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Policy Act as amended. Requests for
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Draft EISs
EIS No. 20060490, ERP No. D–OSM–
K65321–00, Black Mesa Project,
Revisions to the Life-of-Mine
Operation and Reclamation for the
Kayenta and Black Mesa Surface-Coal
Mining Operations, Right-of-Way
Grant, Mohave, Navajo, Coconino and
Yavapai Counties, AZ and Clark
County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns because the
Draft EIS does not identify a specific
product delivery/customer use scenario
for the new preferred alternative,
discuss how the environmental impacts
of future coal delivery/customer use
scenarios will be analyzed, or describe
greenhouse gas emissions from the
proposed project. Rating EC2.
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EIS No. 20080154, ERP No. D–FHW–
D40342–MD, U.S. 50 Crossing Study,
Transportation Improvement from MD
611 to MD 378; and 3rd Street to
Somerset Street, Funding, U.S. Coast
Guard, U.S. Army COE Section 10 and
404 Permits, Worcester County, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about dredging
and impacts to bird habitat. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20080162, ERP No. D–FRC–
D03016–MD, Sparrows Point
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import
Terminal Expansion and Natural Gas
Pipeline Facilities, Construction and
Operation, Application Authorization,
U.S. COE section 10 and 404 Permits,
Baltimore County, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
potential impacts associated with the
proposed terminal. In particular, EPA
expressed concerns about the potential
water quality impacts associated with
the proposed dredging for the terminal
and noted that the Draft EIS did not
contain sufficient information to fully
assess the project’s impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080165, ERP No. D–FHW–
L59003–00, Interstate 5 Columbia
River Crossing Project, Bridge,
Transit, and Highway Improvements,
from State Route 500 in Vancouver,
WA to Columbia Boulevard in
Portland, OR, Funding, U.S. COE
section 10 & 404 Permits, NPDES
Permit.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
potential impacts to the Troutdale Sole
Source Aquifer, environmental justice,
and aquatic resources impacts, and
requested additional analysis for project
related air quality impacts be included
in the FEIS. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080203, ERP No. D–UCG–
A99225–00, Dry Cargo Residue (DCR)
Discharges in the Great Lakes, To
Regulate Nonhazardous and Nontoxic
DRC Sweeping from Vessels in the
Great Lakes that Fall under the
Jurisdiction of the United States.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080222, ERP No. D–COE–
E39074–FL, South Florida Water
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Management District (SFWMD)
Project, Propose to Construct and
Operate Stormwater Treatment Areas
(STAs) on Compartment B and C of
the Everglades Agriculture Area, U.S.
Army COE section 404 Permit, Palm
Beach and Hendry Counties, FL.
Summary: EPA is fully supportive of
the construction of the proposed
Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA).
However, EPA expressed environmental
concerns about the wetland impacts of
the total STA footprints, the discharge
of STA waters, and some of the
assumptions and technical analyses,
and requested that the Final EIS provide
additional information and analyses.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080228, ERP No. D–AFS–
L65555–WA, Republic Ranger Station
Excess Residence Sale Project,
Proposes to Sell a 0.72 Acre Parcel of
Land with a Residential Building,
Republic Ranger District, Colville
National Forest, Ferry County, WA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080169, ERP No. DR–COE–
K39099–CA, Berth 97–109 (China
Shipping) Container Terminal Project,
Construction and Operation, Issuance
of Section 404 (CWA) and Section 10
Rivers and Harbor Act Permits, Port of
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about impacts
to air quality, environmental justice
communities, and aquatic and biological
resources. EPA recommended
commitments to meet and exceed San
Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
air emission requirements, coordination
with the environmental justice
community to identify additional
measures to offset health impacts,
avoidance of fill, and development of a
port-wide marine mammal vessel strike
reduction program. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080210, ERP No. DS–FHW–
F40415–IN, U.S. 31 Improvement
Project (I–465 to IN 38), between I–
465 North Leg and IN–38, Updated
Information, NPDES Permit and U.S.
Army section 10 and 404 Permits,
Hamilton County, IN.
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Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about impacts
to water quality, public drinking water
supplies, and streams. Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080213, ERP No. F–COE–
E67005–NC, PCS Phosphate Mine
Continuation, New Information on
Additional Alternative ‘‘L’’ and ‘‘M’’,
Proposes to Expand its Existing Open
Pit Phosphate Mining Operation into
a 3,412 Acre Tract, Pamlico River and
South Creek, near Aurora, Beaufort
County, NC.
Summary: EPA continues to have
environmental objections to the
applicant’s proposed action
(‘‘Alternative L’’) due to significant
impacts to waters of the U.S. EPA
believes that ‘‘Alternative S33AP’’ is
both environmentally preferable and
economically practicable; EPA also
proposed modifications to Alternative L
that would reduce the potential
environmental impacts.
