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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 207 / Friday, October 24, 2008 / Notices Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on November 4, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–25345 Filed 10–23–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. OA08–62–000] California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of FERC Staff Attendance October 17, 2008. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) hereby gives notice that on October 21, 2008, members of its staff will participate in a meeting to be conducted by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) regarding the CAISO’s transmission planning standards agreement. The information and documents for the meeting can be obtained from Judi Sanders, jsanders@caiso.com. Sponsored by the CAISO, this meeting is open to all market participants, and staff’s participation is part of the Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. This meeting may discuss matters at issue in the above captioned docket. For further information, contact Saeed Farrokhpay at saeed.farrokhpay@ferc.gov; (916) 294– 0233 or Maury Kruth at maury.kruth@ferc.gov, (916) 294–0275. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–25341 Filed 10–23–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12948–002] Clementine Dam Hydro, LLC; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES October 17, 2008. Take notice that Clementine Dam Hydro, LLC, permittee for the proposed Clementine Dam Hydroelectric Project, has requested that its preliminary permit be terminated. The permit was issued on April 16, 2008, and would have expired on March 31, 2011.1 The project would have been located on the 1 123 FERC ¶ 62,053. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:48 Oct 23, 2008 American River in Placer County, California. The permittee filed the request on October 15, 2008, and the preliminary permit for Project No. 12948 shall remain in effect through the thirtieth day after issuance of this notice unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, part-day holiday that affects the Commission, or legal holiday as described in section 18 CFR 385.2007, in which case the effective date is the first business day following that day. New applications involving this project site, to the extent provided for under 18 CFR Part 4, may be filed on the next business day. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–25343 Filed 10–23–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12946–002] Goodwin Hydro, LLC; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit October 17, 2008. Take notice that Goodwin Hydro, LLC, permittee for the proposed Goodwin Dam Hydroelectric Project, has requested that its preliminary permit be terminated. The permit was issued on April 16, 2008, and would have expired on March 31, 2011.1 The project would have been located on the Stanislaus River in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties, California. The permittee filed the request on October 15, 2008, and the preliminary permit for Project No. 12946 shall remain in effect through the thirtieth day after issuance of this notice unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, part-day holiday that affects the Commission, or legal holiday as described in section 18 CFR 385.2007, in which case the effective date is the first business day following that day. New applications involving this project site, to the extent provided for under 18 CFR Part 4, may be filed on the next business day. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–25342 Filed 10–23–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 1 123 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 FERC ¶ 62,055. Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 63469 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–8586–9] 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, 2008 (73 FR 19833). Draft EISs EIS No. 20070453, ERP No. D–BLM– J65497–UT, Monticello Field Office Resource Management Plan, To Guide the Management of Public Land, Southern two-third of San Juan County and small portion on the Northern boundary within Grand County, UT. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about the air quality analysis and proposed changes in visual resource management. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20080290, ERP No. D–STB– F53019–00, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad (Finance Docket No. 35087) Proposed Acquisition by Canadian National (CN) Railway and Grand Trunk Corporation to connect all Five of CN’s Rail Lines, Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about hazardous materials transport/rail safety, air quality, surface water, wetlands, floodplains, environmental justice, noise, and habitat impacts. EPA’s recommendations include an adaptive management program, spill prevention/containment mitigation, and dropping one rail-to-rail connection. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20080313, ERP No. D–UAF– J11024–UT, White Elk Military Operations Area, Propose to Establish a New Military Operations Area (MOA) Linked to the Utah Test, Utah and Training Range (UTTR) Airspaces Nevada, Hill Air Force Base, UT and Nevada. Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action. Rating LO. EIS No. 20080327, ERP No. D–FHW– J40183–MT, Russell Street/South 3rd Street Reconstruction Project, To Address Current and Projected Safety E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 63470 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 207 / Friday, October 24, 2008 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES and Operational Needs, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, City of Missoula, Missoula County, MT. Summary: EPA expressed concern about air and water construction impacts and recommended additional analysis and information to fully assess and mitigate impacts of the proposed action. