[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 208 (Friday, October 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55294-55295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27475]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5474-3]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared October 7, 1996 through 
October 11, 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 
5, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-AFS-K65186-NV Rating EC2, Spring Mountains National 
Recreation Area General Management Plan, Toiyabe National Forest Land 
and Resource Management Plan, Amendment, Implementation, Clark and Nye 
Counties, NV.

    Summary: EPA requested that these issues be further addressed in 
the Final document.

ERP No. D-AFS-L65269-OR Rating EC2, Augusta Timber Sale, 
Implementation, Willamette National Forest, Blue River Ranger District, 
Willamette Meridian, Blue River, Lane County, OR.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns based on water 
quality and air quality aspects of the project area.

ERP No. D-COE-E30037-FL Rating EC2, Brevard County Shore Protection 
Study, Implementation, Beach Restoration Project, Brevard County, FL.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the long-
term consequences of inundating hard-bottom habitat as well as how this 
action meshes with other, similar anticipated beach nourishment 
projects. The additional information derived from the mitigation and 
subsequent monitoring plan will be necessary to determine how this 
project fits into the larger issue of the environmental consequences of 
proposed shoreline protection.

ERP No. D-COE-K81024-CA Rating EC2, US Food and Drug Administration 
Laboratory, Land Acquisition, Construction and Operation on the North 
Campus Area at the University of California, Irvine, Orange County, CA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding energy 
efficency, water conservation and pollution prevention. EPA also 
requested addition information regarding air quality and applicable 
federal hazardous waste requirements.
ERP No. D-FHW-L40199-WA Rating EC2, WA-509 Extension/South Access Road 
Corridor Project, Construction, Funding and Possible COE Section 404 
Permit, the Cities of SeaTac, Des Moines, Kent and Federal Way, King 
County, WA.

    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding air

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quality, water quality, wetlands and noise issues.
ERP No. D-NOA-G39030-TX Rating LO, Texas Combined Coastal Management 
Program, Implementation, Federal Approval, Gulf of Mexico, TX.

    Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative described in the draft EIS.

ERP No. DS-VAD-G99005-OK Rating LO, Oklahoma City Area National 
Cemetery Construction and Operation, Updated Information on a New 
Potential Site, Fort Sill, Comache County, OK.

    Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-G65060-TX Texas National Forests and Grasslands Revised 
Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, several counties, 
TX.

    Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative described in the Final EIS.

ERP No. F-AFS-L60101-ID Secesh River Subdivision Access Roads, 
Implementation, Special-Use-Permit, Idaho County, ID.

    Summary: Review of the Final EIS has been completed and the project 
found to be satisfactory.

ERP No. F-AFS-L65257-ID Beaver/Cedar Land Change Project, 
Implementation, Clearwater National Forest, North Fork and Palause 
Ranger Districts, Clearwater and Latah Counties, ID.

    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-COE-E32076-NC Cape Fear-Northeast Cape Fear Rivers 
Comprehensive Study for Deepening of the Wilmington Harbor Ship 
Channel, Navigation Improvement, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, 
NC.

    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been lessened to an 
acceptable level due to the mitigation measures, therefore EPA has no 
objection to the action as proposed.

ERP No. F-FHW-K40213-NV Tier 1--FEIS Northern and Western Las Vegas 
Beltway Establishment, Need for and Location of a Transportation 
Corridor, Clark County, NV.

    Summary: Federal Highway Administration's addressed all of EPA's 
previous concerns, therefore EPA has no objection to the project as 
proposed.

ERP No. F-FRC-E05047-GA North Georgia Hydroelectric Project, (FERC. No. 
2354-018) Issuance of Relicensing, Savannah River Basin, Tallulah, 
Tugalo and Chattooga Rivers, GA and SC.

    Summary: EPA's review found that most project impacts were 
adequately described. Additional information on sewage/water quality 
impacts associated with increased recreational activities would have 
been desirable.

ERP No. F-NPS-K60100-AZ Programmatic EIS--Juan Bautista de Anza 
National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan, Implementation, 
several counties, AZ and CA.

    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. FS-SCS-G36081-TX Attoyac Bayou Watershed, Flood Prevention and 
Watershed Protection, New Information concerning Installation of a 
Multiple-purpose Reservoir on the Naconiche Creek Watershed for Flood 
Prevention and Recreational Storage, Funding, Nacogdoches, Shelby, Rusk 
and San Augustine Counties, TX.

    Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative as described in the Final EIS.

    Dated: October 22, 1996.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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