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Dorado County, NV, Comment Period
Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Laura
Cabollero 916–989–7172.
EIS No. 20080041, Final Supplement,
AFS, 00, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup
Land and Resource Management Plan,
Supplements the Rangeland Resource
Section of the 2003 FEIS Concerning
Terrestrial Management Indicator
Species (MIS), Boise National Forest,
Payette National Forest and Sawtooth
National Forest, Forest Plan Revision,
Implementation, Several Counties, ID;
Malhaur County, OR and Box Elder
County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/
2008, Contact: Sharon LaBrecque
208–737–3277.
EIS No. 20080042, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,
Debaugan Fuels Reduction Project,
Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities,
Lolo National Forest, Superior Ranger
District, Mineral County, MT,
Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008,
Contact: Sharon Sweeney 406–822–
4233.
EIS No. 20080043, Draft EIS, FTA, HI,
Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier
Project, To Build a New Interisland
Ferry Pier, Maui, HI, Comment Period
Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Ted
Matley 415–744–2737.
Amended Notices
EIS No. 20070526, Draft EIS, AFS, WY,
Thunder Basin National Grassland
Prairie Dog Management Strategy,
Land and Resource Management Plan
Amendment #3, Proposes to
Implement a Site-Specific Strategy to
Manage Black-Trailed Prairie Dogs,
Douglas Ranger District, Medicine
Bow-Routt National Forests and
Thunder Basin National Grassland,
Campbell, Converse, Niobrara and
Weston Counties, WY, Comment
Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact:
Misty Hays 307–358–4690, Revision
of FR Notice Published 12/21/2007:
Extending Comment Period from
02/04/2008 to 03/24/2008.
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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Environmental Impact Statements and
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Availability of EPA comments
prepared pursuant to the Environmental
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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. 20070559, ERP No. D1–DOE–
A06181–00, Rail Alignment for the
Construction and Operation of a
Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic
Repository (DOE/EIS–0369D) at Yucca
Mountain, Nye County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
preferred alignment (the Caliente rail
alignment) because it could require the
filling of up to 81 acres of waters of the
U.S., including wetlands associated
with the Meadow Valley Wash and
Clover Creek. EPA also expressed
concerns about the limited analysis
regarding the hydrologic effects of the
rail line construction to the Meadow
Valley Wash area. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070419, ERP No. D–BLM–
J65493–UT, Kanab Field Office
Resource Management Plan,
Implementation, Portions of Kane and
Garfield Counties, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to water quality,
aquatic resources, air quality, and
sensitive/rare wildlife and their habitat.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070440, ERP No. D–FHW–
J40178–UT, Mountain View Corridor
(MVC) Project, Proposed
Transportation Improvement 2030
Travel Demand in Western Salt Lake
County south of I–80 and west of
Bangerter Highway and in
northwestern Utah County of I–15,
south of the Salt Lake County Line,
and north of Utah Lake, Salt Lake and
Utah County, UT.
Summary: EPA has environmental
concerns about the potential
impairment of water quality in the
Jordan River. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070469, ERP No. D–NOA–
E91021–00, Snapper Grouper
Amendment 15B, Fishery
Management Plan, To Analyze the
Effects of Updating Management
Reference Points for Golden Tilefish
(Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps);
Define Allocations for Snowy Grouper
(Epinephelus niveatus) and Red Porgy
(Pagrus pagrus), NC, SC, FL and GA.
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Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070484, ERP No. D–FHW–
F40818–00, Interstate–94, I–43, I–894,
and WI–119 (Airport Spur) I–94/USH
41 Interchange to Howard Avenue, To
Address Freeway System’s
Deteriorated Conditions, Funding and
U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit,
Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee
Counties, WI and Lake County, IL.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
impacts to wetlands, and has requested
further analysis regarding mobile source
air toxics and suggests air quality
mitigation strategies that should be
considered. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070498, ERP No. D–FHW–
J40181–UT, I–15 Corridor Project,
Transportation Improvement from
Utah County to Salt Lake County, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
potential increases in PM 2.5 as well as
the project’s contribution of total
dissolved solids to impaired the Jordan
River. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070517, ERP No. D–USN–
D11043–MD, National Naval Medical
Center, Activities to Implement 2005
Base Realignment and Closure
Actions, Construction and Operation
of New Facilities for Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed concern
about potential wetland and historic
resource impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070519, ERP No. D–AFS–
J65502–MT, Cooney McKay Forest
Health and Fuels Reduction Project,
Proposed to Restore Desirable
Vegetative Conditions, Swan Valley
near Condon, Swan Lake Ranger
District, Flathead National Forest,
Lake and Missoula Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA supports activities to
reduce hazardous fuels and fire risk in
wildland urban interface areas, but
expressed environmental concerns
about adverse impacts from logging and
road construction on water quality. EPA
also identified the need for consistency
with the downstream Swan Lake TMDL.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070428, ERP No. DA–DOE–
A06181–00, 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),
Railroad Construction and Operation
within the Mina Rail Corridor to
connect Yucca Mountain Repository
to Rail Line near Wabusha, NV.
