[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33651-33652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16397]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5492-9]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations: Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared June 1, 1998 Through June 5, 
1998 pursuant to the Environmental Review Process (ERP), Under Section 
309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

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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 10, 1998 (63 
FR 17856).

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-MMS-L02026-AK, Beaufort Sea Planning Area Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 170 (1997) Lease Offering, 
Offshore Marine, Beaufort Sea Coastal Plain, North Slope Borough of 
Alaska.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-UAF-A11074-00, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) 
Program, Development, Operation and Deployment, Proposed Launch 
Locations are Cape Canaveral Air Station (AS), Florida and Vandenberg 
Air Force Base (AFB), California, Federal Permits and Licenses, FL and 
CA.
    Summary: EPA stated that the Air Force adequately addressed earlier 
concerns and has no further comment.
    ERP No. F-UAF-L11013-ID, Idaho Enhanced Training Project, Training 
for the 366th Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Approval for 
Rights-of-Way Permit by (BLM) and Airspace Modifications by (FAA), 
Owyhee County, ID.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-APH-A82124-00, Logs, Lumber and Other Unmanufactured 
Wood Articles Importation, Improvements to the existing system to 
Prohibit Introduction of Plant Pests into the United States.
    Summary: EPA continued to have environmental objections to the 
proposed project. Issues of concern included the efficacy of 
combinations of control methods, compliance by exporting countries, 
human health effects of eradication and control efforts, comparison of 
the alternatives, and the use of methyl bromide.

    Dated: June 16, 1998.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 98-16397 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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