74 FR 11 pgs. 3033-3034 - Environmental Impact Statements andRegulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Type: NOTICEVolume: 74Number: 11Pages: 3033 - 3034
Docket number: [ER-FRL-8589-6]
FR document: [FR Doc. E9-908 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-8589-6]
Environmental Impact Statements andRegulations; 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 EPAcomments can be directed to the Office ofFederal Activities at 202-564-7146.An explanation of the ratings assigned todraft environmental impact statements(EISs) was published in FR datedApril 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20080445, ERP No. D-FTA-K59008-CA, Berkeley/Albany Ferry Terminal Study, Proposing to Implement New Ferry Service between Berkeley/Albany and the San Francisco Ferry Building, Funding, San Francisco Water Transit Authority (WETA), Berkeley/Albany, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns aboutbiological resource and dredging impacts.Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080438, ERP No. F-FHW-K50014-CA, DoyleDrive Project, South Access to the Golden GateBridge, Propose to Improve Seismic, Structural, and Traffic Safety, Presidio of San Francisco, SanFrancisco County Transportation Authority, Marinand San Francisco Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concernsabout traffic and localized air quality impactsdue to the scale and duration of constructionactivities.
EIS No. 20080476, ERP No. F-COE-G39047-00, WhiteRiver Minimum Flow Study, To Provide an ImprovedMinimum Flow for the Benefit of the Tail WaterFishery, White River Basin Lakes: Bull ShoalLakes on the White River; Norfork Lake on theNorth Fork White River, AR.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to thepreparing agency.
EIS No. 20080482, ERP No. F-DOE-A09800-00, PROGRAMMATIC-Designation of Energy Corridors in 11 Western States, Preferred Location of FutureOil, Gas, and Hydrogen Pipelines and ElectricityTransmission and Distribution Facilities onFederal Land, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WA, and WY.
Summary: While the final Programmatic EIS providedadditional information on the interagencyoperating procedures (IOPs) and impacts to visualresources areas, EPA continues to haveenvironmental concerns about the potentialimpacts to wetlands in the designated corridors.
EIS No. 20080483, ERP No. F-FHW-D40184-MO, MO-34Improvement, from U.S. Routes 60/21 Intersectionin Carter County to Routes 34/72 Intersection inCape Girardeau County, Funding, U.S. Army COESection 404 Permit, Carter, Bollinger, Reynolds, Wayne, and Cape Girardeau Counties, MO.
Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action;however, we requested clarification on the numberand length of jurisdictional streams.
EIS No. 20080490, ERP No. F-BPA-L91030-WA, LyleFalls Fish Passage Project, To Improve FishPassage to Habitat in the Upper Part of theWatershed, Located on the Lower Klickitat River, Klickitat County, WA.
Summary: The Final EIS adequately responded to ourprevious comments; therefore, EPA does notobject to the preferred action.
EIS No. 20080493, ERP No. F-BLM-G65105-NM, Socorro Resource Management Plan Revision, Implementation, Socorro and Catron Counties, NM.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to thepreparing agency.
EIS No. 20080500, ERP No. F-DHS-A10077-00, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, PreferredAlternative is (2) Manhattan Campus Site, Propose to Site, Construct and Operate at one ofthe Proposed Locations: (1) South Milledge AvenueSite, Clarke County, GA; (2) Manhattan CampusSite, Riley County, KS; (3) Flora Industrial ParkSite, Madison County, MS; (4) Plum Island Site, Suffolk County, NY;(5) Umstead Research Park Site, Granville County, NC; and (6) TexasResearch Park Site, Bexar and Medina Counties, TX.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: January 13, 2009.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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