81 FR 94371 - Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-31046

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
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Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

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

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) Filed 12/12/
2016 Through 12/16/2016
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. 20160309, Final, BOEM, AK, Cook Inlet Planning Area Oil and Gas 
Lease Sale 244, Review Period Ends: 01/23/2017, Contact: Sharon Randall 
907-334-5200
EIS No. 20160310, Final, FRA, NAT, NEC FUTURE: A Rail Investment Plan 
for the Northeast Corridor Tier 1, Review Period Ends: 01/31/2017, 
Contact: Rebecca Reyes-Alicea 212-668-2282
EIS No. 20160311, Draft, USACE, NE, Missouri River Recovery Management 
Plan, Comment Period Ends: 02/24/2017, Contact: Aaron Quinn 402-995-
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    Dated: December 20, 2016.
Dawn Roberts,
Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 2016-31046 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am]
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DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–5939; or a scientific assessment of ecological additional ecoregional case studies for
email: flaherty.colleen@epa.gov. effects and is not a regulation. future consideration.
EPA’s draft methods are based on Dated: December 16, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
effects observed in streams with
Joel Beauvais,
I. General Information different levels of specific conductivity
and take into account natural variation Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of
A. How can I get copies of this Water.
in background specific conductivity and
document and other related [FR Doc. 2016–31049 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am]
the aquatic species adapted to it. The
information? BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
draft document describes how to derive
1. Docket: All documents in the protective field-based aquatic life
docket are listed in the criteria for specific conductivity,
including how to estimate a criterion ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
www.regulations.gov index. Although
continuous concentration for chronic AGENCY
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other exposures, how to estimate a maximum [ER–FRL–9030–9]
information whose disclosure is exposure concentration protective of
restricted by statute. Certain other acute toxicity, how to assess geographic Environmental Impact Statements;
material, such as copyrighted material, applicability and potential confounding Notice of Availability
will be publicly available only in hard factors, and how to determine duration
and frequency parameters. Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
copy. Publicly available docket Activities, General Information (202)
materials are available either EPA is also providing four case
studies to illustrate how states and 564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/nepa.
electronically in www.regulations.gov or
tribes may use the draft field-based Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
in hard copy at the Water Docket, EPA/
methods to develop criteria in Statements (EISs) Filed 12/12/2016
DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
ecoregions with different background Through 12/16/2016
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
ionic concentrations measured as Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday specific conductivity and demonstrate Notice
through Friday, excluding legal how to assess the applicability of
criteria developed for one ecoregion to Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
holidays. The telephone number for the requires that EPA make public its
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, a different ecoregion. The case studies
use field data to demonstrate how to comments on EISs issued by other
and the telephone number for the Water Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
Docket is (202) 566–2426. For additional apply the methods to derive example
criteria for specific conductivity for on EISs are available at: http://
information about EPA’s public docket, www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/
visit EPA Docket Center homepage at flowing waters dominated by sulfate
and bicarbonate salts but not for flowing eisdata.html.
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/
dockets.htm. waters dominated by chloride salts. EIS No. 20160309, Final, BOEM, AK,
EPA typically relies on laboratory Cook Inlet Planning Area Oil and Gas
II. Information on the Draft Field-Based toxicity test data for surrogate species as Lease Sale 244, Review Period Ends:
Methods for Developing Aquatic Life defined in the Agency’s Guidelines for 01/23/2017, Contact: Sharon Randall
Criteria for Specific Conductivity Deriving Numerical National Water 907–334–5200
Quality Criteria for the Protection of EIS No. 20160310, Final, FRA, NAT,
EPA has developed a set of draft Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
methods that states and authorized NEC FUTURE: A Rail Investment Plan
(1985) for aquatic life criteria for the Northeast Corridor Tier 1,
tribes may use to derive field-based development. The draft field-based
ecoregional ambient aquatic life criteria Review Period Ends: 01/31/2017,
methods for specific conductivity were Contact: Rebecca Reyes-Alicea 212–
for ionic mixtures measured as specific adapted to be consistent with the
conductivity, a measurement of ionic 668–2282
Agency’s traditional approach to derive EIS No. 20160311, Draft, USACE, NE,
concentration, in flowing waters. aquatic life criteria. The draft field-
Elevated ionic concentration measured Missouri River Recovery Management
based methods rely on geographically Plan, Comment Period Ends: 02/24/
as specific conductivity has been shown referenced, paired observations of
to impact aquatic life in a range of 2017, Contact: Aaron Quinn 402–995–
specific conductivity and the presence 2669
freshwater resources. Different mixtures and absence or abundance of freshwater
of ions that increase specific Dated: December 20, 2016.
benthic macroinvertebrate genera from
conductivity are associated with natural wadeable perennial streams. An
Dawn Roberts,
and anthropogenic sources. analysis of data for fish from a Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance
EPA’s draft methods provide flexible Division, Office of Federal Activities.
composite of case study ecoregions
approaches for developing science- demonstrates that the example criteria [FR Doc. 2016–31046 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am]
based conductivity criteria for flowing based on macroinvertebrates are also BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
waters that reflect ecoregional- or state- protective of fish.
specific factors. Once final, states and This document underwent an internal
authorized tribes located in any region EPA review and two independent FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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develop field-based conductivity criteria
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for flowing waters. The document does III. Solicitation of Scientific Views [MB Docket No. 16–357; FCC 16–153]
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tribes that seek to develop such criteria in the derivation of the draft field-based
for adoption into their water quality methods. EPA is also soliciting AGENCY:Federal Communications
standards. The draft document provides suggestions from the public for Commission.

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		81 FR 94371