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Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070429, ERP No. DB–DOE–
A06181–00, Geologic Repository for
the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
and High-Level Radioactive Waste,
Construction, Operation, Monitoring
and Eventually Closing a Geologic
Repository (DOE/EIS–0250F–S1D) at
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about regional
seismic activity and questions that have
been raised regarding the differences in
observed strain rates in the area versus
forecasted rates and whether these rates
have been underestimated. EPA
recommended that the final SEIS
explain the appropriate strain rates will
be determined and reflected in the
project’s conceptual seismic model.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070441, ERP No. DS–IBR–
K39079–CA, Environmental Water
Account (EWA) Project, Updated
Information to Provide an Evaluation
of 2004 Final EIS/EIR Environmental
Water Account (EWA) and Effects
Associated with Extending the
Current EWA’s through 2011, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about potential
impacts to fisheries and water quality,
and recommended that the Final
Supplemental EIS/EIR include
additional information regarding EWA
fisheries benefits, water quality
conditions and management, and
project funding. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070470, ERP No. DS–AFS–
L65453–ID, North Sheep
Allotments—Sheep and Goat
Allotment Management Plans,
Additional Information on Analyses
Concerning Management Indicator
Species, Capable and Suitable Grazing
Lands, and Adaptive Management
Strategies, Authorization of
Continued Sheep Grazing for Fisher
Creek, Smiley Creek, North ForkBoulder and Baker Creek Sheep and
Goat Grazing Allotments, Sawtooth
National Forest, Ketchum Ranger
District, Sawtooth National Recreation
Area, Blaine and Custer Counties, ID.
Summary: This supplemental EIS has
included additional analysis and
information on grazing land status,
adaptive management and species of
concern. However, EPA continues to
have environmental concerns about
adverse impacts to water quality and
riparian areas from grazing, and
cumulative effects to sensitive areas and
aquatic resources from multiple uses.
EPA recommended more emphasis on
water quality restoration and
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monitoring, restoring riparian and sage
grouse habitats, and consideration of a
hybrid alternative which is based on
available resources. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070521, ERP No. DS–NOA–
G64007–00, Reef Fish Amendment
30A: Greater Amberjack—Revise
Rebuilding Plan, Accountability
Measures: Gray Triggerfish-Establish
Rebuilding Plan, End Overfishing,
Accountability Measures, Regional
Management, Management
Thresholds and Benchmarks, Gulf of
Mexico.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
preferred alternative. Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20070464, ERP No. F–FHW–
D40335–VA, Harrisonburg Southeast
Connector Location Study,
Transportation Improvements from
U.S. Route 11 to U.S. Route 33,
Funding and U.S. Army COE Section
404 Permit, City of Harrisonburg,
Rockingham County, VA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
preferred alternative.
EIS No. 20070465, ERP No. F–FRA–
K59004–CA, Los Angeles to San Diego
(LOSSAN) Rail Corridor, Proposed
Rail Corridor Improvement Studies,
Increase of Intercity Travel for Faster,
Safer, and Reliable Passenger Rail
System, Los Angeles, Orange, and San
Diego Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts
to aquatic and biological resources and
impacts to sensitive lagoon ecosystems.
