[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 64376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31916]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5487-1]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared November 17, 1997 Through 
November 21, 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 the Federal Register dated 
April 11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-L65292-ID Rating EO2, Caribou National Forest, 
Implementation, Federal Phosphate Leasing Proposal for the Manning 
Creek and Dairy Syncline Tracts, Caribou County, ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections about project 
impacts on water quality, including 303(d) listed waters. Specific 
mitigation measures need to be included in the Final EIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L60103-AK, Swan Lake-Lake Tyee Intertie Project, 
Electrical Transmission Line and Associated Facilities Construction and 
Operation, Northwestern Portion of Revillagigedo Island from Upper 
Carroll Inlet to Behm Canal and the Northeastern Portion of Cleveland 
Peninsula from Spacious Bay to Bradfield Canal, Special-Use-Permit 
Issuance, Tongass.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the 
methodologies used and conclusions drawn about cumulative effects 
within the project corridor.

    Dated: December 2, 1997.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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