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that live training provides. Simulation
cannot replicate the environment that is
provided during coordinated training
and major exercises, where multiple
ships, submarines and aircraft, and
hundreds or thousands of men and
women are participating in training
activities in a coordinated fashion to
accomplish a common military
objective. Because of the need to train
as we fight, this alternative would fail
to meet the purpose and need of the
proposed action in that it would not
sufficiently prepare our naval forces for
combat. Therefore, this alternative is not
evaluated in the EIS/OEIS.
3. Practice Ammunition Use—An
alternative that would rely entirely on
inert, practice ammunition use within
the VACAPES Range Complex would
not achieve the necessary levels of
proficiency in firing weapons in a high
stress and realistic environment. Inert,
practice ammunition is utilized
throughout the VACAPES Range
Complex, and provides opportunity to
implement a successful, integrated
training program while reducing the risk
and expense typically associated with
live ammunition. As such, practice
ammunition is already utilized
extensively to enhance combat
performance in the Navy’s training
program. However, while it is an
essential component of training,
practice ammunition cannot be used
exclusively to train safely in an
inherently unsafe combat environment.
Consequently, this alternative fails to
meet the purpose and need of the
proposed action. Therefore, this
alternative was not carried forward for
analysis.
Nineteen resources and issues were
described and analyzed in the EIS/OEIS.
These include but are not limited to
water resources, air quality, marine
communities, marine mammals, sea
turtles, fish and essential fish habitat,
seabirds and migratory birds, cultural
resources, regional economy, and public
health and safety. The Navy used
subject matter experts, public and
agency scoping comments, previous
environmental analyses, previous
agency consultations, laws, regulations,
Executive Orders and resource-specific
information in a screening process to
identify aspects of the proposed action
that could act as stressors to resources
and issues evaluated in the EIS/OEIS.
The stressors considered for analysis
of environmental consequences include
but are not limited to vessel movements
(disturbance and collisions), aircraft
overflights (disturbance and strikes),
non-explosive practice munitions, and
underwater detonations and high
explosive ordnance.
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In accordance with 50 CFR 401.12 the
Navy submitted a Biological Evaluation
to assess the potential effects from the
proposed action on marine resources
and anadromous fish protected by the
NMFS under the Endangered Species
Act (ESA). In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1371[a][5]), the Navy
submitted a request for Letter of
Authorization to the NMFS for the
incidental taking of marine mammals by
the proposed action which was
acknowledged by NMFS in a Notice of
Receipt published in the Federal
Register (Vol. 73, No. 72, pp 20032–
20034) on April 14, 2008.
The Navy submitted a Consultation
Package in accordance with legal
requirements set forth under regulations
implementing Section 7 of the ESA (50
CFR 402; 16 U.S.C 1536 (c)) for listed
species under jurisdiction of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. The analysis
of environmental stressors indicated
that implementation of the No Action
Alternative, Alternative 1, or Alternative
2 would not result in unavoidable
significant adverse effects to resources
and issues analyzed.
The analysis of environmental
stressors and alternatives indicated no
significant impact to resources and
issues in U.S. territorial waters;
likewise, no significant harm in nonterritorial waters would be expected.
The VACAPES Draft EIS/OEIS was
distributed to Federal, State, and local
agencies, elected officials, and other
interested individuals and organizations
on June 27, 2008. The public comment
period will end on August 11, 2008.
Copies of the VACAPES Draft EIS/OEIS
are available for public review at the
following libraries: Ocean City Branch
Library, 10003 Coastal Highway, Ocean
City, MD; Rehoboth Beach Public
Library, 226 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE; Wicomico Public
Library, 122 South Division Street,
Salisbury, MD; Island Library, 4077
Main Street, Chincoteague, VA; Central
Library, 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd,
Virginia Beach, VA; and Kill Devil Hills
Branch Library, 400 S. Mustian St, Kill
Devil Hills, NC.
The VACAPES Draft EIS/OEIS is also
available for electronic public viewing
at https://
www.vacapesrangecomplexeis.com. A
paper copy of the Executive Summary
or a single CD with the VACAPES Draft
EIS/OEIS will be made available upon
written request by contacting Naval
Facilities Engineering Command,
Atlantic Division; Attention: Code
EV22ES (VACAPES EIS/OEIS PM); 6506
Hampton Blvd; Norfolk, VA 23508–
1278; facsimile: 757–322–4894. Federal,
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State, and local agencies and interested
parties are invited to be present or
represented at the public hearing.