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20080365, ERP No. D–NPS– C61012–NY, Fort Stanwix National Monument General Management Plan, Implementation, Funding, City of Rome, Oneida County, NY. Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. Rating LO. Final EISs EIS No. 20080339, ERP No. F–BLM– J65497–UT, Monticello Field Office Resource Management Plan, To Guide the Management of Public Land, Southern two-third of San Juan County and small portion on the Northern boundary within Grand County, UT. Summary: While the Preferred Alternative should increase the level of overall resource protection, EPA continues to have environmental concerns with potential adverse impacts to air quality from reasonably foreseeable oil and gas development and a reduction of landscape acres in the Class I and II of the Visual Resource Inventory. EIS No. 20080354, ERP No. F–NPS– D61058–VA, Manassas National Battlefield Park General Management Plan, Implementation, Fairfax and Prince William Counties, VA. Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts to wetlands and riparian areas, especially forested wetlands, impacts to interior trees and habitat and mitigation for wetlands and removed forested acres. EIS No. 20080359, ERP No. F–BIA– J65498–WY, Riverton Dome Coal Bed Natural Gas (CBNG) and Conventional Gas Development Project, Construction of Well Pads, Roads, Pipelines, and Production Facilities, Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR), Fremont Count, WY. Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about surface water impacts if the water management strategy changes. EIS No. 20080366, ERP No. F–AFS– J65483–MT, Butte Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deerlodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Silver Bow and Park Counties, MT. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:48 Oct 23, 2008 Jkt 217001 Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about riparian impacts and impacts from motorized uses. EIS No. 20080368, ERP No. F–AFS– J65508–MT, Debaugan Fuels Reduction Project, Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities, Lolo National Forest, Superior Ranger District, Mineral County, MT. Summary: EPA continues to express concern about water quality impacts, and noted the need for continuing road maintenance in the project area, and the need for consistency with TMDLs. EIS No. 20080377, ERP No. F–AFS– J65514–MT, Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project, Timber Salvage, Implementation, Flathead National Forest, Flathead and Lincoln Counties, MT. Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about water quality impacts to Sheppard Creek. Dated: October 21, 2008. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E8–25454 Filed 10–23–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–8585–8] Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–1399 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/ Weekly Receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 10/13/2008 Through 10/17/2008 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20080423, Final EIS, AFS, SD, West Rim Project, Proposes to Implement Multiple Resource Management Actions, Northern Hills Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, Lawrence County, SD, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/2008, Contact: Chris Stores 605–642–4622 EIS No. 20080424, Final EIS, NOA, 00, Reef Fish Amendment 30B: Gag-End Overfishing and Set Management 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, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/2008, Contact: Roy E. Crabtree 727–824–5305 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 EIS No. 20080425, Final EIS, NOA, 00, Amendment 4 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Amendment 8 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, To Address the Harvest and Exportation of Undersized Lobster Tails to the United States, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/2008, Contact: Roy E. Crabtree 727–824–5301 EIS No. 20080426, Draft EIS, BLM, WY, South Gillette Area Coal Lease Applications, WYW172585, WYW173360, WYW172657, WYW161248, Proposal to Lease Four Tracts of Federal Coal Reserves, Belle Ayr, Coal Creek, Caballo, and Cordero Rojo Mines, Wyoming Powder River Basin, Campbell County, WY, Comment Period Ends: 12/23/2008, Contact: Sarah Bucklin 307–261–7587 EIS No. 20080427, Final EIS, AFS, WI, Medford Aspen Project, Preferred Alternative is Alternative 3, To Implement a Number of Vegetation and Transportation Management Activities, Medford-Park Falls Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Taylor County, WI, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/2008, Contact: Jane Darnell 715–748–4875 Ext. 38 EIS No. 20080428, Final EIS, OSM, 00, Excess Spoil Minimization Stream Buffer Zones, Proposed Revisions to the Permanent Program Regulations Implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Concerning the Creation and Disposal of Excess Spoil and Coal Mine Waste and Stream Buffer Zones, Permit Application, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/ 2008, Contact: David Hartos 412–937– 2909 EIS No. 20080429, Final EIS, BLM, 00, PROGRAMMATIC—Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/2008, Contact: Jack G. Peterson 208–373– 4048 EIS No. 20080430, Final EIS, COE, CA, Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority, proposes construct and maintain the Feather River Levee Repair Project, Segment 2, Issuing 408 Permission and 404 Permit, Yuba County, CA, Wait Period Ends: 11/24/2008, Contact: John Suazo 916– 557–6719 EIS No. 20080431, Final EIS, NSA, 00, PROGRAMMATIC—EIS—Complex Transformation, To Make the US Nuclear Weapon Complex Smaller, and more Responsive, Efficient and Secure in Order to Meet National Security Requirements, CA, NV, NM, SC, TN and TX, Wait Period Ends: E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8586-9]


