[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19659]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5482-6]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared June 30, 1997 through July 
04, 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-K67043-AZ Rating E02, Cyprus Miami Mining Leach 
Facility Expansion Project, Construction and Operation, Plan of 
Operations Approval and COE Section 404 Permit, Gila County, AZ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections since the proposed 
alternative does not appear to be the least environmentally damaging 
practicable alternative in accordance with guidelines pursuant to Clean 
Water Act, Section 404. EPA believed additional financial assurance is 
needed for the contingency of collecting and managing mine leachate. A 
Clean Air Act conformity analysis is needed as the proposed facility 
would generate an increase of over 100 tons per year of pollutants.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L39041-OR Metolius Wild and Scenic River Management 
Plan, Implementation, Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Range 
District, Jefferson County, OR.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-E90015-00, Pearl River in the Vicinity of Walkiah 
Bluff, Wetland Restoration, Implementation, Picayune, Pearl River 
County, MS and St. Tammany Parish, LA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over the ability of 
the project to maintain the proposed redirected flow regime on a long-
term basis, and suggested that the Corps develop a monitoring program 
to review the project's status over a five-year period.
    ERP No. F-SFW-L99005-WA, 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: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: July 22, 1997.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 97-19659 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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