Written comments can also be
submitted during the open house
sessions preceding the public hearings.
Oral statements will be heard and
transcribed by a stenographer; however,
to ensure the accuracy of the record, all
statements should be submitted in
writing. All statements, both oral and
written, will become part of the public
record on the Draft EIS/OEIS and will be
responded to in the Final EIS/OEIS.
Equal weight will be given to both oral
and written statements.
In the interest of available time, and
to ensure all who wish to give an oral
statement have the opportunity to do so,
each speaker’s comments will be limited
to three (3) minutes. If a long statement
is to be presented, it should be
summarized at the public hearing with
the full text submitted either in writing
at the hearing, or mailed or faxed to
Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Atlantic Division; Attention: Code
EV22ES (VACAPES EIS/OEIS PM); 6506
Hampton Blvd; Norfolk, VA 23508–
1278; facsimile: 757–322–4894. In
addition, comments may be submitted
on-line at https://
www.vacapesrangecomplexeis.com
during the comment period. All written
comments must be postmarked by
August 11, 2008 to ensure they become
part of the official record. All comments
will be addressed in the Final EIS/OEIS.
Dated: June 18, 2008.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Willow Creek Wind Project
Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record
of Decision (ROD).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA) has decided to
offer contract terms for the electrical
interconnection into the Federal
Columbia River Transmission System
(FCRTS) of up to 72 megawatts of power
to be generated by the proposed Willow
Creek Wind Project (Wind Project).
Willow Creek Energy, LLC proposes to
construct and operate the proposed
Wind Project in Gilliam and Morrow
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counties, Oregon, and has requested
interconnection to the FCRTS at a point
along BPA’s existing Tower Road-Alkali
115-kilovolt transmission line in
Gilliam County, Oregon. BPA will
construct a tap to allow the Wind
Project to interconnect to BPA’s
transmission line, and will install new
equipment at BPA’s existing Boardman
Substation in Morrow County, Oregon
to accommodate this additional power
in the FCRTS. This decision to
interconnect the Wind Project is
consistent with and tiered to BPA’s
Business Plan Final Environmental
Impact Statement (DOE/EIS–0183, June
1995), and Business Plan ROD (August
1995).
ADDRESSES: Copies of this tiered ROD
and the Business Plan EIS and ROD may
be obtained by calling BPA’s toll-free
document request line, 1–800–622–
4520. The RODs and EIS are also
available on our Web site,
www.efw.bpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Doug Corkran, Bonneville Power
Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621,
Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free
telephone number 1–800–622–4519; fax
number 503–230–5699; or e-mail
dfcorkran@bpa.gov.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 4,
2008.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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Concepts, Methods, and Data Sources
for Cumulative Health Risk
Assessment of Multiple Chemicals,
Exposures, and Effects: A Resource
Document
Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
The U.S. EPA announces the
availability of a final document entitled,
‘‘Concepts, Methods, and Data Sources
for Cumulative Health Risk Assessment
of Multiple Chemicals, Exposures, and
Effects: A Resource Document’’ (EPA/
600/R–06/013F), which was prepared by
the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within the U.S.
EPA’s Office of Research and
Development (ORD).
This document represents a
collaborative effort between the U.S.
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EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy
(U.S. DOE) that is designed to serve as
an interim resource between U.S. EPA’s
2003 ‘‘Framework for Cumulative Risk
Assessment’’ (EPA/630/P–02/001F) and
future documents on approaches and
guidance to cumulative risk assessment.
The document provides concepts,
methods, and data sources for
consideration and possible use in the
conduct of a cumulative risk
assessment. Specifically, the document
focuses on two areas: (1) Initiating
factors for a cumulative risk assessment,
with procedures for data collection and
organization, and (2) technical
approaches for assessing human health
risks associated with a subset of
cumulative risk issues (i.e., multiple
chemicals, exposures, and effects).
