80 FR 24915 - Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-10218

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-9020-7]


Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

    Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General 
Information (202) 564-7146 or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 04/20/2015 Through 04/24/2015
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

Notice

    Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public 
its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's comment 
letters on EISs are available at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html.

EIS No. 20150117, Draft EIS, NPS, HI, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
Draft General Management Plan and Wilderness Study, Comment Period 
Ends: 06/30/2015, Contact: Cindy Orlando 808-985-6026.
EIS No. 20150118, Draft Supplement, USACE, CA, Mather Specific Plan, 
Comment Period Ends: 06/15/2015, Contact: Mary Pakenham-Walsh 916-557-
7718.
EIS No. 20150119, Final EIS, OSM, NM, Four Corners Power Plant and 
Navajo Mine Energy Project, Review Period Ends: 06/01/2015, Contact: 
Mychal Yellowman 303-293-5049.
EIS No. 20150120, Final EIS, WAPA, USFWS, 00, PROGRAMMATIC--Upper Great 
Plains Wind Energy Project, Review Period Ends: 06/01/2015, Contact: 
Mark Wieringa 720-962-7448.
    The U.S. Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration 
and the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service are 
joint lead agencies for the above project.

EIS No. 20150121, Final EIS, BLM, WY, TransWest Express Transmission 
Project, Review Period Ends: 06/01/2015, Contact: Sharon Knowlton 307-
775-6124.
EIS No. 20150122, Final EIS, APHIS, OR, ADOPTION--Double-crested 
Cormorant Management Plan to Reduce Predation of Juvenile Salmonids in 
the Columbia River Estuary, Contact: Kevin Christensen 503-326-2346.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) has adopted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
FEIS #20150122, filed with the U.S. EPA on 2/25/2015. APHIS was a 
cooperating agency on this project, therefore, recirculation of the 
document is not necessary under section 1506.3(c) of CEQ Regulations.

    Dated: April 28, 2015.
Cliff Rader,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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includes environmental review Service’s Ecological Services Field 2015, Contact: Mark Wieringa 720–
provisions. Office will issue a letter of concurrence 962–7448.
The PEIS collected and analyzed this as a result of this consultation. The U.S. Department of Energy’s
information as it applies to wind energy Separate Records of Decision Western Area Power Administration
development in the six states included addressing each agency’s Federal and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s
in the UGP Region. Specifically, through actions will be issued by Western and Fish and Wildlife Service are joint lead
the PEIS Western and the Service have: the Service not sooner than 30 days after agencies for the above project.
1. Defined areas with a high potential distribution of the Final PEIS and the EIS No. 20150121, Final EIS, BLM, WY,
for wind energy development near the date of the Environmental Protection TransWest Express Transmission
UGP Region’s transmission system in Agency’s weekly Federal Register Project, Review Period Ends: 06/01/
anticipation of future wind-generation notice listing the availability of the EIS. 2015, Contact: Sharon Knowlton 307–
interconnection requests. 775–6124.
2. Defined natural and human Dated: April 21, 2015.
Mark A. Gabriel, EIS No. 20150122, Final EIS, APHIS,
environment resources in areas with
Administrator, Western Area Power OR, ADOPTION—Double-crested
high wind energy development
Administration. Cormorant Management Plan to
potential, including Native American
Dated: January 28, 2015. Reduce Predation of Juvenile
lands, to support analyses of the
Salmonids in the Columbia River
environmental impacts and Matt Hogan,
Estuary, Contact: Kevin Christensen
development of wind energy projects. Deputy Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie
3. Identified standardized 503–326–2346.
Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
environmental evaluation procedures, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
[FR Doc. 2015–10237 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am]
avoidance areas, best management Animal and Plant Health Inspection
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
practices, and mitigation measures to be Service (APHIS) has adopted the U.S.
used by interconnection applicants for Army Corps of Engineers FEIS
identifying and reducing wind energy #20150122, filed with the U.S. EPA on
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2/25/2015. APHIS was a cooperating
development impacts of their projects
AGENCY agency on this project, therefore,
on the natural and human environment.
4. Initiated a programmatic ESA [ER–FRL–9020–7] recirculation of the document is not
Section 7 informal consultation for necessary under section 1506.3(c) of
federally listed and proposed threatened Environmental Impact Statements; CEQ Regulations.
and endangered species within the Notice of Availability Dated: April 28, 2015.
study area boundaries established for Cliff Rader,
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
the PEIS that may be affected by future Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
Activities, General Information (202)
wind energy development. of Federal Activities.
564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/
5. Provided guidance for [FR Doc. 2015–10218 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am]
compliance/nepa/.
interconnection applicants that includes BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
information about natural resources Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
within areas with a high potential for Statements
wind development, requirements for Filed 04/20/2015 Through 04/24/2015
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
subsequent site-specific environmental Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
AGENCY
reviews, avoidance areas, and Notice
appropriate best management practices [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0034; FRL–9927–08–
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act OEI]
and mitigation measures to address
adverse environmental impacts related requires that EPA make public its
comments on EISs issued by other Proposed Information Collection
to wind projects and associated Request; Comment Request; Voluntary
transmission system enhancements. Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
on EISs are available at: http:// Aluminum Industrial Partnership
The Service maintains a grassland and (VAIP) (Renewal)
wetland easement program to support www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/
and enhance waterfowl populations in eisdata.html. AGENCY: Environmental Protection
the Prairie Pothole Region. The Service EIS No. 20150117, Draft EIS, NPS, HI, Agency (EPA).
has developed a plan that will, in some Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Draft ACTION: Notice.
circumstances, allow partial release of General Management Plan and
an easement for wind generation Wilderness Study, Comment Period SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
purposes, only with defined conditions Ends: 06/30/2015, Contact: Cindy Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
and on a specified area, in exchange for Orlando 808–985–6026. information collection request (ICR),
additional easement acreage being EIS No. 20150118, Draft Supplement, Voluntary Aluminum Industrial
conveyed to the Service. A streamlined USACE, CA, Mather Specific Plan, Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal)—EPA ICR
approach for compliance with NEPA Comment Period Ends: 06/15/2015, No. 1867.05, OMB Control No. 2060–
and ESA for future site-specific wind Contact: Mary Pakenham-Walsh 916– 0411—to the Office of Management and
development projects would result from 557–7718. Budget (OMB) for review and approval
this PEIS, and would benefit both EIS No. 20150119, Final EIS, OSM, NM, in accordance with the Paperwork
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agencies. Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Western and the Service are engaged Mine Energy Project, Review Period Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public
in informal consultation under Section Ends: 06/01/2015, Contact: Mychal comments on specific aspects of the
7 of the ESA in support of the PEIS Yellowman 303–293–5049. proposed information collection as
process. A Programmatic Biological EIS No. 20150120, Final EIS, WAPA, described below. This is a proposed
Assessment has been prepared for listed USFWS, 00, PROGRAMMATIC— extension of the ICR, which is currently
and candidate species occurring in the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy approved through June 30, 2015. An
UGP Region, and it is expected that the Project, Review Period Ends: 06/01/ agency may not conduct or sponsor and

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 24915