[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19121]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5493-8]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared June 29, 1998 Through July 2, 
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 10, 1998 (63 
FR 17856).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65283-CO Rating EC2, North Fork Salvage Timber 
Analysis Area, Implementation, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, 
Routt County, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information related to increased sediment potential, large 
woody debris mitigation and road closure methodology.
    ERP No. D-AFS-J65284-MT Rating EC2, Patty-Piper Access Road 
Project, Implementation, To Grant Plum Creek Authorization to Occupy 
and Use Land in National Forest System, Flathead National Forest, Swan 
Lake Ranger District, Lake County, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
effects to water quality, fisheries (including bull trout), and the 
threatened grizzly bear believes additional information is needed to 
fully assess and mitigate all potential impacts of the management 
actions.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-E65024-KY, Daniel Boone National Forest Off-Highway 
Vehicle (OHV) Management Policy, Modification, Several Counties, KY.
    Summary: EPA's review found that the preferred alternative was 
acceptable and provided for off-road vehicle use, while protecting 
valuable forest resources and other form of recreation.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65250-CO, Routt National Forest Land and Resource 
Management Plan, Implementation, Grand, Routt, Rio Blanco, Jackson, 
Moffat and Garfield Counties, CO.
    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns that range reform (RA-
1995) analysis not included in the final EIS.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65278-CO, South Quartzite Timber Sale, Timber 
Harvesting and Road Construction, White River National Forest, Rifle 
Ranger District, Grizzly Creek Rare II Area, Garfield County, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.
    ERP No. F-BLM-J67026-MT, Golden Sunlight Mine Expansion, 
Implementation of Amendment 008 to Operating Permit No. 0065, COE 
Section 404 Permit, Whitehall, Jefferson County MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the change 
in plans to avoid requiring installation of trench drains and shallow 
wells to capture contaminated seepage from waste rock piles until water 
quality monitoring demonstrated ground water contamination. EPA also 
expressed concerns regarding the large proposed ground water mixing 
zone, and assuring financial capability for implementing necessary 
perpetual water management and treatment, environmental monitoring, 
mitigation, and reclamation measures and believes additional 
information is needed to fully assess and mitigate all potential 
impacts of the management actions.
    ERP No. F-ICC-A53053-00, Conrail Acquisition (Finance Docket No. 
33388) by CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation Inc., and Norfolk 
Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS), Control 
and Operating Leases and Agreements, To serve portion of eastern United 
States.
    Summary: EPA continued to express concerns with the analyses 
performed for noise and environmental justice, and addressed the 
applicability of the Clean Air Act general conformity rules.

    Dated: July 14, 1998.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 98-19121 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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