[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9450-9451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5576]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5414-2]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared February 19, 1996 Through 
February 23, 1996 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) 564-7167.
    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-DOE-L09806-WA Rating EC2, Northwest Regional Power 
Facility (NRPF), Construction and Operation if a 838 Megawatt (MW) Gas-
fired Combustion Turbine Facility, Approval of Permits, Located near 
the Town of Creston, WA.
    Summary: EPA's environmental concerns are based on potential 
impacts to water quality, wetlands and air quality.
    ERP No. D-DOE-L09808-WA Rating EC2, Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) 
Stabilization, To Safely Reduced Radiation Exposure to Workers and 
Environment, Hanford Site, Richland, Benton County, WA.
    Summary: EPA's environmental concerns are based on the need to 
clarify the alternative analysis and better reference the proposed 
activity and the Tri-Party Agreement for the Hanford Facility.
    ERP No. D-NOA-K90028-HI Rating EC2, Hawaiian Islands Humpback 
Whales and Their Habitat National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan, 
Implementation, Honolulu, Kauai and Maui Counties, HI.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns regarding the potential 
impacts to the management and regulatory flexibility of existing 
regulatory programs. EPA's concerns included potential impacts to 
existing and future designations of dredge disposal sites, 
modifications to the seabed, the National Pollution Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) permitting system, and water quality 
programs. EPA supports the development of MOUs with other agencies and 
stresses the need for close coordination with EPA, U.S. Corps of 
Engineers, and Hawaii's Department of Health regarding the above 
regulatory programs and any enforcement actions. Additional 

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detailed data was requested to support evaluations regarding potential 
benefits or adverse impacts.
    ERP No. D-SFW-L99005-WA Rating EC2, Plum Creek Timber Sale, 
Issuance of a Permit to Allow Incidental Take and Habitat Conservation 
Plan (HCP) for Threatened and Endangered Species, Implementation, 
Eastern and Western Cascade Provinces in the Cascade Mountains, King 
and Kittitas Counties, WA.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns with the project based on 
the potential impacts of land management activities on water quality, 
particularly to existing water quality limited/303(d)--listed streams 
in the HCP area, and on the effective implementation of an adaptive 
management strategy. EPA requests that the HCP incorporate more in-
depth monitoring activities for changed in water quality related to 
sediment loading and temperature, and a stronger commitment toward 
possible adjustments of land management activities in response to 
monitoring results.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-DOE-E06015-SC, Savannah River Site Interim Management of 
Nuclear Materials, Implementation, Aiken and Barnwell Counties, SC.
    Summary: EPA's draft EIS comments were adequately addressed in the 
final EIS. Additional comments were provided in support of DOE's 
preferred alternative.
    ERP No. F-FAA-K51032-CA, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, 
Replacement Passenger Terminal Construction, Approval, Los Angeles 
County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding air 
conformity, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls requirement. EPA 
recommended that these issues be addressed in the Record of Decision.

    Dated: March 5, 1996.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 96-5576 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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