[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70123-70124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33614]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5498-1]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared November 30, 1998 Through 
December 04, 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 10, 1998 (62 FR 17856).

DRAFT EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65286-MT Rating EO2, Hemlock Point Access Project, 
Construction of 860 feet of Low Standard Road, Plum Creek, Swan Valley, 
Flathead National Forest, Missoula County, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections about predicted 
adverse effects to water quality and fisheries, and about adverse 
effects to the threatened grizzly bear.
    ERP No. D-NPS-D61048-PA Rating EC2, Gettysburg National Military 
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Develop a Partnership 
with the Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation, Gettysburg, 
PA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the potential on 
aquatic resources, including non-tidal wetlands adverse impacts. The 
final EIS should examine avoiding and mitigating for the permanent and 
temporary effects to the aquatic resource.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65274-MT Beaver Creek Ecosystem Management Project 
and Associate Timber Sale, Implementation, Little and Big Beaver Creek 
Drainage, Kootenai National Forest, Cabinet Ranger District, Sanders 
County, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
adverse effects of increased peak flow and erosion and sediment 
transport and that the aquatic monitoring program should be improved to 
allow adequate measurement and detection of aquatic impacts.
    ERP No. F-AFS-K61132-CA Eight Eastside Rivers, Wild and Scenic 
River Study, Suitability or Nonsuitability, Tahoe National Forest and 
Lake Tahoe Management Unit, Land and Resource Management Plans, Alpine, 
El Dorado, Placer, Nevada and Sierra Counties, CA.
    Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65301-AK Crane and Rowan Mountain Timber Sales, 
Implementation, Tongass National Forest, Stikine Area, Kuiu Island, AK.
    Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-K35036-CA Montezuma Wetlands Project, Use of Cover 
and Non-cover Dredged Materials to restore Wetland, Implementation, 
Conditional-Use-Permit, NPDES and COE Section 10 and 404 Permit, Suisum 
Marsh in Collinsville, Solano County, CA.
    Summary: EPA found the final EIS to be generally responsive to 
EPA's prior concerns on the draft EIS and will continue to work with 
the Corps to develop specific conditions for the Section 404 permit and 
to ensure that potential adverse environmental impacts are avoided, 
minimized and mitigated as fully as possible. EPA noted that if the 
project is properly constructed, operated and monitored, it could be a 
significant environmental benefit to the San Francisco Bay region and 
substantially advance the overall goals of the Federal-State strategy 
to manage the placement of dredged material in the region.
    ERP No. F-NPS-E61073-MS Natchez Trace Parkway, Construction of 
Section 3X Southern Terminus, Adam Counties, MS.
    Summary: EPA concerns were addressed in the final EIS about the 
wetland mitigation and stormwater runoff from road construction for the 
termination point in Natchez of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
    ERP No. FS-AFS-J65213-MT Helena National Forest and Elkhorn 
Mountain portion of the Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource 
Management Plan, Updated Information on Oil and Gas Leasing, 
Implementation several counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA found no objections with the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. FS-NPS-K65187-CA Santa Rosa Island Resources Management 
Plan Improvements of Water Quality and Conservation of Rare Species and 
their Habitats, Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara County, 
CA.
    Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: December 15, 1998.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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