72 FR 105 pg. 30589 - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Type: NOTICEVolume: 72Number: 105Page: 30589
Docket number: [ER-FRL-6687-5]
FR document: [FR Doc. E7-10600 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6687-5]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental ReviewProcess (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 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20070116, ERP No. D-AFS-J65478-00, Norwood Project, Proposes to Implement MultipleResource Management Actions, Black Hills NationalForest, Hell Canyon Ranger District, PenningtonCounty, SD and Weston and Crook Counties, WY.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to water quality, impacts to wetlands, impacts from noxious and invasive weeds, and impacts to wildlife habitat. Also, the final EIS should include information about future interactions with the soon to be completed cellulosic ethanol plant.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070119, ERP No. D-NOA-L02034-AK, PROGRAMMATIC-Outer Continental Shelf SeismicSurveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas,Proposed Offshore Oil and Gas Seismic Survey, AK.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the uncertainties presented in the document that do not provide support for many of the documents alternatives and conclusions. EPA also requested that the cumulative effects analysis be expanded.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070122, ERP No. D-BLM-J03020-00, Overland Pass Natural Gas Liquids PipelineProject (OPP), Construction and Operation of 760Mile Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline, Right-of-WayGrant, KS, WY and CO.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to river and stream water quality. EPA requested additional analysis of water quality impacts and mitigation measures.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070154, ERP No. D-NOA-E91018-00, Amendment 27 to the Reef Fish Fishery ManagementPlan and Amendment 14 to the Shrimp FisheryManagement Plan, To Address Stock Rebuilding andOverfishing of Red Snapper, Gulf of Mexico.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed actions.
Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070140, ERP No. DR-NOA-A91073-00, PROGRAMMATIC-Toward an Ecosystem Approach for the Western Pacific Region: From Species-BasedFishery Management Plans to Place-Based FisheryEcosystem Plans, Bottomfish and SeamountGroundfish, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Crustaceans,Precious Corals, Pelagics, Implementation,American Samoa, Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands, Hawaii, U.S. Pacific RemoteIsland Area.
Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to the proposed action.
Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20070164, ERP No. F-AFS-J65440-MT, Northeast Yaak Project, Additional Documentation of Cumulative Effects Analysis, Proposed Harvest to Reduce Fuels in Old Growth, Implementation,Kootenai National Forest, Three Rivers RangerDistrict, Lincoln County, MT.
Summary: EPA continues to express concern about impacts to wildlife habitat.
Dated: May 29, 2007.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist,Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E7-10600 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
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