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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 248 / Friday, December 28, 2007 / Notices mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 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. 20070357, ERP No. D–BLM– J65490–UT, Moab Field Office Planning Area, Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and San Juan Counties, UT. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality impacts and the; mitigation measures proposed under the Preferred Alternative (Alternative C) not being able to fully address significant environmental impacts associated with travel and recreation management issues. Consequently, EPA recommends specific environmentally-protective mitigation measures be included in the final EIS. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20070406, ERP No. D–AFS– L65500–AK, Iyouktug Timber Sales, Proposes Harvesting Timber, Implementation, Hoonah Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, Hoonah, AK. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential adverse impacts to water quality and wetlands. The final EIS should include additional information about effected resources and mitigation measures to avoid or compensate for impacts. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20070476, ERP No. D–FRC– G03035–00, Gulf Crossing Project, Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline to Facilitate the Transport of up to 1.73 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day of Natural Gas, Locate in various Counties and Parishes in OK, TX, LA, and MS. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about wetland, air quality, and environmental justice impacts, and requested additional information and mitigation measures for these issues. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20070443, ERP No. DS–FTA– K54022–CA, Third Street Light Rail Phase 2, Updated Information on the Central Subway Project Area, Funding, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, in the City and County San Francisco, CA. VerDate Aug<31>2005 22:27 Dec 27, 2007 Jkt 214001 Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO. Final EISs EIS No. 20070459, ERP No. F–FRC– E05102–SC, Santee Cooper Hydroelectric Project (FERC. No. 199), Relicensing for Existing 130-megawatt (MW), Santee and Cooper Rivers, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Sumter Counties, SC. Summary: EPA’s previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action. EIS No. 20070489, ERP No. F–DOE– A09834–00, FutureGen Project, Planning, Design, Construction and Operation of a Coal Fueled Electric Power and Hydrogen Gas Production Plant, Four Alternative Sites: Mattoon, IL, Tuscola, IL, Jewett, TX, and Odessa, TX. Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. EIS No. 20070522, ERP No. F–IBR– K39109–CA, Lower Yuba River Accord, Proposal to Resolve Instream Flow Issues Associated with Operation, Yuba River, Yuba County, CA. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. EIS No. 20070494, ERP No. LF–COE– G39050–LA, Mississippi River—Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Deep-Draft Navigation De-Authorization Study, Implementation, St. Bernard Parish, LA. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. Dated: December 21, 2007. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E7–25192 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6694–4] 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 12/17/2007 through 12/21/2007 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20070536, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, National Forest System Lands in Utah Wild and Scenic River Suitability PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 73799 Study for 86 Eligible River Segments for Inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System, Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-LaSal, Uinta, Wasatch-Cache National Forests in Utah and Portions of National Forests in Colorado and Wyoming, Comment Period Ends: 02/15/2008, Contact: Catherine Kahlow 435–783–4338. This document is available on the Internet at: https://www.fs.fed.us/r4/ rivers/deis_wsr.shtml. EIS No. 20070537, Draft EIS, AFS, NM, Perk-Grindstone Fuel Reduction Project, To Protect Life, Property, and Natural Resources, Village of Ruidoso, Lincoln National Forest, Lincoln County, New Mexico, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Buck Sanchez 505–885–4181. This document is available on the Internet at https://www.fs.fed.us/r3/ lincoln/Projects/index.shtml. EIS No. 20070538, Draft EIS, COE, NC, North Topsail Beach Shoreline Protection Project, Seeking Federal and State Permits to Allow Implementation of a Non-Federal Shoreline and Inlet Management Project, New River Inlet, Onslow County, NC, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Mickey T. Sugg 910–251–4811. EIS No. 20070539, Final EIS, SFW, CA, Programmatic—South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Restored Tidal Marsh, Managed Ponds, Flood Control Measures and Public Access Features, Don Edward San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 01/28/2008, Contact: Mendel Stewart 510–792– 4275 Ext. 23. EIS No. 20070540, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, Amendment 1 to the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program, To Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Tilefish Fishery, Maine to North Carolina, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 978–281–9200. EIS No. 20070541, Draft Supplement, NOA, AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest Project, Proposes to Implement a Long-Term Harvest Plan and Fulfill the Federal Government’s Trust Responsibility, Cook Inlet, AK, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Barbara Mahoney 907–271–3448. EIS No. 20070542, Revised Draft EIS, BLM, WY, Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project, Additional Information on Two New Alternatives, Consolidated Development with Year-Round E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1 73800 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 248 / Friday, December 28, 2007 / Notices Development (Construction, Drilling, Completion, and Production), Sublette County, WY , Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Caleb Hiner 307–367–5352. EIS No. 20070543, Final EIS, AFS, 00, Sierra Nevada Forests Management Indicator Species Amendment (MIS), Proposes to Adopt a Common List of Management Indicator Species (MIS), and Amending Land & Resource Management Plans for Following Ten Forests: Eldorado, Inyo, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sequoia, Sierra, Stanislaus and Tahoe National Forests and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Several Counties, CA and Douglas, Esmeralda, Mineral Counties, NV, Wait Period Ends: 01/08/2008, Contact: Diana Craig 707–562–8737. EIS No. 20070544, Final EIS, AFS, OR, Invasive Plant Treatments within the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River National Grassland, Reduction of Invasive Plant Infestation and Protection of Uninfested Areas, Implementation, Several Cos. OR, Wait Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Beth Peer 541–383–5300. EIS No. 20070545, Draft EIS, IBR, ND, Northwest Area Water Supply Project, To Construct a Biota Water Treatment Plant, Lake Sakakawea, Missouri River Basin to Hudson Bay Basin, ND, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Alice Waters 701–221–1206. EIS No. 20070546, Final EIS, IBR, 00, Red River Valley Water Supply Project, Development and Delivery of a Bulk Water Supply to meet LongTerm Water Needs of the Red River Valley, Implementation, ND and MN, Wait Period Ends: 01/28/2008, Contact: Todd Dixon 202–513–0675. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Amended Notices 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: 01/10/2008, Contact: Michele Easley 307–828–4524. Revision of FR Notice Published 10/ 12/2007: Extending Comment Period from 12/11/2007 to 01/10/2008. Dated: December 21, 2007. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E7–25194 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 22:27 Dec 27, 2007 Jkt 214001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–1053; FRL–8511–9] Board of Scientific Counselors, National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing Subcommittee Meeting—2008 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing Subcommittee. The meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on Friday, January 18, 2008 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All times noted are eastern time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the conference call will be accepted up to 1 business day before the meeting. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 12/17/2007 through 12/21/2007
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
EIS No. 20070536, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, National Forest System Lands in 
Utah Wild and Scenic River Suitability Study for 86 Eligible River 
Segments for Inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System, 
Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-LaSal, Uinta, Wasatch-Cache National 
Forests in Utah and Portions of National Forests in Colorado and 
Wyoming, Comment Period Ends: 02/15/2008, Contact: Catherine Kahlow 
435-783-4338.

