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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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 [Federal Register: March 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 56)]
[Notices]
[Page 13785-13786]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr23mr07-74]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6685-3]

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 202-564-7167.
    An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact
statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 7, 2006 (97 FR 27647).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060300, ERP No. D-AFS-J65469-CO, White River National Forest
Travel Management Plan, To Accommodate and Balance Transportation
Needs, Implementation, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat, Pitkin,
Rio Blanco, Routt and Summit Counties, CO.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
for adverse impacts to water quality from non-system roads and from
roads needing repair or maintenance. The final EIS should address the
strategy for implementing effective enforcement and compliance with new
road designations and restrictions, as well as repairing and
maintaining existing roads.
    Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20070016, ERP No. D-COE-F36167-OH, Dover Dam Safety Assurance
Program Project, Modifications and Upgrades, Funding, Muskingum River
Basin, Tscarawas County, OH.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed
approach to remediate potential hazardous wastes that may be present in
the project area, and recommended that a detailed evaluation and
remediation plan be developed and included in the Final EIS.
    Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060459, ERP No. F-NPS-J61108-SD, Badlands National Park/North
Unit General Management Plan, Implementation, Jackson, Pennington and
Shananon Counties, SD.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed EPA's concerns about impacts on
water quality and ripairian habitiat; however, EPA continues express
concerns about the downward trend in air quality, which is beleived to
be due to human-caused sources and fires within and outside of the
Park. EPA encourages the NPS to continue taking actions to mitigate
these sources of air pollution in and around the Park.

EIS No. 20060470, ERP No. F-FHW-J40170-CO, I-25 Valley Highway Project,
Transportation Improvement from Logan to U. S. 6, Denver County, CO.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20070022, ERP No. F-AFS-F-5062-MN, Echo Trail Area Forest
Management Project, Forest Vegetation Management and Related
Transportation System, Superior National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, Lacroix Ranger District and Kawishiwi
Ranger District, St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN.

    Summary: The final EIS addressed concerns regarding mitigation for
impacts to water quality and operational maintenance of logging
equipment; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20070037, ERP No. F-FHW-J40165-MT, U.S. Highway 89,
Improvements, from Browning to Hudson Bay Divide, Endangered Species
Act, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Glacier County, MT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
water quality, wetlands, and aquatic habitat, as well as impacts to
wildlife.

EIS No. 20070040, ERP No. F-DOD-A10076-00, PROGRAMMATIC--

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Missile Defense Agency, To Incrementally Develop, Test, Deploy, and
Plan for Decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).

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

EIS No. 20070086, ERP No. F-USA-D15000-VA, Fort Lee, Virginia and Fort
A. P. Hill, Virginia Project, Implementation of Base Closure and
Realignment (BRAC) Recommendations and Other Army Actions, Prince
George County, Petersburg, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia; Caroline
County, Essex County, VA.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

    Dated: March 20, 2007.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-5356 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am]
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