Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability, 9817-9818 [E9-4797]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 43 / Friday, March 6, 2009 / Notices mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Application for a Land Use Authorization to Construct and Operate a Wind Energy Facility, Special Use AuthorizationPermit, Towns of Searsburg and Readsboro, Manchester RangerDistrict, Green Mountain National Forest, Bennington County, VT. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential adverse impacts to the brown bear habitat, the range of alternatives and comprehensive monitoring and mitigation for impacts to brown bear and their habitat.Rating EC2. EIS No. 20080439, ERP No. D–BLM– L65560–OR, John Day BasinResource Management Plan, To Provide Direction for ManagingPublic Lands in Central and Eastern Oregon, Prineville District,Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Wasco, Sherman, Umatilla, Jefferson andMorrow Counties, OR. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with impacts to water quality and quantity, and aquatic and riparian resources. We recommend incorporating the Alternative 4 grazing strategy, and continuation of watershed analysis per Alternative 1. The finalEIS should further discuss management of Reserve ForageAllotments, and Aquatic Conservation Strategy related to proper functioning condition, management of livestock, and water withdrawal.Rating EC2. EIS No. 20080485, ERP No. D–SFW– K99040–NV, Southeastern Lincoln County Habitat Conservation Plan, Application Package for Three Incidental Take Permits, Authorize the Take of Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Implementation, Lincoln County, NV. Summary: EPA expressed concerns about specific conservation measures. EPA requested additional information regarding impacts from desert tortoise relocation, and establishment of a southwestern willow flycatcher habitat mitigation bank.Rating EC2. Final EISs EIS No. 20080517, ERP No. F–FHW– C50015–NY, Kosciuszko BridgeProject, Propose Rehabilitation or Replacement a 1.1 mile SegmentBrooklyn-Queens Expressway (–278) from Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn and the Long Island Expressway (1495) in Queens, Kings andQueens Counties, NY. Summary: EPA’s previous concerns about air quality have been resolved; therefore EPA has no objections to the proposed action. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:20 Mar 05, 2009 Jkt 217001 EIS No. 20080525, ERP No. F–FHW– C40173–NJ, I–295/I–76/Route 42Direct Connection Project, To Improve Traffic Safety and ReduceTraffic Congestion, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 10 and 404Permits, Borough of Bellmawr, Borough of Mount Ephraim andGloucester City, Camden County, NJ. Summary: EPA’s previous concerns about wetlands, air quality and stormwater management have been resolved; therefore EPA has no objection to the proposed action. EIS No. 20080541, ERP No. F–UPS– K80007–CA, Aliso Viejo IncomingMail Facility, Proposed Construction and Operation of a MailProcessing Facility on a 25-Acre Parcel, Aliso Viejo, OrangeCounty, CA. Summary: While EPA does not object to this project, EPA requested that the ROD include commitments to the mitigation measures discussed in the EIS. EIS No. 20090006, ERP No. F–MMS– B09802–00, Cape Wind EnergyProject, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, andDecommissioning of an Electric Generation Facility, Barnstable,Nantucket and Duke Counties, MA and Washington County, RI. Summary: EPA offered comments concerning the monitoring and mitigation component of the FEIS as well as air quality analysis/permitting and marine impacts and requested that MMS address all substantive comments received on the FEIS in the ROD and to coordinate closely with relevant state and federal agencies during its development. EIS No. 20090014, ERP No. F–NOA– L39065–OR, Bull Run Water Supply Habitat Conservation Plan, Application for and Incidental Take Permit to cover the Continued Operation and Maintenance, Sandy River Basin, City of Portland, OR. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. EIS No. 20090015, ERP No. F–FHW– E40818–TN, TN–397 (Mack Hatcher Parkway Extension) Construction from US–31 (TN–6, Columbia Avenue) South of Franklin to US–341 (TN–106, Hillsboro Road) North of Franklin, Additional Information on the Build Alternative (Alternative G), Williamson County and City of Franklin, TN. Summary: EPA’s previous concerns have been resolved; therefore EPA has no objection with the proposed action. PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9817 Dated: March 3, 2009. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E9–4796 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–8591–1] 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 02/23/2009 Through 02/27/2009 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20090052, Draft EIS, NRS, IA, Clarke County Water Supply Project, To Construct a Multiple-Purpose Structure that Provides for Rural Water Supply and Water Based Recreational Opportunities, Clarke County, IA, Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: Richard Sim 515–284–6655. EIS No. 20090053, Final Supplement, COE, MS, Gulfport Harbor Navigation Channel Project, To Evaluate Proposed Construction of Authorized Improvements to the Gulfport Harbor, Harrison County, MS, Wait Period Ends: 04/06/2009, Contact: Jennifer Jacobson 251–690–2724. EIS No. 20090054, Draft EIS, AFS, NV, Stanislaus National Forest Motorized Travel Management (17305) Plan, Implementation, Stanislaus National Forest, CA, Comment Period Ends: 05/05/2009, Contact: Sue Warren 209–532–3671 Ext. 321. EIS No. 20090055, Draft EIS, AFS/BLM, CO, Gunnison Basin Federal Lands Travel Management Project, To Address Travel Management on Federal Lands within the Upper Gunnison Basin and North Fork Valley, Implementation, Gunnison, Delta, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties, CO, Comment