Environmental Protection Agency February 18, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential effects to aquatic and terrestrial resources from large scale management activity, and requested additional information on the ongoing beetle epidemic, especially its impact on meeting project goals. ERP No. D-AFS-J65431-UT Rating EC2, Duck Creek Fuels Treatment Analysis, To Reduce Fuels, Enhance Fire-Tolerant Vegetation and Provide Fuel Breaks, Dixie National Forest, Cedar City Ranger District, Kane County, UT. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential for adverse impacts to water quality and aquatic habitat, degradation of soils and impacts to wildlife from reduction of old growth habitat. The Final EIS should discuss additional mitigation measures to reduce impacts in important wildlife habitat and back-country areas. ERP No. D-AFS-J65434-CO Rating EC2, County Line Vegetation Management Project, Salvaging Spruce Beetle Infected Trees and Thinning Spruce-Fir Stand, Rio Grande National Forest, Conejos Peak Ranger District, Conejes County, CO. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about soil disturbance and erosion, runoff, sedimentation, and habitat impacts in streams that have a population of genetically pure Rio Grande cutthroat trout, and wildlife impacts to sensitive species such as threatened Canada Lynx, Northern Goshawk, and Boreal Owl. EPA recommended that the Preferred Alternative be modified to protect critical, older-growth spruce-fir wildlife habitats. ERP No. D-AFS-K65277-CA Rating EC2, Modoc National Forest Noxious Weed Treatment Project, Proposes to Implement a Control and Eradication Project, Lassen, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, CA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about integration of weed treatments, impacts to water quality, toxicity of herbicides to wildlife, and addressing tribal concerns regarding herbicide use. ERP No. D-USA-L11037-AK Rating EC2, Battle Area Complex (BAX) and a Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) Construction and Operation, U.S. Army Training Lands in Alaska. Summary: EPA expressed concerns related to water resource, wetland, and habitat impacts, and recommended that additional criteria could be used to expand the range of alternatives in order to minimize environmental impacts. ERP No. DR-IBR-K39048-CA Rating EC2, Truckee River Operating Agreement (TROA) Modify Operations of Five Federal and Two Non-Federal Reservoirs to Facilitate Distribution of Water, Truckee River Basin, EL Dorado, Nevada, Placer and Sierra Counties, CA and Douglas, Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties, NV. Summary: EPA expressed concerns about potential impacts to water quality and sensitive resources, and requested additional information in the Final EIS on water quality, alternatives, biological resources, cumulative impacts, water conservation, and program monitoring and reporting measures.
Targeted Watersheds Grant Program: Call for Nominations
EPA today is announcing the Call for Nominations of watershed proposals under the Targeted Watersheds Grant Program. Formerly called the Watershed Initiative, the Targeted Watersheds Grant Program is a competitive grant program designed to support the protection and restoration of the country's water resources through a holistic watershed approach to water quality management. For fiscal year 2005, Congress has appropriated a total of $18 million for the Program of which $10 million will be directed to nation-wide projects for improving water quality and the remaining $8 million will be directed toward projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Today's notice sets forth the process that will be used for selecting watersheds for the nation-wide projects, and serves as the call for nominations from Governors and Tribal Leaders. Subsequently, EPA will publish a separate notice that will outline the criteria and selection process for Chesapeake Bay nominations.
Sadler Drum Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into a settlement for the partial reimbursement of past response costs, pursuant to section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), concerning the Sadler Drum Superfund Site in Mulberry, Polk County, Florida, with Settling Party, Leroy Helms, an individual. The Agency will consider public comments on the proposed settlement until March 21, 2005. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the proposed settlement are available from: Paula V. Batchelor, WMD-SEIMB, U.S. EPA, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562-8887. Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor within 30 calendar days of the date of this publication.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; North Carolina Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference
EPA is publishing this action to provide the public with notice of the update to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) compilation, which appears at 40 CFR 52.1770 (Subpart II). In particular, materials submitted by North Carolina that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the North Carolina SIP are being updated to reflect EPA-approved revisions to North Carolina's SIP that have occurred since the last update. In this action EPA is also notifying the public of the correction of certain typographical errors in Table I of 40 CFR 52.1770(c).
Access to Confidential Business Information by Geologics Corporation
EPA has authorized its contractor Geologics Corporation, of Alexandria, VA, access to information which has been submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).
Standards of Performance for Stationary Combustion Turbines
The EPA is proposing standards of performance for new stationary combustion turbines in 40 CFR part 60, subpart KKKK. The new standards would reflect changes in nitrogen oxides (NOX) emission control technologies and turbine design since standards for these units were originally promulgated in 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG. The NOX and sulfur dioxide (SO2) standards have been established at a level which brings the emission limits up to date with the performance of current combustion turbines and their emissions.
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