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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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[Federal Register: June 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 115)]
[Notices]
[Page 33220-33221]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15jn07-52]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6688-1]

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 F.R. dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20070147, ERP No. D-AFS-J65479-MT, Trapper Bunk House Land
Stewardship Project, Reduce Risk from Stand-Replacing and
Uncontrollable Fires, Improve Resiliency and Provide Forest Products,
Fuel Reduction Research and Watershed Improvement, Bitterroot National
Forest, Darby Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT.

    Summary: EPA supports project objectives to improve watersheds,
reduce fire risk, improve vegetative resiliency, conduct fuel reduction
research, and provide timber. However, EPA expressed environmental
concerns about potential impacts to water quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070150, ERP No. D-FRC-F03010-WI, Gurardian Expansion and
Extension Project, Construction and Operation Natural Gas Pipeline
Facilities, Jefferson, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Calument, Brown, Walworth,
Outagamie Counties, WI.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about water quality
and wetland impacts and requested additional analysis and mitigation
for these impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070152, ERP No. D-GSA-F60010-OH, Cincinnati National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Laboratories
Consolidation, Site Selection, Hamilton and Clermont Counties, OH.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality
impacts, and water quality/wetland impacts, and requested additional
information on mitigation. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20070142, ERP No. F-BLM-J01081-WY, Maysdorf Coal Lease by
Application (LBA) Tract, (Federal Coal Application WYW154432),
Implementation, Campbell Counties, WY.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

EIS No. 20070163, ERP No. F-BLM-L65518-ID, Eastside Township Fuels and
Vegetation Project, Address the Forest Health, Fuels, Safety, and
Watershed Issues, Elk City, Idaho County, ID.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the
project due to impacts of short term sediment loading listed streams.

EIS No. 20070166, ERP No. F-AFS-L65498-ID, Newsome Creek Watershed
Rehabilitation, Stream Restoration and Improvement and Decommissioning
of Roads, Red River Ranger District, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
County, ID.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about mercury
contamination impacts from past mining practices which could pose a

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threat to human health, fish and aquatic biota. The Record of Decision
should include data on levels of mercury contamination in the project
area and mitigation measures.

EIS No. 20070170, ERP No. F-NPS-E65081-FL, Castillo de San Marcos
National Monument, General Management Plan, Implementation, City of St.
Augustine, St. Johns County, FL.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the action as proposed. EIS No.
20070173, ERP No. F-COE-E36184-FL, Central and Southern Florida
Project, New Authorization for Broward County Water Preserve Areas,
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan, (CERP), Broward County, FL.

    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA
does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20070178, ERP No. F-AFS-J65465-00, Kootenai National Forest
Invasive Plant Management, Proposes to Manage Noxious Weed and Invasive
Plant Species, Lincoln Sanders, Flathead Counties, MT and Bonner and
Boundary Counties, ID.

    Summary: EPA supports the integrated weed management program;
however, we continue to suggest the need for adequate mitigation
measures during herbicide applications which could potentially
adversely impact water quality and aquatic resources.

EIS No. 20070198, ERP No. F-HUD-L85028-WA, Westpark Redevelopment
Master Plan, Redevelop of 82-acre Site to create a Mixed-Use, Mixed-
Income Pedestrian-Oriented Urban Community, Funding and US Army COE
Section 10 Permit, City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA.

    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: 06/11/2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-11575 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
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