Period Ends: 06/03/2009, Contact: Gary S. Shellhorn 970–874–6666. The above EIS is Joint Lead Agencies with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. EIS No. 20090056, Third Draft Supplement, TPT, CA, Presidio Trust Management Plan (PTMP), Updated Information on the Preferred Alternative for the Main Post District of the Presidio of San Francisco, E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1 9818 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 43 / Friday, March 6, 2009 / Notices mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Implementation, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: John Pelka 415–561–4183. EIS No. 20090057, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Invasive Plants Treatment Project, To Protect Native Vegetation by Controlling, Containing, or Eradicating Invasive Plant, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur and Grant Counties , OR and Adams and Nez Perce Counties, ID , Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: Gene Yates 541– 523–1390. EIS No. 20090058, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Miller West Fisher Project, Proposes Land Management Activities, including Timber Harvest, Access Management, Road Storage and Decommissioning, Prescribed Burning and Precommercial Thinning, Miller Creek, West Fisher Creek and the Silver Butte Fisher River, Libby Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: Leslie McDougall 406–283– 7568. EIS No. 20090059, Final EIS, NOA, 00, PROGRAMMATIC—Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP), Day-to-Day Operation on Stranding, Response, Rehabilitation, Release, and Disentanglement Activities, Wait Period Ends: 04/06/2009, Contact: David Cottingham 301–713–2322. Amended Notices EIS No. 20080389, Second Draft Supplement, AFS, ID, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup Land and Resource Management Plan, Provide Additional Information to Reanalyzes the Effects of Current and Proposed Management on Rock Mountain Bighorn Sheep Viability in the Payette National Forest 2003 FEIS, 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, Comment Period Ends: 03/16/2009, Contact: Patricia Soucek 208–634–0812 Revision to FR Notice Published 10/ 03/2008: Extend the comment from 01/02/2009 to 03/016/2009. EIS No. 20090048, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Montanore Project, Proposes to Construct a Copper and Silver Underground Mine and Associated Facilities, Including a New Transmission Line, Plan-of-Operation Permit, Kootenai National Forest, Sanders County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 05/28/2009, Contact: Bobbie Lacklen 406–283–7681. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:20 Mar 05, 2009 Jkt 217001 Revision to FR Notice Published 02/ 27/2009: Correction to Comment Period from 04/13/2009 to 05/28/2009. Dated: March 3, 2009. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E9–4797 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting; Revised Sunshine Notice; FCC To Hold Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, March 5, 2009 March 3, 2009. The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Thursday, March 5, 2009, which is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. in Room TW–C305, at 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC. (See February 26, 2009 announcement 74 FR 9244, March 3, 2009.) • The meeting will include presentations and discussion by senior agency officials as well as industry, consumer groups and others involved in the Digital Television Transition. • Congress has set June 12, 2009 as the final deadline for terminating fullpower analog broadcasts. The purpose of the meeting is to educate and inform the Commission and the public about the digital television transition, including the partial transition on February 17, 2009, when some fullpower broadcast television stations stopped broadcasting in analog and began broadcasting in digital only. Agenda and Witness List 9:30 a.m. Opening Statements by Chairman and Commissioners. 9:45 a.m. Overview. Gary Epstein. 10 a.m. Panel 1: FCC and NTIA Reports on the Events of February 17, 2009 and Future Plans. Eloise Gore, Associate Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. Andrew Martin, Chief Information Officer, Federal Communications Commission. Cathy Seidel, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. Patrick Webre, Legal Advisor, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission. Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. 10:45 a.m. Break. 11 a.m. Panel 2: Industry and Consumer Group Reports on the Events of February 17, 2009 and Future Plans. David Rehr, President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters. Kyle McSlarrow, President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association. David Donovan, President, MSTV. Gene Kimmelman, Vice President for Federal and International Affairs, Consumers Union. Christopher A. McLean, Executive Director, Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition. Mark Lloyd, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. Sandy Markwood, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. 11:45 a.m. Closing Statements/ Adjournment. The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need. Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to: fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty). Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from Audrey Spivack or David Fiske, Office of Media Relations, (202) 418–0500; TTY 1–888–835–5322. Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC’s Audio/ Video Events Web page at https:// www.fcc.gov/realaudio. For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason University’s Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry the meeting E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8591-1]


