[Federal Register: October 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 198)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6680-2]
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 (71 FR
17845).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20060084, ERP No. D-AFS-K65302-CA, Commercial Park Stock Permit
Reissuance for the Sierra National Forest and Trail Management Plan for
the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, Application Reissuance Special-Use-Permit,
Mariposa, Madera and Fresno Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the adverse
impacts of sediment and manure to water quality. Alternative 3--
Destination Management offers the best remedy and should be given
additional consideration. The final EIS should include a detailed
monitoring and enforcement plan.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060181, ERP No. D-BLM-K08031-00, Devers-Palo Verde No. 2
Transmission Line Project, Construction and Operation a New 230-mile
500 kV Electric Transmission Line between Devers Substation in
California and Harquahala Generating Substation in Arizona.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential
impacts to wetlands and air quality. The final EIS should include a
more detailed discussion of cumulative impacts to air quality and
riparian habitat.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060321, ERP No. D-AFS-K65318-CA, Diamond Vegetation
Management Project, To Shift Existing Conditions Toward Desired Future
Conditions, MT. Hough Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, Plumas
County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to
water quality and requested additional information on cumulative
watershed effects in Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas. The final EIS
should include mitigation measures to further reduce erosion from
roads, stream bank instability and channel erosion.
Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20060281, ERP No. F-NPS-K39095-CA, Furnace Creek Water
Collection System, Reconstruction, Death Valley National Park,
Implementation, Inyo County, CA.
Summary: The Final EIS addressed EPA's concerns with a discharge of
reverse osmosis residuals into Furnace Creek; therefore, EPA has no
objections to the project.
EIS No. 20060288, ERP No. F-FTA-K54030-CA, Warm Springs Extension,
Proposing 5.4 mile Extension of the BART System in the City of Fremont,
Funding, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Alameda County,
CA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20060367, ERP No. F-FHW-J40172-UT, Syracuse Road 1000 West to
2000 West, Transportation Improvements, Funding and U.S. Army COE
Section 404 Permit, Syracus City, Davis County, UT.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
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Dated: October 10, 2006.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. E6-17014 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]
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