Overall, this document demonstrates the
feasibility of including combinations of
chemicals, exposures, effects and their
interactions into a cumulative risk
assessment and is meant to assist with
the conduct of multi-chemical,
population-focused assessments.
This document has undergone review
within the U.S. EPA, independent
external peer review by a panel of
scientific experts, and it has also
benefited from a 45-day public comment
period. However, it has not undergone
the scrutiny required of a guidance
document and, thus, does not represent
U.S. EPA policy.
DATES: This document will be available
on or about June 26, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The document will be
available electronically through the
National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of
paper copies will be available from the
U.S. EPA’s National Service Center for
Environmental Publications (NSCEP);
P.O. Box 42419; Cincinnati, OH 45242;
(800) 490–9198 (telephone); (301) 604–
3408 (facsimile); nscep@bps-lmit.com.
Please provide your name, your mailing
address, the title and the EPA number
of the requested publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda K. Teuschler, Project Leader,
NCEA-Cin; 26 W. Martin Luther King
Dr. (A–G20); Cincinnati, OH 45268;
(513) 569–7573 (telephone); (513) 487–
2539 (fax); teuschler.linda@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
EPA’s 2003 ‘‘Framework for Cumulative
Risk Assessment’’ and earlier reports
from the 1990s on the initial planning
and scoping phase needed to conduct a
cumulative risk assessment laid a broad
foundation for continued development
of cumulative risk approaches. The 2003
Framework describes some basic
considerations for conducting a
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cumulative risk assessment and outlines
four areas of population vulnerability:
Susceptibility or sensitivity, differential
exposure (e.g., living in close proximity
to pollutant sources), differential
preparedness (e.g., lack of disease
immunizations), and differential ability
to recover from exposures. Since 1986,
U.S. EPA technical and guidance
documents have been published that
address chemical mixture risk
assessments which can be used for
cumulative risk assessment, but
additional research has been needed to
address chemical mixtures in
combination with multiple exposures
and effects.
In February 2001, the U.S. EPA began
collaborating with the U.S. DOE in an
effort to collect data and develop
methods for use in cumulative risk
assessments. This present document,
‘‘Concepts, Methods, and Data Sources
for Cumulative Health Risk Assessment
of Multiple Chemicals, Exposures, and
Effects: A Resource Document,’’ is the
final product of that effort. It further
develops the knowledge base for
conducting cumulative risk assessments
by providing details regarding the
evaluation of the human health and
population aspects of cumulative risk
assessment and by introducing practical
ideas for addressing multiple chemicals,
exposures, and effects.
The U.S. EPA released the external
review draft in March 2006 for a 45-day
public comment period (see 71 FR
16306–16307, March 31, 2006; Docket
ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0223). The
draft received an independent peer
review conducted by the Eastern
Research Group under U.S. EPA
contract number 68–C–02–060. The peer
review included a two-day workshop in
May 2006 and featured an external
panel of scientific reviewers (see 71 FR
26365–26366, May 4, 2006; Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0223).
Dated: June 20, 2008.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Willow Creek Wind Project
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has decided to offer
contract terms for the electrical interconnection into the Federal
Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS) of up to 72 megawatts of
power to be generated by the proposed Willow Creek Wind Project (Wind
Project). Willow Creek Energy, LLC proposes to construct and operate
the proposed Wind Project in Gilliam and Morrow
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counties, Oregon, and has requested interconnection to the FCRTS at a
point along BPA's existing Tower Road-Alkali 115-kilovolt transmission
line in Gilliam County, Oregon. BPA will construct a tap to allow the
Wind Project to interconnect to BPA's transmission line, and will
install new equipment at BPA's existing Boardman Substation in Morrow
County, Oregon to accommodate this additional power in the FCRTS. This
decision to interconnect the Wind Project is consistent with and tiered
to BPA's Business Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-
0183, June 1995), and Business Plan ROD (August 1995).
ADDRESSES: Copies of this tiered ROD and the Business Plan EIS and ROD
may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line, 1-
800-622-4520. The RODs and EIS are also available on our Web site,
www.efw.bpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Doug Corkran, Bonneville Power
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621;
toll-free telephone number 1-800-622-4519; fax number 503-230-5699; or
e-mail dfcorkran@bpa.gov.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2008.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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