[Federal Register: October 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 194)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6668-2]

 
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 the Federal Register dated 
April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20050066, ERP No. D-FAA-B40165-MA, New Bedford Regional Airport 
Improvements Project, To Enhance Aviation Capacity, Air Traffic, Jet 
Traffic, Air Cargo and General Aviation Traffic, Southeastern 
Massachusetts Region, City of New Bedford, Bristol County, MA.

    Summary: EPA commented on the lack of information to characterize 
the severity of adverse direct and indirect impacts to wetlands, and 
encouraged the FAA to consider enhancement of a less damaging runway 
safety area alternative. The comments also requested a mitigation plan 
to compensate for unavoidable losses at wetlands.

Rating EO2

EIS No. 20050137, ERP No. D-AFS-B65013-VT, Green Mountain National 
Forest, Propose Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, 
Implementation, Forest Plan Revision, Addison, Bennington, Rutland,

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Washington, Windham and Windsor Counties, VT.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project, but 
supports alternatives C, D or E as those that best address resource 
protection.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050226, ERP No. D-FHW-B40095-RI, U.S. Route 6/Route 10 
Interchange Improvement Project, To Identify Transportation 
Alternative, Funding, City of Providence, Providence County, RI.

    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns about the impacts to water 
and air quality as well as environmental justice issues.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20050247, ERP No. D-SFW-K64025-AZ, Cabeza Prieta National 
Wildlife Refuge, Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Wilderness 
Stewardship Plan, Implementation, Ajo, AZ.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed project.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050256, ERP No. D-AFS-J65446-MT, Beaverhead-Deerlodge 
National Forest Draft Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, 
Implementation, Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Deerlodge, Granite, 
Jefferson, Madison Counties, MT.

    Summary: EPA generally supports the forestwide aquatic strategy, 
watershed restoration and revised management practices. However, EPA 
expressed environmental concerns about continued impacts to water 
quality, the level of watershed protection and restoration, management 
direction for roads and other resources, and environmental protection 
management measures.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20050301, ERP No. D-FAA-A12043-00, PROGRAMMATIC--Horizontal 
Launch and Reentry of Reentry Vehicles, Facilitate the Issuance of 
Licenses in United States.

    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

Rating LO

EIS No. 20050315, ERP No. D-AFS-J65449-UT, Fishlake National Forest 
Off-Highway Vehicle Route Designation Project, Proposes to Designate a 
System of Motorized Road, Trails, and Areas to Revise and Update the 
Existing Motorized Travel Plan, UT.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the preferred 
alternative because of potential adverse impacts to source water, 
streams and water quality, wetlands and aquatic resources. EPA supports 
the transition from unmanaged motorized recreation to restricted travel 
and suggests the final EIS include specific analyses of the direct, 
indirect and cumulative impacts of this proposed plan.

Rating EC2

EIS No. 20050240, ERP No. DS-FTA-B54007-WA, Silver Line Phase III 
(previously known as South Boston Pier) Project, Updated Information to 
Physically Integrate Silver Line Phase I and II, Massachusetts Bay 
Transportation Authority's, Funding, MA.

    Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project.

Rating LO

Final EISs

EIS No. 20050341, ERP No. F-COE-G32058-00, Arkansas River Navigation 
Study, To Maintain and Improve the Navigation Channel in Order to 
Enhance Commercial Navigation on the McCellan Kerr Arkansa River 
Navigation System (MKARNS), Several Counties, AR and Several Counties, 
OK.

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

    Dated: October 4, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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