lincoln, Uinta and Sweetwater Counties, WY. Comment Period Ends: 12/11/2007. Contact: Michele Easley 307–828–4524 EIS No. 20070417, Final EIS, FHW, DC, 11th Street Bridges Project, Anacostia Freeway I–295/DC 295, to the Southeast/Southwest Freeway (I–695) Improvement, Funding, NPDES Permit , U.S. Army COE section 10 and 404 Permits, Washington, DC, Wait Period Ends: 11/13/2007. Contact: Bart Clark 202–671–4710 EIS No. 20070418, Final EIS, NPS, NC, North Shore Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Fontana Dam, Swain County, NC. Wait Period Ends: 11/13/2007. Contact: Imelda Wegwerth 865–436– 1302 EIS No. 20070419, Draft EIS, BLM, UT, Kanab Field Office Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Portions of Kane and Garfield Counties, UT. Comment Period Ends: 01/10/2008. Contact: Keith Rigtrap 435–644–4622 EIS No. 20070420, Draft EIS, SFW, CA, Agua Caliente Tribal Habitat Conservation Plan (THCP), Application for an Incidental Take Permit for 24 Covered Species, Coachella Valley, Riverside County, CA. Comment Period Ends: 11/26/ 2007. Contact: Jim Bartel 760–431– 9440 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 58081 EIS No. 20070421, Draft EIS, BLM, NV, Toqoup Energy Project, Construction and Operation a 750 Megawatt CoalFired Generation Facility, Right-ofWay Grant, Lincoln and Clark Counties, NV. Comment Period Ends: 12/11/2007. Contact: Brenda Linnell 775–289–1808 EIS No. 20070422, Draft EIS, FHW, TN, US 127/ TN 28 Improvements, from 1–40 at Crossville to TN 62 at Clarkrange, Funding, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Cumberland and Fentress Counties, TN. Comment Period Ends: 11/26/ 2007. Contact: Leigh Ann Tribble 615–781–5760 EIS No. 20070423, Final EIS, AFS, 00, Great Basin Creek South Rangeland Management Projects, Management of 12 Livestock Grazing Allotments, Bridgeport Ranger District, HumboldtToiyabe National Forest, Lyon and Mineral Counties, NV and Mono County, CA. Wait Period Ends: 11/13/ 2007. Contact: Amy Baumer 760–932– 7070 EIS No. 20070424, Final EIS, BPA, WA, Port Angeles—Juan de Fuca Transmission Project, Construct a 550-Megawatt Direct Current Cable from Victoria, British Columbia, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Port Angeles, Presidential Permit, Clallam County, WA. Wait Period Ends: 11/13/2007. Contact: Stacy Mason 503–230f–5455 EIS No. 20070425, Draft EIS, COE, 00, Wolf Dam/Lake Cumberland Project, Emergency Measures in Response to Seepage, Mississippi River, South Central Kentucky and Central Tennessee. Comment Period Ends: 11/ 26/2007. Contact: Chip Hall 615–736– 7666 EIS No. 20070426, Draft EIS, FHW, CA, CA–76 Corridor Project, Transportation Improvements from Melrose to South Mission Highway, San Diego County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 11/26/2007. Contact: Kelly Finn 619–688–0229 EIS No. 20070427, Final EIS, AFS, CA, SPI Road Project, Construction of an Access Road Across National Forest Land, Special Use Permit, Six Rivers National Forest, Lower Trinity Ranger District, Trinity County, CA. Wait Period Ends: 11/13/2007. Contact: Linda West 707–441–3561 EIS No. 20070428, Second Draft Supplement, DOE, NV, Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada— Nevada Rail Transportation Corridor (DOE/EIS–0250F–S2D) and Rail Alignment for the Construction and E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6691-9]


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 6, 2007 (72 FR 
17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070277, ERP No. D-CGD-E02013-AL, Bienville Offshore Energy 
Terminal Deepwater Port License Application, Proposes to Construct and 
Operate a Liquefied Natural Gas Receiving and Degasification Facility, 
Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, South of Fort Morgan, AL

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental objections to the open loop re-
gasification system due to immediate and cumulative adverse impacts to 
waters and habitat. EPA recommends that the final EIS explore ways to 
incorporate the identified closed-loop submerged combustion 
vaporization and to further consider ambient air technology for re-
heating the imported gas.

Rating EO2

EIS No. 20070291, ERP No. D-APH-A84031-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Introduction 
of Genetically Engineered (GE) Organisms, To Address Current and Future 
Technological Trends Resulting GE Plants, Implementation

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed 
alternatives on issues related to GE organism Regulation, Permit 
Conditions, Interstate Movement and Shipping Standards. EPA requested 
additional information, data and analysis in the Final PEIS on the 
proposed alternatives for these issues.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20070317, ERP No. D-FHW-B40099-NH, I-93 Exit 4A Interchange 
Study Derry-Londonderry Project, To Reduce Traffic Congestion Improve 
Safety for Public and Promote Economic Vitality, Rockingham County, NH

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed project due 
to its high potential to violate water quality standards. EPA requests 
additional stormwater analysis necessary to more fully describe 
potential impacts and to facilitate a discussion of mitigation 
measures. EPA also requests additional analysis of impacts to wetland 
resources and the potential for secondary development impacts 
associated with the commercial/industrial development that the project 
is intended to catalyze.

Rating EO2

EIS No. 20070331, ERP No. D-IBW-G36112-TX, PROGRAMMATIC--Rio Grande 
Flood Control Projects, Proposing a Range of Alternatives for 
Maintenances Activities and Future Improvements, along the Texas-Mexico 
Border.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality impacts.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20070351, ERP No. D-NSF-A12045-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Integrated 
Ocean Drilling Program--United States Implementing Organizations 
Participation in the Development of Scientific Ocean Drilling, IODP-
USIO.

Summary

    EPA has no objections to the proposed action.

Rating LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070325, ERP No. F-NRC-B06006-MA, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 29 to NUREG-1437, Regarding the License 
Renewal of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Cape Cod Bay, Town of 
Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the effectiveness of 
various mitigation measures to address adverse impacts from continued 
operation of Pilgrim over the relicensing period. EPA also continues to 
believe that more detailed information should be provided to describe 
the impacts of relicensing, to examine alternative operating modes, 
technologies, and mitigation measures.

EIS No. 20070335, ERP No. F-NRC-B06007-VT, Generic--License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, Supplement 30 to NUREG1437, Regarding Vermont Yankee 
Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, VT

Summary

    EPA continues to express concerns about entrainment and impingement 
of fish and other aquatic organisms and impact from thermal discharge.


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EIS No. 20070360, ERP No. F-BLM-J03020-00, Overland Pass Natural Gas 
Liquids Pipeline Project (OPP), Construction and Operation of 760 mile 
Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline, Right-of-Way Grant, KS, WY, and CO

Summary

    While most of EPA's previous issues have been resolved, EPA 
continues to have environmental concerns about the water quality 
monitoring program.

EIS No. 20070378, ERP No. F-VAD-K11116-CA, Fort Rosecrans National 
Cemetery Annex, Construction and Operation, Located at Marine Corps Air 
Station (MCAS) Miramar, Point Loma, San Diego County, CA.

Summary

    EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts to 
biological resources and continues to recommend additional compensation 
for these impacts.

EIS No. 20070387, ERP No. F-AFS-K65322-CA, Little Doe and Low Gulch 
Timber Sale Project, Proposes to Harvest Commercial Timber, Six Rivers 
National Forest, Mad River Ranger District, Trinity County, CA.

Summary

    EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

    Dated: October 9, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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