EIS No. 20080269, ERP No. FS–FHW–
G40129–AR, U.S. 67 Construction,
U.S. 67/167 to I–40 West/I–430
Interchange around the North Little
Rock Metropolitan Area, Funding,
Pulaski County, AR.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed project.
Dated: August 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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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 07/28/2008 through 08/01/2008
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
EIS No. 20080295, Final EIS, FHW, NY,
NYS Route 17 at Exit 122 Interchange
Project, To Improve the Safety and
Operation, Right-of-Way Acquisition,
Town of Wallkill, Orange County, NY,
Wait Period Ends: 09/08/2008,
Contact: Jeffery W. Kolb 518–431–
4127.
EIS No. 20080296, Final EIS, FHW, TX,
Grand Parkway (State Highway 99)
Selected the Preferred Alternative
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Alignment, Segment F–2 from SH 249
to IH 45, Right-of-Way Permit and
U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit,
Harris County, TX, Wait Period Ends:
09/17/2008, Contact: Justin Ham 512–
536–5963.
EIS No. 20080297, Draft EIS, IBR, CA,
Lake Casitas Resource Management
Plan (RMP), Implementation, Cities of
Los Angeles and Ventura, Western
Ventura County, CA, Comment Period
Ends: 09/22/2008, Contact: Sharon
McHale 916–989–7172.
EIS No. 20080298, Final EIS, BLM, ID,
Cottonwood Resource Management
Plan, Implementation, Latah,
Clearwater, Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho
and Adams Counties, ID, Wait Period
Ends: 09/08/2008, Contact: Dean
Huibregtse 208–962–3784.
EIS No. 20080299, Final EIS, IBR, CA,
American Basin Fish Screen and
Habitat Improvement Project,
Construction and Operation of one or
two Positive-Barrier Fish Screen
Diversion Facilities, Funding and U.S.
Army COE Section 10 and 404
Permits, Natomas Mutual, Sacramento
and Sutter Counties, CA, Wait Period
Ends: 09/08/2008, Contact: Bradley
Hubbard 916–978–5204.
EIS No. 20080300, Final EIS, BLM, AZ,
Agua Fria National Monument and
Bradshaw-Harquahala, Proposed
Resource Management Plan,
Implementation, Yavapai County, AZ,
Wait Period Ends: 09/08/2008,
Contact: Connie Stone 623–580–5500.
EIS No. 20080301, Final EIS, BLM, UT,
Richfield Field Office Resource
Management Plan, Implementation,
Future Management of the Public
Lands and Resource, Glen Canyon
National Recreation Area, Capitol
Reef and Canyonlands National Parks,
Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, Wayne and
Garfield Counties, UT , Wait Period
Ends: 09/08/2008, Contact: John
Russell 435–896–1500.
EIS No. 20080302, Third Draft
Supplement, UAF, FL, Eglin Air Force
Base (AFB) and Hurlburt Field,
Proposes To Implement the Military
Housing Privatization Initiative
(MHPI), FL, Comment Period Ends:
09/22/2008, Contact: Shari Kilbourne
973–656–2926.
EIS No. 20080303, Draft Supplement,
USN, 00, Developing Home Port
Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class
Aircraft Carriers in Support of the
U.S. Pacific Fleet, New Circumstances
and Information to Supplements (the
1999 FEIS) Coronado, CA, Comment
Period Ends: 09/22/2008, Contact:
Robert Montana 619–556–8509.
EIS No. 20080304, Draft EIS, NOA, 00,
Reef Fish Amendment 30B: Gag-End
Overfishing and Set Management
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Thresholds and Targets; Red
Grouper—Set Optimum Yield, Total
Allowable Catch (TAC), and
Management Measures: Area
Closures: and Federal Regulatory
Compliance, Implementation, Gulf of
Mexico, Comment Period Ends: 09/
22/2008, Contact: Roy E. Crabtree
727–824–5701.
EIS No. 20080305, Final EIS, CGD, AL,
Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal
(BOET) Deepwater Port License
Application (Docket # USCG–2006–
24644), Proposes To Construct and
Operate a Liquefied Natural Gas
Receiving and Regasification Facility,
Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of
Mexico, South of Fort Morgan, AL,
Wait Period Ends: 09/08/2008,
Contact: Lt. Hannah Kim 202–372–
1438.
Amended Notices
EIS No. 20080281, Draft EIS, NRC, 00,
GENERIC—In-Situ Leach Uranium
Milling Facilities (NUREG–1910),
Construction, Operation, Aquifer
Restoration and Decommissioning,
Potentially Location in Portions of
WY, NE, SD and NM, Comment
Period Ends: 10/07/2008, Contact:
James Park 301–415–6935. Revision to
FR Notice Published: Extending
Comment Period from 09/26/2008 to
10/07/2008.
