[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28234]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5485-6]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared October 13, 1997 Through 
October 17, 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 
11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-L65287-OR Rating EC2, Little River (DEMO) 
Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options Timber Sale, 
Implementation, Umpqua National Forest, North Umpqua Ranger District, 
Douglas County, OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential 
impacts of proposed harvest activities within riparian reserves.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K65198-00 Rating EC2, Rangeland Health Standards and 
Guidelines for Livestock Grazing on Public Rangelands in California and 
Northwestern Nevada, CA and NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to the high 
percentage of habitats in a functional-at-risk and non-functional 
condition. EPA strongly recommended the Final EIS provide an expanded 
and more detailed description of implementation, monitoring cumulative 
impacts, and adaptive management measure and tools.
    ERP No. D-FHW-D40290-MD Rating EO2, US 113 Planning Study, 
Transportation Improvement from south of Snow Hill, Maryland to 
Delaware State Line, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, Worcester 
County, MD.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the potential 
impacts to upland forest habitat; stream channels; palustrine forested 
wetland; and historic and cultural resources.
    ERP No. D-FTA-K54021-CA Rating EC2, Caltrain San Francisco Downtown 
Extension Project, Fourth and Townsend Streets in San Francisco to a 
proposed terminal at a site of the present Transbay Terminal in 
Downtown San Francisco, Funding, Approvals and Permits, San Francisco, 
San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA raised environmental concerns with the proposed 
parking development aspect of FTA's Caltrain Downtown Extension Project 
DEIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-C65002-PR, Caribbean National Forest Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, PR.
    Summary: Based on EPA review of the Final EIS. EPA does not object 
to the proposed action.
    ERP No. F1-FHW-K40202-CA, CA-58--Mojave Freeway Project, 
Construction from 0.1 mile east of the Cache Creek Bridge to 5.0 miles 
east of the town of Mojave, Funding, COE Section 404 Permit and Right-
of-Way Acquisition, Kern County, CA.
    Summary: EPA's previous objections to the DEIS was satisfactorily 
addressed in FEIS. EPA asked that the mitigation measures referenced 
for adoption in the DEIS and FEIS be noted as commitments in the Tier I 
Record of Decision.

    Dated: October 21, 1997.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 97-28234 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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