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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. 20050011, ERP No. D–FAA–
D40328–VA, Washington Dulles
International Airport Project,
Acquisition of Land, Construction and
Operation, IAD 2004 Airport Layout
Plan (ALP), Dulles, VA
Summary: EPA expressed concern
due to wetland and stream impacts
associated with the proposed action,
and requested that wetland impacts
associated with the clear zones be
included in the mitigation plan. EPA
also requested that the wetland
avoidance alternative (Alternative 5)
should be carried forward for detail
study to more closely track the
alternatives analysis requirements under
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Rating EC2
EIS No. 20050033, ERP No. D–IBR–
K60035–NV, Humboldt Project
Conveyance, Transferring 83, 530
Acres from Federal Ownership to the
Pershing County Water Conservation
District (PCWCD), Pershing and
Lander Counties, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about potential
impacts to water quality, and requested
that the Final EIS provide additional
information to support the cumulative
impacts analysis, and further discussion
of tribal consultation efforts and impacts
to Indian sacred sites.
Rating EC2
EIS No. 20050036, ERP No. D–AFS–
K65278–CA, Burlington Ridge Trails
Project, To Eliminate, Reconstruct/or
Reroute Unsound Trail Sections,
Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River
Ranger District, Camptonville, Nevada
County, NV.
Summary: EPA has no objections to
the proposed action, but requested
additional monitoring after the project is
implemented to confirm wildlife is not
being impacted.
Rating LO
EIS No. 20050056, ERP No. D–FHW–
G40184–TX, Trinity Parkway Project,
Construction of Limited Access Toll
Facility from IH–35 E/TX–183 to US–
175/TX–310, U.S. Army COE Section
10 and 404 Permits, Dallas County,
TX.
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Summary: EPA has no objections to
the proposed project.
Rating LO
EIS No. 20050080, ERP No. D–FRC–
G03025–TX, Ingleside Energy Center
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import
Terminal and San Patricio Pipeline
Natural Gas Pipeline, Authorization to
Construct, Install and Operate, San
Patricio and Nueces Counties, TX.
Summary: EPA had no objections to
the selection of the proposed
alternative.
Rating LO
Final EISs
EIS No. 20040581, ERP No. F–DOE–
K08029–00, Imperial-Mexicali 230-kV
Transmission Lines, Construct a
Double-Circuit 230-kV Transmission
Line, Presidential Permit and Right-
of-Way Grants, Imperial Valley
Substation to Calexico at the U.S.-
Mexico Border, Imperial County, CA
and US.-Mexico Border.
Summary: EPA has no objection to the
proposed action, but recommends that
DOE continue working with all
stakeholders to support and encourage
use of off-site mitigation measures as a
valuable means to address the
limitations in modeling ozone impacts,
and to ensure that there would be no net
increase of air pollution in the Imperial
County region.
EIS No. 20050079, ERP No. F–AFS–
K65273–CA, Cottonwood Fire
Vegetation Management Project,
Control Vegetation that is Competing
with Conifer Seedlings, Sierraville
Ranger District, Tahoe National
Forest, Sierra County, CA.
Summary: The final EIS addressed
EPA’s comments providing additional
information on the final decisions; no
formal comment letter was sent to the
preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050097, ERP No. F–FRC–
G03023–TX, Cheniere Corpus Christi
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project,
To Provide Facilities for the
Importation, Storage and Vaporization
of Liquefied Natural Gas, Nueces and
San Patricio Counties, TX.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns
about the potential introduction of
invasive species from increased foreign
vessel traffic.
EIS No. 20050106, ERP No. F–AFS–
J65018–MT, Sheep Creek Salvage
Project, Moving Current Resource
Conditions and Trends Toward
Desired Future Conditions,
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest, Beaverhead County, MT.
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Summary: The final EIS addressed
EPA’s request for additional sediment
modeling and additional measures to
mitigate sediment delivery to streams.
EPA reiterates the need to monitor
actual water quality effects from the
salvage harvests, and if necessary,
develop additional mitigation measures
to promote consistency with TMDL
development and to further improve
Trail Creek.
EIS No. 20050112, ERP No. F–AFS–
J65397–WY, Woodrock Project,
Proposal for Timber Sale, Travel
Management and Watershed
Restoration, Implementation, Bighorn
National Forest, Tongue Ranger
District, Sheridan County, WY.
Summary: EPA does not expect
substantial impacts form the proposed
action. However, EPA recommends
focusing harvest activities on Forest-
private lands interface areas both to
protect property and to minimize
impacts in important wildlife habitat
areas.
EIS No. 20050129, ERP No. F–AFS–
J65431–UT, Duck Creek Fuels
Treatment Analysis, To Reduce Fuels,
Enhance Fire-Tolerant Vegetation and
Provide Fuel Breaks, Dixie National
Forest, Cedard City Ranger District,
Kane County, UT.
Summary: EPA continues to express
concerns about impacts to water quality,
fish and wildlife habitats, soils and old
growth forest resources.