EIS No. 20070531, ERP No. F–AFS–
J65481–MT, Lolo National Forest
Integrated Weed Management, To
Establish Beneficial Vegetation and
Weed Resistant Plant Communities,
Missoula, Mineral, Sanders, Granite,
Powell, Lewis and Clark, Flathead,
Ravalli and Lake Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA supports the Forest
Service’s efforts in managing the great
threats from noxious weeds. The final
EIS addressed our comments on
prioritizing a full range of weed
management activities. Because of the
potential for unintended transport of
herbicides to surface and ground water,
EPA encouraged continued water
quality monitoring to validate design
criteria and monitoring mitigation
measures.
EIS No. 20070490, ERP No. FS–COE–
J28021–CO, Rueter-Hess Reservoir
Expansion Project, Enlarges Reservoir
to Provide Storage of Denver Basin
Groundwater for Meeting Peak
Municipal Water Supply, U.S. Army
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COE Section 404 Permit, Town of
Parker, Douglas County, CO.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the lack
of information regarding the uncertainty
of future water supplies for all of the
four service areas. EPA also expressed
concerns with potential impacts to
Cherry Creek’s adjacent wetland and
riparian habitat, and recommended that
the Corps include a monitoring plan to
detect whether any adverse impacts to
aquatic ecosystems adjacent to Cherry
Creek occur as a result of the proposed
project.
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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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 FR dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR
17156).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20070559, ERP No. D1-DOE-A06181-00, Rail Alignment for the
Construction and Operation of a Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic
Repository (DOE/EIS-0369D) at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the preferred
alignment (the Caliente rail alignment) because it could require the
filling of up to 81 acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands
associated with the Meadow Valley Wash and Clover Creek. EPA also
expressed concerns about the limited analysis regarding the hydrologic
effects of the rail line construction to the Meadow Valley Wash area.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070419, ERP No. D-BLM-J65493-UT, Kanab Field Office Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, Portions of Kane and Garfield
Counties, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to water quality, aquatic resources, air quality, and
sensitive/rare wildlife and their habitat. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070440, ERP No. D-FHW-J40178-UT, Mountain View Corridor (MVC)
Project, Proposed Transportation Improvement 2030 Travel Demand in
Western Salt Lake County south of I-80 and west of Bangerter Highway
and in northwestern Utah County of I-15, south of the Salt Lake County
Line, and north of Utah Lake, Salt Lake and Utah County, UT.
Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about the potential
impairment of water quality in the Jordan River. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070469, ERP No. D-NOA-E91021-00, Snapper Grouper Amendment
15B, Fishery Management Plan, To Analyze the Effects of Updating
Management Reference Points for Golden Tilefish (Lopholatilus
chamaeleonticeps); Define Allocations for Snowy Grouper (Epinephelus
niveatus) and Red Porgy (Pagrus pagrus), NC, SC, FL and GA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070484, ERP No. D-FHW-F40818-00, Interstate-94, I-43, I-894,
and WI-119 (Airport Spur) I-94/USH 41 Interchange to Howard Avenue, To
Address Freeway System's Deteriorated Conditions, Funding and U.S. Army
COE Section 404 Permit, Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee Counties, WI and
Lake County, IL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts to
wetlands, and has requested further analysis regarding mobile source
air toxics and suggests air quality mitigation strategies that should
be considered. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070498, ERP No. D-FHW-J40181-UT, I-15 Corridor Project,
Transportation Improvement from Utah County to Salt Lake County, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
increases in PM 2.5 as well as the project's contribution of total
dissolved solids to impaired the Jordan River. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070517, ERP No. D-USN-D11043-MD, National Naval Medical
Center, Activities to Implement 2005 Base Realignment and Closure
Actions, Construction and Operation of New Facilities for Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed concern about potential wetland and historic
resource impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070519, ERP No. D-AFS-J65502-MT, Cooney McKay Forest Health
and Fuels Reduction Project, Proposed to Restore Desirable Vegetative
Conditions, Swan Valley near Condon, Swan Lake Ranger District,
Flathead National Forest, Lake and Missoula Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA supports activities to reduce hazardous fuels and fire
risk in wildland urban interface areas, but expressed environmental
concerns about adverse impacts from logging and road construction on
water quality. EPA also identified the need for consistency with the
downstream Swan Lake TMDL. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070428, ERP No. DA-DOE-A06181-00, 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), Railroad Construction and Operation within the
Mina Rail Corridor to connect Yucca Mountain Repository to Rail Line
near Wabusha, NV.
