[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4612]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-4720-6]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared January 23, 1995 Through 
January 27, 1995 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) 260-5076.
    An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental 
impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 10, 1994 (59 
FR 16807).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J35009-UT Rating EC1, Upper Provo River Reservoirs 
Stabilization Project, Implementation, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 
Kamas Ranger District, Summit County, UT.
    Summary: EPA supported alternative 4, but expressed environmental 
concerns about stabilization efforts that may result in the inundation 
of sedge meadow, mudflat and rockflat wetlands. EPA requested that the 
FEIS clarify which lakes could be stabilized at natural lake levels to 
minimize impacts to terrestrial wetlands.
    ERP No. D-DOD-K11027-HI Rating EC2, Kauai Acoustic Thermometry of 
Ocean Climate (ATOC) Project and Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP), 
Funding, Marine Manual Research Permit and COE Section 10 Permit 
Issuance, Kauai, HI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the lack of 
essential information for determining potential impacts, the purpose 
and need for the project, potential cumulative impacts, and the lack of 
consensus within the scientific community regarding potential impacts. 
EPA stressed the importance of a complete and open reevaluation of the 
ATOC in light of MMRP results and suggested a more moderate research 
approach which would focus on developing information and supporting 
technology prior to full commitment to ATOC technology. If a 10 year 
follow-on project is proposed EPA recommended that DOD develop a broad 
programmatic EIS with tiered NEPA documents for each new sound source.
    ERP No. D-DOD-K11057-CA Rating EC2, California Acoustic Thermometry 
of Ocean Climate (ATOC) Program and Marine Mammal Research Program 
(MMRP), Funding, Marine Mammal Research Permit and COE Nationwide 
Permits Issuance, Monterey County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the lack of 
essential information for determining potential impacts, the purpose 
and need for the project, potential cumulative impacts, and the lack of 
consensus within the scientific community regarding potential impacts. 
EPA stressed the importance of a complete and open reevaluation of the 
ATOC in light of MMRP results and suggested a more moderate research 
approach which would focus in developing information and supporting 
technology prior to full commitment to ATOC technology.
    ERP No. D-NPS-J61094-00 Rating LO, Fishing Bridge Campsite 
Replacement Project, Implementation, Yellowstone National Park, Fremont 
County, ID; Park and Gallatin Counties, MT and Park and Teton Counties, 
WY.
    Summary: EPA recommended that the ``No Action'' alternative be 
expanded and discribed in greater detail in the Final EIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-USA-K11051-CA Sacramento Army Depot Disposal and Reuse, 
Implementation, Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative.

    Dated: February 21, 1995.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 95-4612 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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