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 02/23/2009 Through 02/27/2009 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 20090052, Draft EIS, NRS, IA, Clarke County Water Supply 
Project, To Construct a Multiple-Purpose Structure that Provides for 
Rural Water Supply and Water Based Recreational Opportunities, Clarke 
County, IA, Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: Richard Sim 515-
284-6655.
EIS No. 20090053, Final Supplement, COE, MS, Gulfport Harbor Navigation 
Channel Project, To Evaluate Proposed Construction of Authorized 
Improvements to the Gulfport Harbor, Harrison County, MS, Wait Period 
Ends: 04/06/2009, Contact: Jennifer Jacobson 251-690-2724.

EIS No. 20090054, Draft EIS, AFS, NV, Stanislaus National Forest 
Motorized Travel Management (17305) Plan, Implementation, Stanislaus 
National Forest, CA, Comment Period Ends: 05/05/2009, Contact: Sue 
Warren 209-532-3671 Ext. 321.

EIS No. 20090055, Draft EIS, AFS/BLM, CO, Gunnison Basin Federal Lands 
Travel Management Project, To Address Travel Management on Federal 
Lands within the Upper Gunnison Basin and North Fork Valley, 
Implementation, Gunnison, Delta, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties, CO, 
Comment Period Ends: 06/03/2009, Contact: Gary S. Shellhorn 970-874-
6666.

    The above EIS is Joint Lead Agencies with the U.S. Department of 
Interior's Bureau of Land Management.

EIS No. 20090056, Third Draft Supplement, TPT, CA, Presidio Trust 
Management Plan (PTMP), Updated Information on the Preferred 
Alternative for the Main Post District of the Presidio of San 
Francisco,

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Implementation, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Comment Period 
Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: John Pelka 415-561-4183.
EIS No. 20090057, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
Invasive Plants Treatment Project, To Protect Native Vegetation by 
Controlling, Containing, or Eradicating Invasive Plant, Wallowa, Baker, 
Malheur and Grant Counties , OR and Adams and Nez Perce Counties, ID , 
Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: Gene Yates 541-523-1390.
EIS No. 20090058, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Miller West Fisher Project, 
Proposes Land Management Activities, including Timber Harvest, Access 
Management, Road Storage and Decommissioning, Prescribed Burning and 
Precommercial Thinning, Miller Creek, West Fisher Creek and the Silver 
Butte Fisher River, Libby Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest, 
Lincoln County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 04/20/2009, Contact: Leslie 
McDougall 406-283-7568.
EIS No. 20090059, Final EIS, NOA, 00, PROGRAMMATIC--Marine Mammal 
Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP), Day-to-Day Operation on 
Stranding, Response, Rehabilitation, Release, and Disentanglement 
Activities, Wait Period Ends: 04/06/2009, Contact: David Cottingham 
301-713-2322.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 20080389, Second Draft Supplement, AFS, ID, Southwest Idaho 
Ecogroup Land and Resource Management Plan, Provide Additional 
Information to Reanalyzes the Effects of Current and Proposed 
Management on Rock Mountain Bighorn Sheep Viability in the Payette 
National Forest 2003 FEIS, 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, Comment Period Ends: 03/16/2009, Contact: Patricia Soucek 
208-634-0812 Revision to FR Notice Published 10/03/2008: Extend the 
comment from 01/02/2009 to 03/016/2009.
EIS No. 20090048, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Montanore Project, Proposes to 
Construct a Copper and Silver Underground Mine and Associated 
Facilities, Including a New Transmission Line, Plan-of-Operation 
Permit, Kootenai National Forest, Sanders County, MT, Comment Period 
Ends: 05/28/2009, Contact: Bobbie Lacklen 406-283-7681.

    Revision to FR Notice Published 02/27/2009: Correction to Comment 
Period from 04/13/2009 to 05/28/2009.

    Dated: March 3, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E9-4797 Filed 3-5-09; 8:45 am]
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