Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

EPA supports the management and eradication of invasive species. However, EPA expressed concerns with the level of prevention measures to curb the spread of invasives and the use of herbicides in the preferred alternative. ERP No. D-BLM-L65462-AK Rating EO2, Northeast National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Amended Integrated Activity Plan, To Amend 1998 Northeast Petroleum Reserve, To Consider Opening Portions of the BLM- Administrated Lands, North Slope Borough, AK. Summary: EPA has environmental objections to the Preferred Alternative, because of potentially significant adverse impacts to fish and caribou calving and inset-relief areas and mitigation corridors in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. EPA recommends that the selected alternatives retain the current leasing acreage and surface activity restrictions described in Alternative A and include revised stipulations and mitigation measures that would provide adequate environmental protections for the Planning Area, including lands within the Teshekpuk Lake and Colville River Special Areas. EPA is also concerned that the Preferred Alternative could have disproportionate adverse effects on minority populations in Alaska, and recommends the BLM address this while completing the Final EIS by working with the Tribes and residents in affected communities especially regarding cultural and subsistence needs. ERP No. D-COE-H11005-NB Rating LO, Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant (CHAAP) Land Disposal Industrial Tracts, Proposed Disposal and Reuse of Tracts 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 47, 61, 62, Hall County, NE. Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed project. ERP No. D-FHW-C53005-NJ Rating EC2, Cross Harbor Freight Movement Project, Improve the Movements of Goods Throughout Northern New Jersey and Southern New York, Funding, Kings, Richmond, Queens, New York Counties, NJ. Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding an intermodal facility, the impacts to air quality and wetlands, and cumulative effects. ERP No. D-IBR-K39088-CA Rating EC2, Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSC), To Renew the Settlement Contractors Long-Term Contract Renewal for 145 Contractors, Central Valley Project (CVP), Sacramento River, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, Portion of Placer and Solano Counties, CA. Summary: EPA expressed concerns with the disclosure of environmental impacts as a result of the project and the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to water quality due to over allocation of existing water supplies.