[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16501-16502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8842]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5490-5]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared March 16, 1998 Through March 
20, 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 (EISs) was published in FR dated April 11, 1997 (62 
FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-AFS-G65067-LA Rating EC2, isatchie National Forest Revision 
Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Claiborne, Grant, 
Natchitoches, Rapides, Vernon, Webster and Winn Parishes, LA.
    Summary: EPA has requested additional information in the areas of 
Environmental Justice, ecosystem management, NEPA compliance assurances 
for future military use activities affecting national forest lands and 
cumulative impact assessment summaries for the alternatives considered.
ERP No. D-AFS-L65299-AK Rating EO2, Cascade Point Access Road, 
Construction, Maintenance and Operation, Road Easement within National 
Forest System land in the vicinity of Echo Cove, EPA Permit, COE 
Section 10 and 404 Permits, Juneau, AK.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections based on a Purpose 
and Need statement that restricted the range of alternatives, and an 
inadequate analysis of direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental 
impacts to Berners Bay. EPA recommends that more information including 
an assessment of impacts about reasonably foreseeable development at 
Cascade Point be included.
ERP No. D-COE-E32077-GA Rating EC2, Brunswick Harbor Deepening Federal 
Navigation Project, Improvements, Brunswick, Glynn County, GA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over the potential 
for unacceptable water quality impacts resulting from the extensive 
navigation deepening as well as how the necessary mitigation for 
project impacts will be designed and implemented.
ERP No. D-DOE-J22005-CO Rating EC2, Rocky Flats Environmental 
Technology Site Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Srub Alloy 
Stored, Golden, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the alternatives 
analysis and recommends developing an on-site storage alternative in 
addition to the WIPP alternative.
ERP No. D-USN-K11087-CA Rating EC2, Long Beach Complex Disposal and 
Reuse, Implementation, COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, NPDES

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Permit, in the City of Long Beach and Los Angeles County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the proposed 
reuse plan could adversely effect sensitive species, air and water 
quality. EPA asked that additional information be included in the final 
EIS on several issues including various aspects of proposed dredging, 
hazardous materials, land use compatibility and environmental justice.
ERP No. D2-DOE-A00163-SC Rating EC2, Accelerator for Production of 
Tritium at the Savannah River Site (DOE/EIS-0270D), Site Specific, 
Construction and Operation, Aiken and Barnwell Counties, SC.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns about the proposed project 
and requested more information to fully assess the impacts. In 
particular, wetlands, groundwater and surface water impact mitigation 
warrant further discussion.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-K82006-CA, Humboldt Nursery Pest Management Plan, 
Implementation, Six Rivers National Forest McKinleyville, Humboldt 
County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-DOA-K36119-HI, Waimea-Paauilo Watershed Project, To Alleviate 
the Agricultural Water Shortage, Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention, COE Section 404 Permit. Hawaii County, HI.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-DOE-K08052-00, Navajo Transmission Project (NTP), 
Construction, Operation and Maintenance, Right-of-Way Grants, EPA 
NPDES, COE, FAA, FWS and FHW Permits Issuance, NV, NM and AZ.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-FRC-L05216-WA, Cushman Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 460), 
Relicensing, North Fork Skokomish River, Mason County, WA.
    Summary: EPA objected to issuance of the proposed license, and 
noted that without the adoption of the terms, conditions, prescriptions 
and recommendations submitted by the Departments of the Interiors and 
Commerce, EPA believes the license would result in unsatisfactory 
environmental and public welfare impacts in the Skokomish River basin, 
including impacts on the treaty-protected rights of the Skokomish 
Indian Tribe. EPA recommended that the FERC work with all stakeholders 
in this process to define reasonable alternatives that better reflect 
the multiple objective associated with the proposed license, and to 
provide an accurate assessment of those alternatives in a supplemental 
EIS.
ERP No. F-NPS-K61212-CA, San Francisco Maritime National Historical 
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, San Francisco County, 
CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: March 31, 1998.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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