[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 170 (Friday, September 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45716-45717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21805]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5228-4]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared August 14, 1995 Through 
August 18, 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 14, 1995 (60 
FR 19047).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-L65237-ID Rating EU2, Thunderbolt Wildfire Recovery 
Project, Implementation, Boise and Payette National Forests, Valley 
County, ID.

Summary

    EPA found the proposed salvage project to be environmentally 
unsatisfactory. EPA's primary concerns include impaired water quality, 
significantly increased sediment loading, degradation to salmon 
spawning and rearing habitat, and major deviation from the forest plan.
    ERP No. D-COE-J35010-UT Rating EC2, Kennecott Tailings 
Modernization Project, Tailings Impoundment Expansion, COE Section 404 
Permit Issuance, Salt Lake County, UT.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding water quality 
impacts and requested information that will assist in expediting a 
CERCLA decision.
    ERP No. D-FAA-C51018-NY Rating EC2, Syracuse Hancock International 
Airport, Land Acquisition and Construction of Runway 10 L-28R, Funding 
and Airport Layout Plan Approval, Onondaga County, NY.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the need for the 
proposed project, as well as the proposed project's potential impacts 
to wetlands, surface water quality, and noise. Accordingly, additional 
information should be provided in the final EIS to address these 
issues.
    ERP No. D-FAA-L51016-WA Rating EO2, Seattle - Tacoma (Sea-Tac) 
International Airport Master Plan Update for Development Actions, 
Funding, Airport Layout Plan Approval and COE Section 404 Permit, King 
County, WA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental objections with a number of concerns 
regarding the purpose and need for the project and air quality 
analysis.
    ERP No. D-FHW-C40135-NY Rating EC2, I-287 Cross Westchester 
Expressway (CWE) Transportation Improvements, New York State Thruway 
Route 303 to Route 120, Funding, Right-of Way Acquisition, COE Section 
10 and 404 Permits, Rockland and Westchester Counties, NY.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed project's 
potential impacts to wetlands and surface water quality. Additionally, 
EPA requested information addressing potential cumulative impacts, and 
supplemental information regarding the air quality analysis performed 
for the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-FHW-L40196-WA Rating EC2, WA-20 Transportation 
Improvements between Fredonia (WA-536) and Burlington (Interstate 5), 
Funding, Right-of-Way Acquisition and COE Section 404 Permit, Skagit 
County, WA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns based on the predicted noise 
and wetland effects. Additional information is needed on mitigation for 
both.
    ERP No. D-GSA-K80037-CA Rating EC2, San Diego-United States 
Courthouse, Site Selection and Construction within a portion of the 
Central Business District (CBD), City of San Diego, San Diego County, 
CA.
Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the project's air 
conformity determination, the absence of solid waste recycling 
features, and a need to more fully document the project's consistency 
with GSA's environmental justice strategy.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K65153-00 Klamath National Forest Land and Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Siskiyou Co., CA and Jackson Co., OR.

Summary

    Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No formal comment 
letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-L65225-OR Upper Klamath Basin Resource Management 
Plan, Implementation, Klamath Falls Resource Area, Lakeview District, 
Klamath County, OR.

Summary

    Review of the Final EIS has been completed and the project found to 
be environmentally satisfactory.
    ERP No. F-COE-K32047-CA Humboldt Harbor and Bay (Deepening) 
Channels, Feasibility Study for Navigation Improvements, Humboldt 
County, CA. 

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Summary

    Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No formal comment 
letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-L36102-OR Willamette River Temperature Control Study, 
Selective Withdrawal Structure(s) (SWS) Construction, McKenzie River 
Subbasin, OR.

Summary

    EPA reiterates its concerns regarding the impact to water quality, 
and fish habitat and spawning success during the construction phases. 
EPA supports the proposal to develop a construction monitoring and 
evaluation plan.
    ERP No. F-FRC-D29000-VA Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Project (FERC-No. 
2009 003), Nonpoint Use of Project Lands and Water for the City of 
Virginia Beach Water Supply Project, License Issuance, Brunswick 
County, VA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concern regarding implementation of a 
reuse wastewater system and not incorporating the result of a basin-
wide reservoir operations modeling analysis.
    ERP No. F-NAS-A12040-00 Cassini Spacecraft Exploration Mission to 
Explore the Planet Saturn, Implementation.

Summary

    The final EIS addresses EPA's concerns raised in the draft EIS.
    ERP No. FS-TVA-E06016-TN Adoption--Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 
Operations, Operating License Issuance, Rhea County, TN.

Summary

    EPA had environmental concerns that this document did not 
adequately address two issues raised at the draft EIS stage: need for 
power and pollution prevention, and recommended that future NEPA 
documents be more inclusive of these issues.

    Dated: August 28, 1995.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 95-21805 Filed 8-31-95; 8:45 am]
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