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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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[Federal Register: August 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 149)]
[Notices]
[Page 44990-44991]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr01au08-61]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-8584-3]

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 202-564-7146.
    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. 20080197, ERP No. D-BLM-K60041-NV, Lincoln County Land Act
(LCLA) Groundwater Development and Utility Right-of-Way Project,
Implementation, To Grant a Right-of-Way Permit for Groundwater
Development and Utility Facilities, Lincoln County, NV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the long-term
availability of the water supply, conservation and water use
efficiency, and indirect and cumulative impacts, and recommended
continued collaboration through a regional groundwater framework to
ensure efficient long-term sustainable use of the deep carbonate-rock
aquifer, and evaluation and commitment to specific climate change
adaptation measures and back-up water supplies. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080200, ERP No. D-AFS-J65515-UT, Dixie National Forest
Motorized Travel Plan, Implementation, Dixie National and the Teasdale
portion of the Fremont River Ranger District on the Fishlake National
Forest, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Piute, Washington and Wayne Counties, UT.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20080209, ERP No. D-AFS-J65516-WY, Inyan Kara Analysis Area
Vegetation Management, Proposes to Implement Best Management Livestock
Grazing Practices and Activities Associated with Adaptive Management
and Monitoring Strategies, Douglas Ranger District, Medicine Bow Routt
National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland, Niobrara and
Weston Counties, WY.

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    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential water
quality impacts to riparian/stream systems due to past grazing
activities. EPA supports adaptive management practices proposed by the
Forest Service for improve existing resource conditions impacted by
grazing and long-term drought. EPA requested that the final EIS include
a drought management plan and baseline data for monitoring and
protecting water quality. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080219, ERP No. D-NOA-E39073-00, Programmatic--Coral
Restoration in the Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuaries, Implementation, FL, TX, and LA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action, but requested
additional data to clarify timeframes of coral growth and the level of
effort to conduct the restoration projects. Rating LO.

    Dated: July 29, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E8-17718 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am]
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