Environmental Protection Agency January 14, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Today EPA announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee's (CAAAC) Task Force on the Performance of the Title V Operating Permits Program.

EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air quality, including long-range protection of visibility and the lack of analysis of other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable development in the area, and the lack of mitigation measures to protect air and water quality and reduce infestations of invasive non-native plant species. ERP No. D-FRC-K05059-CA Rating EC2, Upper North Fork Feather River Project (FERC No. 2105), Issuing a New License for Existing 3517.3 megawatt (MW) Hydroelectric Facility, North Fork Feather River, Chester, Plumas County, CA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the analysis of the no-action alternative, and water and air quality impacts, and requested additional information regarding consultation with tribal governments, environmental justice issues, and the analysis of cumulative impacts. ERP No. D-FRC-K05060-CA Rating EC2, Stanislaus Rivers Projects, Relicensing of Hydroelectric Projects: Spring Gap-Stanislaus FERC No. 2130; Beardsley/Donnells FERC No. 2005; Tulloch FERC No. 2067; and Donnells-Curtis Transmission Line FERC No. 2118, Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties, CA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the analysis of the no-action alternative, and water and air quality impacts; and requested additional information regarding consultation with tribal governments, environmental justice issues, and the analysis of cumulative impacts.