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Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070429, ERP No. DB-DOE-A06181-00, Geologic Repository for the
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste,
Construction, Operation, Monitoring and Eventually Closing a Geologic
Repository (DOE/EIS-0250F-S1D) at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about regional
seismic activity and questions that have been raised regarding the
differences in observed strain rates in the area versus forecasted
rates and whether these rates have been underestimated. EPA recommended
that the final SEIS explain the appropriate strain rates will be
determined and reflected in the project's conceptual seismic model.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070441, ERP No. DS-IBR-K39079-CA, Environmental Water Account
(EWA) Project, Updated Information to Provide an Evaluation of 2004
Final EIS/EIR Environmental Water Account (EWA) and Effects Associated
with Extending the Current EWA's through 2011, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
impacts to fisheries and water quality, and recommended that the Final
Supplemental EIS/EIR include additional information regarding EWA
fisheries benefits, water quality conditions and management, and
project funding. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070470, ERP No. DS-AFS-L65453-ID, North Sheep Allotments--
Sheep and Goat Allotment Management Plans, Additional Information on
Analyses Concerning Management Indicator Species, Capable and Suitable
Grazing Lands, and Adaptive Management Strategies, Authorization of
Continued Sheep Grazing for Fisher Creek, Smiley Creek, North Fork-
Boulder and Baker Creek Sheep and Goat Grazing Allotments, Sawtooth
National Forest, Ketchum Ranger District, Sawtooth National Recreation
Area, Blaine and Custer Counties, ID.
Summary: This supplemental EIS has included additional analysis and
information on grazing land status, adaptive management and species of
concern. However, EPA continues to have environmental concerns about
adverse impacts to water quality and riparian areas from grazing, and
cumulative effects to sensitive areas and aquatic resources from
multiple uses. EPA recommended more emphasis on water quality
restoration and monitoring, restoring riparian and sage grouse
habitats, and consideration of a hybrid alternative which is based on
available resources. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070521, ERP No. DS-NOA-G64007-00, Reef Fish Amendment 30A:
Greater Amberjack--Revise Rebuilding Plan, Accountability Measures:
Gray Triggerfish-Establish Rebuilding Plan, End Overfishing,
Accountability Measures, Regional Management, Management Thresholds and
Benchmarks, Gulf of Mexico.
Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative. Rating
LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20070464, ERP No. F-FHW-D40335-VA, Harrisonburg Southeast
Connector Location Study, Transportation Improvements from U.S. Route
11 to U.S. Route 33, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, City
of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, VA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative.
EIS No. 20070465, ERP No. F-FRA-K59004-CA, Los Angeles to San Diego
(LOSSAN) Rail Corridor, Proposed Rail Corridor Improvement Studies,
Increase of Intercity Travel for Faster, Safer, and Reliable Passenger
Rail System, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the direct,
indirect, and cumulative impacts to aquatic and biological resources
and impacts to sensitive lagoon ecosystems.
EIS No. 20070531, ERP No. F-AFS-J65481-MT, Lolo National Forest
Integrated Weed Management, To Establish Beneficial Vegetation and Weed
Resistant Plant Communities, Missoula, Mineral, Sanders, Granite,
Powell, Lewis and Clark, Flathead, Ravalli and Lake Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA supports the Forest Service's efforts in managing the
great threats from noxious weeds. The final EIS addressed our comments
on prioritizing a full range of weed management activities. Because of
the potential for unintended transport of herbicides to surface and
ground water, EPA encouraged continued water quality monitoring to
validate design criteria and monitoring mitigation measures.
EIS No. 20070490, ERP No. FS-COE-J28021-CO, Rueter-Hess Reservoir
Expansion Project, Enlarges Reservoir to Provide Storage of Denver
Basin Groundwater for Meeting Peak Municipal Water Supply, U.S. Army
COE Section 404 Permit, Town of Parker, Douglas County, CO.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the lack of
information regarding the uncertainty of future water supplies for all
of the four service areas. EPA also expressed concerns with potential
impacts to Cherry Creek's adjacent wetland and riparian habitat, and
recommended that the Corps include a monitoring plan to detect whether
any adverse impacts to aquatic ecosystems adjacent to Cherry Creek
occur as a result of the proposed project.
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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