[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20381]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5472-2]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared July 22, 1996 Through July 
26, 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 05, 1996 (61 
FR 15251).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-COE-G85180-LA Rating EO2, Estelle Plantation Partnership 
Municipal Golf Course and Housing Development, Implementation, 
Jefferson Parish, LA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposal and 
requested additional information in the final EIS. Additional 
information needed in the FEIS include: (1) the need for expanded 
alternative analysis, (2) development of purpose and need to support 
practicable alternative, (3) minimization of direct and secondary 
impacts, (4) lack of a mitigation plan to offset unavoidable impacts, 
(5) water quality management, and (6) lack of consideration of 
Executive Order 11990 (Wetlands Protection) and Executive Order 11988 
(Floodplain Management).
    ERP No. D-NOA-C90016-NJ Rating EC2, Mullica River--Great Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve Establishment, Site Designation and 
Plan Implementation, Ocean, Atlantic and Burlington Counties, NJ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts 
that may be caused by construction and operation of the proposed 
facilities. Additional information to address this issue is requested 
in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-USA-C11012-NJ Rating EC2, Evans Subpost Disposal and 
Reuse, Implementation, Fort Monmouth, Ocean and Monmouth Counties, NJ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project's 
potential impacts to ground water and has requested additional 
information to address this issue in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-USN-E11037-FL Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Mayport Naval 
Station, To Evaluate Facilities Development Necessary to Support 
Potential Aircraft Carrier Homporting, Duval County, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about ODMDS capacity 
and mounding effects, and impacts to the ozone maintenance area. EPA 
requested that these issue be addressed in the final document.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-E65046-SC, Francis Marion National Forest Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Charleston and Berkeley 
Counties, SC.
Summary:
    EPA's review found that the document adequately addressed impacts 
associated with the selected forest plan. No major objections to the 
selected plan were found.
    ERP No. F-FRC-C02000-PR, Eco Ele'ctrica Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 
Import Terminal and Electric Cogeneration Project Construction and 
Operation, Permits and Approvals, Guayanilla Bay, PR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns involving site 
contamination. Accordingly, EPA requested that this issue be addressed 
in the project's authorization order.
    ERP No. F-TVA-E32075-TN, Upper Tennessee River Navigation 
Improvement Project, Rehabilitation and/or Construction, Chickamauga 
Dam--Navigation Lock Structural Improvement Alternative, Funding, NPDES 
Permit, Coast Guard Bridge Permit and COE Section 404 Permits, 
Tennessee River, Hamilton County, TN.
    Summary: EPA continued to express environmental concerns about the 
proposed project's potential for industrial development, comparison of 
water quality information to standards, NEPA discussion of proposed 
bridges, cumulative impact speculations, and noise level documentation.

    Dated: August 5, 1996.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 96-20381 Filed 8-08-96; 8:45 am]
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