    This document is available on the Internet at: https://
www.fs.fed.us/r4/rivers/deis_wsr.shtml.

EIS No. 20070537, Draft EIS, AFS, NM, Perk-Grindstone Fuel Reduction 
Project, To Protect Life, Property, and Natural Resources, Village of 
Ruidoso, Lincoln National Forest, Lincoln County, New Mexico, Comment 
Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Buck Sanchez 505-885-4181.

    This document is available on the Internet at https://www.fs.fed.us/
r3/lincoln/Projects/index.shtml.

EIS No. 20070538, Draft EIS, COE, NC, North Topsail Beach Shoreline 
Protection Project, Seeking Federal and State Permits to Allow 
Implementation of a Non-Federal Shoreline and Inlet Management Project, 
New River Inlet, Onslow County, NC, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, 
Contact: Mickey T. Sugg 910-251-4811.
EIS No. 20070539, Final EIS, SFW, CA, Programmatic--South Bay Salt Pond 
Restoration Project, Restored Tidal Marsh, Managed Ponds, Flood Control 
Measures and Public Access Features, Don Edward San Francisco Bay 
National Wildlife Refuge, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, 
CA, Wait Period Ends: 01/28/2008, Contact: Mendel Stewart 510-792-4275 
Ext. 23.
EIS No. 20070540, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, Amendment 1 to the Tilefish 
Fishery Management Plan, Proposed Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
Program, To Reduce Overcapacity in the Commercial Tilefish Fishery, 
Maine to North Carolina, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: 
Patricia A. Kurkul 978-281-9200.
EIS No. 20070541, Draft Supplement, NOA, AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale 
Subsistence Harvest Project, Proposes to Implement a Long-Term Harvest 
Plan and Fulfill the Federal Government's Trust Responsibility, Cook 
Inlet, AK, Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Barbara Mahoney 
907-271-3448.
EIS No. 20070542, Revised Draft EIS, BLM, WY, Pinedale Anticline Oil 
and Gas Exploration and Development Project, Additional Information on 
Two New Alternatives, Consolidated Development with Year-Round

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Development (Construction, Drilling, Completion, and Production), 
Sublette County, WY , Comment Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Caleb 
Hiner 307-367-5352.
EIS No. 20070543, Final EIS, AFS, 00, Sierra Nevada Forests Management 
Indicator Species Amendment (MIS), Proposes to Adopt a Common List of 
Management Indicator Species (MIS), and Amending Land & Resource 
Management Plans for Following Ten Forests: Eldorado, Inyo, Lassen, 
Modoc, Plumas, Sequoia, Sierra, Stanislaus and Tahoe National Forests 
and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Several Counties, CA and Douglas, 
Esmeralda, Mineral Counties, NV, Wait Period Ends: 01/08/2008, Contact: 
Diana Craig 707-562-8737.
EIS No. 20070544, Final EIS, AFS, OR, Invasive Plant Treatments within 
the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River 
National Grassland, Reduction of Invasive Plant Infestation and 
Protection of Uninfested Areas, Implementation, Several Cos. OR, Wait 
Period Ends: 02/11/2008, Contact: Beth Peer 541-383-5300.
EIS No. 20070545, Draft EIS, IBR, ND, Northwest Area Water Supply 
Project, To Construct a Biota Water Treatment Plant, Lake Sakakawea, 
Missouri River Basin to Hudson Bay Basin, ND, Comment Period Ends: 02/
11/2008, Contact: Alice Waters 701-221-1206.
EIS No. 20070546, Final EIS, IBR, 00, Red River Valley Water Supply 
Project, Development and Delivery of a Bulk Water Supply to meet Long-
Term Water Needs of the Red River Valley, Implementation, ND and MN, 
Wait Period Ends: 01/28/2008, Contact: Todd Dixon 202-513-0675.

Amended Notices

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: 01/10/2008, Contact: Michele Easley 
307-828-4524.

    Revision of FR Notice Published 10/12/2007: Extending Comment 
Period from 12/11/2007 to 01/10/2008.

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-25194 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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