[Federal Register: October 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 198)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8586-5]

 
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 April 6, 2008 (73 FR 
19833).

Draft EISs

    EIS No. 20080309, ERP No. D-TVA-E65082-00, Mountain Reservoirs Land 
Management Plan, Implementation, Proposes to Develop a Plan for 
Managing Nine Mountain Reservoirs: Chatuge, Hiwassee, Blue Ridge, 
Nottely, Ocoees 1, 2, and 3, Apalachia, and Fontana Reservoirs, Fannin, 
Towns, and Union Counties, GA; Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Swain 
Counties, North Carolina; and Polk County, TN.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about shoreline 
development and potential water quality impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080315, ERP No. DA-BLM-K67011-NV, Betze Pit Expansion 
Project, Development of New Facilities and Expansion of Existing Open-
Pit Gold Mining, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts from 
tailings closure and cessation of mine dewatering, which could include 
soil salinity accumulations, saline and/or alkaline runoff conditions, 
accelerated eolian or surface water erosion, fire, and cheatgrass or 
other weed infestations. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20080239, ERP No. DS-UAF-A10051-MA, Pave Paws Early Warning 
Radar Operation Project, Continued Operation of the Solid-State Phased-
Array Radar System (SSPARS), also known as Pave, Phased Array Warning 
Systems (PAWS), Cape Cod Air Force Station, MA.

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

Final EISs

EIS No. 20080245, ERP No. F-FHW-J40181-UT, I-15, Corridor Project, 
Transportation Improvement from Utah County to Salt Lake County, UT.

    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about 
wetland and air quality impacts.

EIS No. 20080317, ERP No. F-FHW-E40815-00, Interstate 73 North Project, 
Construct on New Alignment, from I-95 to Future I-74 in NC, Funding, 
U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Dillon and Malboro Counties, SC, and 
Richmond and Scotland Counties, NC.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concern about wetland 
impacts and the compensatory mitigation plan.

EIS No. 20080323, ERP No. F-CGD-A99225-00, Rulemaking for Dry Cargo 
Residue (DCR) Discharges in the Great Lakes, To Regulate Nonhazardous 
and Nontoxic DCR Sweeping from Vessels in the Great Lakes that fall 
under the Jurisdiction of the United States.

    Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project.

EIS No. 20080335, ERP No. F-BLM-E60016-00, Alabama and Mississippi 
Resource Management Plan, Analyzes Management Alternatives for the 
Public Land and Resources, in Portions of the States of Alabama and 
Mississippi.

    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns because the 
FEIS presented minimal discussion of how the preferred disposal method 
will affect the ground water resources, including the Southern Hills 
Regional Sole Source Aquifer.

    Dated: October 7, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
 [FR Doc. E8-24172 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]

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