[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27974-27975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12996]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-4723-4]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared April 17, 1995 through April 
21, 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 the Federal Register dated 
April 14, 1995 (72 FR 19047).

Draft EISs

     ERP No. D-AFS-J61095-CO Rating EC2, Loveland Ski Area Master 
Development Plan, Implementation, Arapaho National Forest, Clear Creek 
Ranger District, Clear Creek County, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding wetland 
impact analysis. EPA requested that the final document provide 
additional information on this issue.
    ERP No. D-AFS-L65239-OR Rating LO, East Fork Deer Creek Long-Term 
Ecosystem Productivity Research Study, Implementation, Willamette 
National Forest, Blue River Ranger District, Lane County, OR.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-BLM-J02030-WY Rating LO1, Texaco's Stagecoach Draw Unit 
Natural Gas Field Development Project, Implementation, Application for 
Permit to Drill, Right-of-Way Grant, Temporary Use-Permit and COE 
Section 404 Permit, Farson, Sweetwater County, WY.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K61135-AZ Rating EC2, Grand Canyon National Park 
General Management Plan, Implementation, Coconino and Mohave Counties, 
AZ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding drinking 
water compliance, wastewater treatment, air quality and wetland. EPA 
requested addition information be included in the final document to 
address these issues.
    ERP No. D-COE-D36072-VA Rating LO, Grundy Flood Damage Reduction/
Highway Upgrade Project, Implementation, Town of Grundy, Buchanan 
County, VA.
    Summary: EPA had not identified any potential environmental impacts 
requiring substantive changes to the proposal. However, EPA requested 
additional information concerning cumulative impacts of the proposal.
    ERP No. D-FTA-K40209-CA Rating EC2, Mid-Coast Corridor Mass Transit 
Improvement Project, Funding, San Diego County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the local CO 
modeling, potential impacts to wetlands and runoff to surface waters 
impacts. EPA also suggested that the two best performing alternatives, 
the HOV and Light Rail Transit, should be examined together and 
discussed.
    ERP No. D-IBR-L64044-OR Rating LO, Fish Passage Improvements, 
Savage Rapids Dam, Implementation, Grants Pass Irrigation District, 
Rogue River, Josephine and Jackson Counties, OR.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-MMS-L02024-AK Rating EC2, Cook Inlet Planning Area, 
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Sale 149, Leasing Offering, 
AK. [[Page 27975]] 
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the proposed 
action does not provide a commitment to the stipulations and 
information to lessees (ITL's) and uncertainty about the effectiveness 
of mitigating spill risk. EPA requested additional information and 
clarification about the issues.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-BIA-J65220-SD, Rosebud and Cheyenne River Sioux Indian 
Reservations, Management of the Livestock Grazing and Prairie Dog 
Control, Funding, Todd and Mellette Counties, SD.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action at the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservations, it expressed environmental 
objections to the applicant preferred alternative for the Rosebud 
Reservation. EPA requests selection of the no action alternative at 
Rosebud until the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and BIA can develop a prairie 
management plan that regards both grazing need and biodiversity, with 
special emphasis on the Black Footed Ferrel.
    ERP No. F-DOE-J08024-CO Flatiron-Erie 115-kV Electrical 
Transmission Line Replacement of Wood-Pole Structures, Construction, 
Operation and Right-of-Way Grant, City of Longmont, Larimer, Boulder 
and Weld Counties, CO.
    Summary: EPA had no further comments or questions. WAPA had 
adequately addressed EPA's previous comments on the draft EIS.
    ERP No. F-FHW-L40162-OR Mill Creek/West Sixth Street Bridge 
Replacement, Funding, City of The Dalles, Wasco County, OR.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative as 
described in the EIS. Review of the final EIS has been completed and 
the project found to be satisfactory.
    ERP No. FS-AFS-K61103-CA Bear Mountain Ski Resort Expansion, 
(formerly known as Goldmine) New Information, Special Use Permit and 
Possible COE Section 404 Permit, San Bernardino National Forest, San 
Bernardino Co., CA.
    Summary: EPA continued to express environmental objections to the 
proposed action due to the high level of development proposed and 
cumulative impact.

    Dated: May 22, 1995.
William D. Dickerson,
 Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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