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, 2008 (73 FR 19833).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070453, ERP No. D-BLM-J65497-UT, Monticello Field Office 
Resource Management Plan, To Guide the Management of Public Land, 
Southern two-third of San Juan County and small portion on the Northern 
boundary within Grand County, UT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about the air quality 
analysis and proposed changes in visual resource management. Rating 
EC2.

EIS No. 20080290, ERP No. D-STB-F53019-00, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 
Railroad (Finance Docket No. 35087) Proposed Acquisition by Canadian 
National (CN) Railway and Grand Trunk Corporation to connect all Five 
of CN's Rail Lines, Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about hazardous 
materials transport/rail safety, air quality, surface water, wetlands, 
floodplains, environmental justice, noise, and habitat impacts. EPA's 
recommendations include an adaptive management program, spill 
prevention/containment mitigation, and dropping one rail-to-rail 
connection. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080313, ERP No. D-UAF-J11024-UT, White Elk Military 
Operations Area, Propose to Establish a New Military Operations Area 
(MOA) Linked to the Utah Test, Utah and Training Range (UTTR) Airspaces 
Nevada, Hill Air Force Base, UT and Nevada.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080327, ERP No. D-FHW-J40183-MT, Russell Street/South 3rd 
Street Reconstruction Project, To Address Current and Projected Safety

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and Operational Needs, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 
City of Missoula, Missoula County, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed concern about air and water construction 
impacts and recommended additional analysis and information to fully 
assess and mitigate impacts of the proposed action. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080365, ERP No. D-NPS-C61012-NY, Fort Stanwix National 
Monument General Management Plan, Implementation, Funding, City of 
Rome, Oneida County, NY.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. Rating 
LO.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080339, ERP No. F-BLM-J65497-UT, Monticello Field Office 
Resource Management Plan, To Guide the Management of Public Land, 
Southern two-third of San Juan County and small portion on the Northern 
boundary within Grand County, UT.

    Summary: While the Preferred Alternative should increase the level 
of overall resource protection, EPA continues to have environmental 
concerns with potential adverse impacts to air quality from reasonably 
foreseeable oil and gas development and a reduction of landscape acres 
in the Class I and II of the Visual Resource Inventory.

EIS No. 20080354, ERP No. F-NPS-D61058-VA, Manassas National 
Battlefield Park General Management Plan, Implementation, Fairfax and 
Prince William Counties, VA.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts 
to wetlands and riparian areas, especially forested wetlands, impacts 
to interior trees and habitat and mitigation for wetlands and removed 
forested acres.

EIS No. 20080359, ERP No. F-BIA-J65498-WY, Riverton Dome Coal Bed 
Natural Gas (CBNG) and Conventional Gas Development Project, 
Construction of Well Pads, Roads, Pipelines, and Production Facilities, 
Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR), Fremont Count, WY.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about surface 
water impacts if the water management strategy changes.

EIS No. 20080366, ERP No. F-AFS-J65483-MT, Butte Resource Management 
Plan, Implementation, Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deerlodge, Gallatin, 
Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Silver Bow and Park Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about riparian 
impacts and impacts from motorized uses.

EIS No. 20080368, ERP No. F-AFS-J65508-MT, Debaugan Fuels Reduction 
Project, Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities, Lolo National Forest, 
Superior Ranger District, Mineral County, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to express concern about water quality 
impacts, and noted the need for continuing road maintenance in the 
project area, and the need for consistency with TMDLs.

EIS No. 20080377, ERP No. F-AFS-J65514-MT, Sheppard Creek Post-Fire 
Project, Timber Salvage, Implementation, Flathead National Forest, 
Flathead and Lincoln Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about water 
quality impacts to Sheppard Creek.

    Dated: October 21, 2008.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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