Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.

Federal Register: August 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 166)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

ER-FRL-8596-8

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 July 17, 2009 (74 FR 34754).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20090156, ERP No. D-NIH-D99002-MD, National Institute of Health

(NIH), Transport of Laboratory Personnel Potentially Exposed to

Infectious Agents from Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD to the National

Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20090095, ERP No. F-NRC-D06005-PA, GENERIC--License Renewal of

Nuclear Plants, Supplement 35 to NUREG-1437, Regarding Susquehanna

Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, Issuing Nuclear Power Plant

Operating Licenses for a 20-Year Period, PA.

Summary: NRC has accommodated EPA's recommendations regarding historic and archaeological resources as well as pollution prevention measures. EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20090175, ERP No. F-NRC-A09836-00, GENERIC--In-Situ Leach

Uranium Milling Facilities (NUREG-1910), Construction, Operation,

Aquifer Restoration and Decommissioning, Potentially Location in

Portions of WY, NE, SD and NM.

Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the lack of analysis of impacts of other leaching solutions that are proposed for use including acid lixiviants.

EIS No. 20090185, ERP No. F-COE-D39038-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Oyster

Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or

Nonnative Oyster, Implementation, Chesapeake Bay, MD and VA.

Summary: EPA restated its support for the native only combination

Alternative 8A as representing the best choice among the alternatives presented. EPA provided a number of points to be considered as any

Record of Decision is prepared and native oyster restoration plans developed.

EIS No. 20090233, ERP No. F-IBR-G39048-NM, Navajo-Gallup Water Supply

Project, To Provide a Long-Term (Year 2040) Water Supply, Treatment and

Transmission of Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water to Navajo National and Jicarilla Apache Nation, City of Gallup, New Mexico.

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

EIS No. 20090234, ERP No. F-AFS-J61115-SD, Slate Castle Project Area,

Proposes to Implement Multiple Resource Management Actions, Mystic

Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, Pennington County, SD.

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

EIS No. 20090238, ERP No. F-USN-D35063-VA, Norfolk Harbor Channel,

Proposed Dredging to Deepen Five Miles of the Federal Navigation

Channel in the Elizabeth River from Lamberts Bend to the Norfolk Naval

Shipyard (NNSY), Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA.

Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action.

EIS No. 20090240, ERP No. F-FHW-E40818-NC, NC-119 Relocation Project,

Transportation Improvement from the I-185/40 Interchange Southwest of

Mebane to Existing NC-119 south of NC-1918 (Mrs. White Lane) Mebane,

Right-of-Way Acquisition, Alamance County, NC.

Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts to streams, agricultural lands, critical water supply areas, and noise receptors.

EIS No. 20090248, ERP No. F-AFS-L65557-OR, Farley Vegetation Management

Project, To Conduct Timber Harvest Commercial and Non-Commercial

Thinning, Fuels Treatment Prescribed Burning and Reforestation,

Desolation Creek, North Fork John Day Ranger District, Umatilla

National Forest, Grant County, OR.

Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the wildfire expectations.

EIS No. 20090255, ERP No. F-BLM-J65496-CO, Canyons of the Ancients

National Monument Resource Management Plan, To Address Future

Management Options for Approximately 165.00 Acres of Land, Dolores and

Montezuma Counties, CO.

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

Dated: August 25, 2009.

Kenneth Mittelholtz,

Deputy Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal

Activities.

FR Doc. E9-20810 Filed 8-27-09; 8:45 am

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