[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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