Dated: April 19, 2005.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 05–8115 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–7902–6]
Opportunity for Organizations That
Have Expertise in Sustainable
Development and Sustainable
Facilities To Cooperate With a New
Initiative in EPA’s Office of Site
Remediation Enforcement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; announcement of
initiative and request for statements of
interest.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Site Remediation
Enforcement (OSRE) within the Office
of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA) is interested in
cooperating with organizations with
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expertise in sustainable development
and sustainable facilities (e.g., non-
profit organizations, universities, trade
associations, organizations that practice
sustainable development, etc.) in
connection with its Environmentally
Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse
(ER3) initiative. Please note that EPA
will not compensate cooperating
organizations for their efforts in
connection with this initiative.
DATES: Statements of interest are due by
5 p.m. e.s.t. on June 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Please mail applications to
Phil Page, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Site Remediation
Enforcement, Ariel Rios Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., M/C 2273A,
Washington, DC 20460. In the
alternative, you may e-mail applications
to page.phil@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil
Page, (202) 564–4211, or Erin Smith,
(202) 564–2038, or go to http://
www.epa.gov/compliance/cleanup/
redevelop/er3.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ER3, a
new initiative sponsored by OECA, has
several components, one of which is
developing working relationships with
one or more interested organizations
that have expertise in sustainable
development.
The purpose of ER3 is to encourage
the reuse and redevelopment of
contaminated and previously-
contaminated property in an
environmentally responsible manner,
incorporating concepts such as green
building design, construction and
operation; ecological and greenspace
enhancement; energy efficiency; the use
of renewable energy sources;
environmental management systems;
storm water and wastewater
management; pollution prevention;
waste minimization and recycling; and
healthy buildings. As part of the ER3
initiative, OSRE is willing to provide
incentives, where necessary, to entities
that plan to redevelop contaminated or
formerly-contaminated property (e.g.,
communities, developers, or other
organizations) to encourage these
entities to incorporate sustainability
concepts into their projects.
To assist redevelopers with the
logistics of integrating environmentally-
superior redevelopment and reuse
concepts into particular projects, OSRE
is forming, in part through this notice,
a network of governmental and non-
governmental partners. The ER3
network partners will serve as a source
of general information to redevelopers
(for example, through information on a
Web site). Further, an ER3 network
partner may provide services on a
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particular project for compensation if
the redeveloper and ER3 network
partner enter into a separate working
agreement. EPA will not be a party to
these agreements.
Through this initiative, OSRE hopes
to identify organizations with expertise
consistent with the sustainable
development concepts noted above, and
collaborate with the selected
organizations to establish one part of the
ER3 network. Once OSRE has identified
a variety of organizations, it will enter
into a non-financial cooperation
agreement with each organization that
acknowledges both the organization’s
expertise in sustainability concepts and
the working relationship between the
organization and OSRE. The agreements
will recognize expertise that may be
valuable to reuse and redevelopment
efforts in connection with the ER3
initiative. The agreements will not
provide an endorsement of any
particular ER3 partner’s products and
services, nor are they a vehicle for these
entities to receive compensation of any
type from the Agency. However, nothing
in this process prohibits selected EPA
partners from entering into private
agreements for compensation with those
entities engaged in the reuse or
redevelopment process. Further, EPA
may enter into separate financial
transactions with cooperative partners
to the extent consistent with applicable
procurement and financial assistance
regulations and policies governing
competition. OSRE may, with the
permission of the selected
organizations, post links to the
organizations’ Web sites on EPA’s ER3
Web page to provide additional
information and resources to entities
that visit the ER3 site.
Organizations that wish to participate
in this initiative must send a statement
of interest to the address listed below.
The statement of interest must include:
(1) A statement that identifies (a) the
areas of expertise of the organization
with respect to the concepts discussed
above (green building design,
construction and operation; ecological
and greenspace enhancement; energy
efficiency; the use of renewable energy
sources; environmental management
systems; storm water and wastewater
management; pollution prevention;
waste minimization and recycling; and
healthy buildings); (b) the manner in
which the organization can assist
entities with incorporating
sustainability concepts into the
redevelopment and reuse of
contaminated or formerly-contaminated
property; and (c) examples of relevant
projects in which the organization has
participated, along with the
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organization’s role in the projects; (2)
applicable brochures or similar
information for the organization; and (3)
contact information. OSRE will make its
selections based upon the extent to
which an organization can effectively
cooperate with OSRE and private
entities in many areas of sustainable
development and sustainable facilities,
geographic location, and experience
with respect to contaminated properties
and brownfield sites.
Dated: April 18, 2005.
Susan E. Bromm,
Director, Office of Site Remediation
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 05–8126 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
FEDERAL REGISTER CITATIONS OF PREVIOUS
ANNOUNCEMENT: 70 FR 20217, April 18,
2005 & 70 FR 19452, April 13, 2005.
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF
MEETING: 9 a.m. (eastern time) Thursday,
April 21, 2005.
CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The closed
session of the Meeting has been
cancelled.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen
Llewellyn, Acting Executive Officer on
(202) 663–4070.
Dated: April 20, 2005.
Stephen Llewellyn,
Acting Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–8240 Filed 4–20–05; 2:48 pm]
BILLING CODE 6750–06–M
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD
[No. 2005–N–01]
Federal Home Loan Bank Members
Selected for Community Support
Review
AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance
Board.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance
Board (Finance Board) is announcing
the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank)
members it has selected for the 2004–05
fifth quarter review cycle under the
Finance Board’s community support
requirements regulation. This notice
also prescribes the deadline by which
Bank members selected for review must
submit Community Support Statements
to the Finance Board.
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