[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50508-50509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24296]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6246-3]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared August 9, 1999 Through August 
13, 1999 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 9, 1999 (64 FR 
17362).

Draft EISs

    Erp No. D-FHW-F40384-MI Rating EO2, Boardman River Crossing 
Mobility Study, Improve the East-West Mobility across the Boardman 
River, COE Permit, Traverse City and Grand Traverse County, MI.
    Summary: EPA expressed objections due to potential significant 
wetland, water quality, aquatic resource impacts and secondary/
cumulative impacts. EPA also believes that additional detail is needed 
in the alternative analysis.
    ERP No. D-NPS-D61051-VA Rating LO, Booker T. Washington National 
Monument (BOWA), General Management Plan, Implementation, Franklin 
County, VA.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposal and the DEIS 
adequately addressed the environmental impacts of the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-TPT-K61147-CA Rating EC2, Presidio of San Francisco 
General Management Plan, Implementation, New Development and Uses 
within the Letterman Complex, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 
City and County of San Francisco, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to traffic and 
parking impacts and recommended that the Trust take all steps to reduce 
the number of project-related single occupancy vehicle trips to, from, 
and within the Presidio, and adjust the capacity of the proposed 
parking structure accordingly. EPA also requested additional 
information regarding the Presidio Trust's master development plan, in 
the context of cumulative environmental impacts.
    ERP No. D-UAF-K11016-NV Rating EC2, Nellis Air Force Base, Proposal 
to Base or Beddown F-22 Aircraft Force Development Evaluation and 
Weapons School, Clark County, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the lack of a full 
alternatives analysis, increased noise impacts that disproportinately 
affect environmental justice (minority and low-income) populations, 
inaccurate/incomplete reporting of increased hazardous waste streams 
resulting from the proposed project.
    ERP No. DA-COE-G36145-NM Rating EC2, Rio Grande Floodway, Flood 
Protection Plan, San Acacia to Bosque del Apache Unit, Socorro County, 
NM.
    Summary: EPA has identified several environmental concerns in the 
area of document clarity, mitigation, coordination, impact assessment, 
cumulative effects, and biological assessment that need to be included 
in the Final SEIS.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-K65203-CA Rating EC2, Sirretta Peak Motorcycle 
Trail, Additional Information on Alternative Route for the Trail, 
Construction, Approval and Implementation, Sirretta Peak/Machine Creek 
Area, Kern Plateau, Sequoia National Forest, Cannell Meadow Ranger 
District, Tulare County, CA.
    Summary: EPA's concerns expressed in a letter dated April 6, 1998, 
regarding the draft EIS remain.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-BIA-G25000-NM, High Mesa Environmental Facility, 
Construction and Operation, Approval of Lease for Disposal of Municipal 
Solid Waste, Nambi Indian Reservation, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
    Summary: EPA continues to seek a commitment by BIA to require all 
Federal requirements to be met prior to approval and operation of the 
facility. To insure these conditions are legally binding, EPA requests 
that the contingencies be included in the lease agreement as well as 
the ROD. EPA offered to assist BIA in its evaluation of the technical 
information to be provided in 40 CFR Part 257, and 40 CFR Part 258 and 
motivated on willingness to continue to work with BIA in the design and 
operation approval process.
    ERP No. F-BLM-J03013-UT, Ferron Natural Gas Project, Proposal to 
Construct, Maintain and Operate a Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline, 
Application for Permit to Drill (APD), Special-Use-Permit and Right-of-
Way Grant, Carbon and Emery Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA is satisfied that previous comments have been 
addressed and that additional alternative options for reducing air 
quality impacts have been modeled. EPA suggests use of an Adaptive 
Environmental Management Process to track, evaluate, and modify 
mitigation measures to be implemented.
    ERP No. F-BLM-J65212-WY, Newcastle Resource Management Plan, 
Implemention, Evaluates Alternatives for the Use of Public Lands and 
Resources in Portions of Wyoming, Crook, Niobrara and Westion Counties, 
WY.
    Summary: EPA continued to express concern regarding the lack of 
full disclosure of direct, indirect and cumulative impacts. EPA 
believes that there is sufficient new information on regional air 
quality impacts to warrant further analysis and disclosure.
    ERP No. F-BOP-E80029-KY, McCreary County Federal Correctional 
Facility, Construction and Operation, Five Possible Sites, McCreary 
County, KY.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
issue of wetland impacts.
    ERP No. F-COE-E39042-GA, Latham River/Jekyll Creek Environmental 
Restoration Project (Section 1135), To Establish the Without Project 
Condition, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), Glynn County, GA.
    Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been adequately addressed, 
therefore EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. F-COE-F36163-00, Upper Des Plaines River Flood Damage 
Reduction Project, Recommended Plan to Construction of a Lateral 
Storage Area, National Economic Development (NED), Lake County, IL and 
Kenosha and Racine Counties, WI.
    Summary: EPA's previous objections have been resolved, EPA still 
has concerns regarding the scope of analysis.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40235-CA, California Forest Highway 137, 
Improvements to Wentworth Springs Road and the Stumpy Meadows Reservoir 
Dam eastward (14.4 miles) to Ice House Road, Eldorado National Forest, 
El Dorado 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-GSA-K40228-CA, United States Border Facility, Tecate Port 
of Entry (POE) Realignment and Expansion, NPDES Permit, City of Tecate, 
San Diego 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-NOA-F39035-MI, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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Management Plan, Comprehensive and Long-Term Management for Shipwrecks 
and other Underwater Cultural Resources, extending from Presque Isle 
Harbor to Sturgeon Paint and eastward into Lake Huron, Alpena, Alconia 
and Presque Isle Counties, MI.
    Summary: Based on EPA review, EPA has no comments.
    ERP No. F-RUS-F39034-00, Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water (LPRW), 
Development and Expansion of Existing System North/Lyon County Phase 
and Northeast Phase Expansion Project, Yellow Medicine, Lincoln and 
Lyon Counties, MN and Deuel County, SD.
    SUMMARY: While the previous comments made on the DEIS have been 
addressed, EPA recommended that an Adaptive Environmental Management 
Plan to be incorporated into the Record of Decision (ROD) as a method 
of verifying the implementation of the proposed Water Resource 
Management Plan and its effectiveness in mitigation of potential 
impacts to the surrounding ground water system.
    ERP No. F-SFW-F99009-WI, Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation 
Plan State-wide, Application for an Incidental Take Permit, several 
counties, WI.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FA-IBR-J05016-UT, Diamond Fork Power System, Updated 
Information, Boneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Approval and 
Funding, Utah and Wasatch Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA agreed with the lead agencies that municipal water 
conservation will be included in the next CUP planning effort on the 
Utah Lake Drainage Basin Water Distribution System.

    Dated: September 13, 1999.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 99-24296 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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