Federal Register, Volume 63 Issue 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2676-2677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1160]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5488-1]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared December 29, 1997 Through 
January 02, 1998 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

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(EISs) was published in FR dated April 11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-C40141-NY Rating EC2, Judd Road Connector 
Transportation Improvements, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, 
Village of New York Mills, Towns of New Hartford and Whitestown, Oneida 
County, NY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to 
wetlands and recommended the Southern alignment and the single point 
interchange be chosen.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40146-NM Rating LO, New Mexico Highway 126 (NM-126), 
Cuba-La Cueva Road (also Known as Forest Highway 12) Improvement, COE 
Section 404 Permit and NPDES Permit, Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties, 
NM.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the lead agency's 
preferred alternative as described in the DEIS.
    ERP No. D-GSA-J81009-CO Rating EC2, Denver Federal Center Master 
Site Plan, Implementation, City of Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential 
water quality and wetland impacts. EPA requested that these issues be 
fully addressed in the final EIS. EPA also requested that clarification 
on how future development relate to the on going clean-up under RCRA 
and CERCLA.
    ERP No. DS-COE-G32054-00 Rating LO, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, 
Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma and Related Projects, New and Updated 
Information, Red River Below Denison Dam Levee Rehabilition, 
Implementation, Hempstead, Lafayette and Miller Counties, AR.
    Summary: EPA expressed no objection to the selection of the 
mitigation measures as described in the EIS based on the Corp's 
preferred alternative.
    ERP No. DS-USA-E65040-MS Rating EC2, Camp Shelby Continued Military 
Training Activities, Use of National Forest Lands, Updated Information, 
Final Site Selection Authorization for Implementation of the Proposed 
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Ranges, Special Use Permit, DeSoto National 
Forest, Forrest, George and Perry Counties, MS.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential 
wetland, wildlife habitate loss/modification and noise impacts. EPA 
requested that additional information on these issues be provided in 
the final document.
    ERP No. D1-FAA-C51020-NY Rating EC2, Terminal Doppler Weather Radar 
(TDWR) Installation and Operation, Serve the John F. Kennedy 
International Airports (JFK) and La Guardia (LFA), Site Specific, Air 
Station Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, King County, NY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential 
hazardous waste and carbon monoxide air quality impacts. EPA requested 
that FAA commit to comprehensively characterize any contamination prior 
to implementation and do carbon monoxide hot spot analysis.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-DOE-E09802-SC, Savannah River Site, Shutdown of the River 
Water System (DOE/EIS-0268D), Implementation, Aiken, SC.
    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns about the project's 
ecological risks and impacts on endangered species. EPA encourages 
completion of consultations with the Natural Resources Trustees before 
issuing any CERCLA Record of Decision on the River Water Distribution 
System.
    ERP No. F-FHW-C40138-NY, NY-17 Highway Conversion from a Partial to 
a Full Access Control Facility, Five-Mile Point to Occanum and NY-17 
Rehabilitation or Reconstruction, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit 
Issuance, Towns of Kirkwood and Windsor, Broome County, NY.
    Summary: EPA's concerns were addressed in the final EIS and has no 
objections to implementing the project as proposed.
    ERP No. F-TVA-E06017-AL, Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Conversion 
Project, Construction and Operation, NPDES Permit and COE Section 404 
Permit, Tennessee River near Hollywood, AL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns primarily involve the 
EIS connected issue of impacts associated with the construction of a 
natural gas pipeline (separate NEPA issue and federal lead agency) 
logically needed to adequately supply the proposed conversion of 
Bellefonte to natural gas. Proposed coordination with local residents 
was also recommended.

Regulations

    ERP No. R-ACH-A99216-00, 36 CFR part 800--Revised Regulation 
Implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Administration.
    Summary: EPA's primary issue is the definition of ``undertaking'' 
EPA would like to resolve interpretation of this definition before the 
regulations are adopted as final.

    Dated: January 13, 1998.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 98-1160 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]
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