Dated: August 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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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 202-564-7146.
An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental
impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR
19833).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20060490, ERP No. D-OSM-K65321-00, Black Mesa Project,
Revisions to the Life-of-Mine Operation and Reclamation for the Kayenta
and Black Mesa Surface-Coal Mining Operations, Right-of-Way Grant,
Mohave, Navajo, Coconino and Yavapai Counties, AZ and Clark County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns because the Draft EIS
does not identify a specific product delivery/customer use scenario for
the new preferred alternative, discuss how the environmental impacts of
future coal delivery/customer use scenarios will be analyzed, or
describe greenhouse gas emissions from the proposed project. Rating
EC2.
EIS No. 20080154, ERP No. D-FHW-D40342-MD, U.S. 50 Crossing Study,
Transportation Improvement from MD 611 to MD 378; and 3rd Street to
Somerset Street, Funding, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army COE Section 10
and 404 Permits, Worcester County, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about dredging and
impacts to bird habitat. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20080162, ERP No. D-FRC-D03016-MD, Sparrows Point Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal Expansion and Natural Gas Pipeline
Facilities, Construction and Operation, Application Authorization, U.S.
COE section 10 and 404 Permits, Baltimore County, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
impacts associated with the proposed terminal. In particular, EPA
expressed concerns about the potential water quality impacts associated
with the proposed dredging for the terminal and noted that the Draft
EIS did not contain sufficient information to fully assess the
project's impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080165, ERP No. D-FHW-L59003-00, Interstate 5 Columbia River
Crossing Project, Bridge, Transit, and Highway Improvements, from State
Route 500 in Vancouver, WA to Columbia Boulevard in Portland, OR,
Funding, U.S. COE section 10 & 404 Permits, NPDES Permit.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
impacts to the Troutdale Sole Source Aquifer, environmental justice,
and aquatic resources impacts, and requested additional analysis for
project related air quality impacts be included in the FEIS. Rating
EC2.
EIS No. 20080203, ERP No. D-UCG-A99225-00, Dry Cargo Residue (DCR)
Discharges in the Great Lakes, To Regulate Nonhazardous and Nontoxic
DRC Sweeping from Vessels in the Great Lakes that Fall under the
Jurisdiction of the United States.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080222, ERP No. D-COE-E39074-FL, South Florida Water
Management District (SFWMD) Project, Propose to Construct and Operate
Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) on Compartment B and C of the
Everglades Agriculture Area, U.S. Army COE section 404 Permit, Palm
Beach and Hendry Counties, FL.
Summary: EPA is fully supportive of the construction of the
proposed Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA). However, EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the wetland impacts of the total STA
footprints, the discharge of STA waters, and some of the assumptions
and technical analyses, and requested that the Final EIS provide
additional information and analyses. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080228, ERP No. D-AFS-L65555-WA, Republic Ranger Station
Excess Residence Sale Project, Proposes to Sell a 0.72 Acre Parcel of
Land with a Residential Building, Republic Ranger District, Colville
National Forest, Ferry County, WA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20080169, ERP No. DR-COE-K39099-CA, Berth 97-109 (China
Shipping) Container Terminal Project, Construction and Operation,
Issuance of Section 404 (CWA) and Section 10 Rivers and Harbor Act
Permits, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air
quality, environmental justice communities, and aquatic and biological
resources. EPA recommended commitments to meet and exceed San Pedro Bay
Ports Clean Air Action Plan air emission requirements, coordination
with the environmental justice community to identify additional
measures to offset health impacts, avoidance of fill, and development
of a port-wide marine mammal vessel strike reduction program. Rating
EC2.
EIS No. 20080210, ERP No. DS-FHW-F40415-IN, U.S. 31 Improvement Project
(I-465 to IN 38), between I-465 North Leg and IN-38, Updated
Information, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army section 10 and 404 Permits,
Hamilton County, IN.
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Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
water quality, public drinking water supplies, and streams. Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080213, ERP No. F-COE-E67005-NC, PCS Phosphate Mine
Continuation, New Information on Additional Alternative ``L'' and
``M'', Proposes to Expand its Existing Open Pit Phosphate Mining
Operation into a 3,412 Acre Tract, Pamlico River and South Creek, near
Aurora, Beaufort County, NC.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental objections to the
applicant's proposed action (``Alternative L'') due to significant
impacts to waters of the U.S. EPA believes that ``Alternative S33AP''
is both environmentally preferable and economically practicable; EPA
also proposed modifications to Alternative L that would reduce the
potential environmental impacts.
EIS No. 20080269, ERP No. FS-FHW-G40129-AR, U.S. 67 Construction, U.S.
67/167 to I-40 West/I-430 Interchange around the North Little Rock
Metropolitan Area, Funding, Pulaski County, AR.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.
Dated: August 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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