[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25609-25610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12243]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5480-2]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared April 21, 1997 Through April 
25, 1997 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 04, 1997 (62 
FR 16154).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-BLM-K65196-CA Rating EO2, Interlakes Special Recreation 
Management Area Plan, Implementation, Federal and Private Lands Issues, 
Shasta County, CA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental objections with the lack of information 
regarding monitoring and mitigation proposals to offset significant 
environmental impacts associated with OHV use in the Chappie-Shasta OHV 
Management Areas.
    ERP No. D-COE-C35011-00 Rating EC2, Newark Bay Confined Disposal 
Facility (NBCDF), Construction, Dredged Material Disposal Site, NY and 
NJ.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed project and 
requested that additional information be presented in the Final EIS to 
address these concerns. EPA expressed concerns with the project's 
monitoring plan and requested a complete assessment of the project's 
potential impacts to buried prehistoric deposits as well.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40700-GA Rating EC2, Harry S. Truman Parkway, 
Construction from the Abercorn Street Extension (GA-204) to Derenne 
Avenue, COE Section 404 Permit and U.S. Coast Guard Permit, Chatham 
County, GA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding impacts to estuarine 
marshes. EPA recommended that additional mitigation be provided to 
reduce marsh impacts.
    ERP No. D-UAF-G11032-TX Rating LO, Reese Air Force Base (AFB) 
Disposal and Reuse, Implementation, NPDES Permit and COE Section 404 
Permit, Lubbock and Terry Counties, TX.

Summary

    EPA had no objections to the selection of the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-USN-K11078-00 Rating EO2, Marianas Islands Military 
Training, Implementation, Marianas Training Plan, Guam, Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, Asia, Hawaii and Alaska.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental objections due to significant impact to 
biological resources and coral reefs. EPA requested additional 
information regarding project description, purpose and need, 
alternative development and cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. DA-COE-C32034-00 Rating EC2, Delaware River Comprehensive 
Navigation Channel Improvement, Additional Information, Beckett Street 
Terminal in New Jersey through Philadelphia Harbor, Implementation, 
several counties, NJ, DE and PA.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns about the design and 
monitoring plan for Kelly Island, and the stockpiling of sand at 
Slaughter and Broadkill Beaches. Additional information should be 
presented in the final SEIS to address these issues.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L65202-ID Rating LO, Katka Peak Timber Sale and Road 
Construction, Implementation, New Information from Interior Columbia 
Basin Ecosystem Management Project, to implement Ecosystem Restoration 
Treatment, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National 
Forests, Boundary County, ID.

Summary

    Our abbreviated review has revealed no EPA concerns on this 
project.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L67028-AK Rating EC1, Kensington Venture Underground 
Gold Mine Project, Additional Information, Development, Construction 
and Operation, Operating Plan Approval, NPDES, Section 10 and 404

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Permits, Tongass National Forest, Sherman Creek, City of Juneau, AK.

Summary

    EPA continued to express environmental concerns regarding impacts 
to air quality diesel fuel spill risks to water quality, visual 
impacts, the feasibility of mitigation and reclamation measures, and 
the need to minimize impacts associated with effluent discharges. The 
Final SEIS should provide additional information on evaluation of 
project component options and mitigation measures.
    ERP No. DS-FAA-L51014-WA Rating EC2, Seattle-Tacoma International 
Airport Improvement, South Aviation Support Area, Airport Layout Plan, 
Airport Master Plan; Updated Information on Master Plan Development 
Actions, Funding, Section 10 and 404 Permits and NPDES Permit, Port of 
Seattle, King County, WA.

Summary

    EPA expressed reservations/concerns with the conclusion that the 
conforms to the State Implementation Plan. Should the final conformity 
determination significantly differ from the updated draft conformity 
analysis, it may be necessary for the FAA to allow for additional 
public comments on that analysis prior to making a decision. In 
particular, an additional public comment period should be considered if 
the de minimis thresholds have been exceeded for carbon monoxide and/or 
oxides of nitrogen.

Final EISs

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

Summary

    Review of the FEIS was not deemed necessary. No formal comment 
letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-DOE-L09806-WA, 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 continued to express environmental concerns regarding water 
quality and wetlands impacts based upon indirect effects and project 
segmentation. EPA encourages BPA to issue a single EIS with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission that considers alternative sites for the 
project.
    ERP No. F-FHW-40756-SC, and Greenville Southern Connectors 
Construction and Operation, I-185 at I-85 south of Donaldson Center 
Industrial Air Park to I-385 at US 276 and SC-153 Connector from 
existing SC-153 at I-85 to the Southern Connector, Funding and COE 
Section 404 Permit, Anderson and Greenville Counties, SC.

Summary

    EPA expressed environmental concerns over floodplain crossings and 
associated impacts, and the loss of terrestrial habitat.
    ERP No. F-FRC-L05053-WA, Condit Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 
2342-005), Relicensing, White Salmon River, Klickitat and Skamania 
Counties, WA.

Summary

    EPA expressed objection to the proposed action based on adverse 
impacts to fish and other aquatic life in the White Salmon River. EPA 
also expressed concern over FERC's method of assessing impacts of the 
proposed alternative.

    Dated: May 6, 1997.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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