[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10076-10077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4517]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6251-5]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared February 07, 2000 through 
February 11, 2000 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 09, 1999 (63 
FR 17856).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-E65052-KY Rating EC1, Daniel Boone National Forest, 
Implementation, Salvage Harvest Due to 1998 Storm Damage Timber, 
McCreary and Pulaske County, KY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts regarding water quality, riparian vegetation and 
increased bank erosion. EPA recommends implementing Alternative C which 
appears to strike a good balance by minimizing impacts to the sensitive 
important Rock and Marsh Creek corridors.
    ERP No. D-BLM-J02038-WY Rating LO, Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas 
Exploration and Development Natural Gas Wells Project, Implementation, 
Sublette County, WY.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. D-COE-K36131-CA Rating EC2, Lower Mission Creek Flood 
Control Project, Proposed Plan for Flood Control, City of Santa 
Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA.
    Summary: EPA concurred that alternative 12 would increase 
biological, visual, and water resource values associated with Mission 
Creek and would enhance flood control. EPA expressed concerns that the 
Tidewater Goby may be adversely affected and recommended that potential 
for scouring; wetland washouts; and culvert clogging be further 
addressed and rectified in the FEIS.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40781-TN Rating EC2, Interstate 40 (I-40) 
Transportation Improvements from I-75 to Cherry Street in Knoxville, 
Funding, NPDES and COE Section 404 Permits, Knox County, TN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential 
noise and cultural resource impacts. EPA requested that these issues be 
addressed in greater detail in the final document.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40782-NC Rating EC2, Western Wake Freeway, 
Transportation Improvements from NC-55 at NC-1172 (Old Smithfield Road) 
to NC-55 near NC-1630 (Alston Avenue), Funding and COE 404 Permit, Wake 
County, NC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the residential 
noise impacts will be substantial for all of the alternatives and that 
additional efforts are needed to lessen them. Additionally, EPA 
expressed concerns for the cumulative social impacts to one community 
and for storm water impacts for the entire project.
    ERP No. D-NPS-F65025-MI Rating EC2, Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore, Historic Properties Management Plan, Implementation, MI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
adverse impacts of development to the lakeshore resources and requested 
that the final EIS include information addressing the types of 
activities that will be subject to NEPA and the relationship between 
the Historic Properties Management Plan and the General Management 
Plan.

FINAL EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-F40085-IN US 231 Transportation Project, New 
Construction from CR-200 N to CR-1150 S, Funding, Right-of-Way Permit 
and COE Section 404 Permit, Spencer and Dubois Counties, IN.
    Summary: The information provided in the final EIS is sufficient to 
resolve EPA's previously expressed concerns for documentation of the 
project's Purpose and Need, Range of Alternatives to be Evaluated, and 
Selection of a Preferred Alternative. Additionally, the Conceptual 
Wetlands Mitigation Plan described is also acceptable.
    ERP No. F-FHW-G40148-00 US-71 Transportation Improvements, from 
south of Bella Vista to Pineville, Benton County, AR and McDonald 
County, MO.
    Summary: EPA has no further comments. The final EIS adequately 
responded to EPA's comments on the draft EIS.
    ERP No. F-FHW-J54000-CO Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project, To 
Improve Travel between Central and Southeast Corridors, Light Rail 
Transit (LRT), Colorado Metropolitan Area, Denver, CO.
    Summary: EPA continues to express concerns regarding potential 
indirect and cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. F-FTA-L53002-WA Everett-to-Seattle Commuter Rail Project, 
Construction and Operation, To Link the Cities of Everett, Mukilteo, 
Edmonds, Shoreline, and the Seattle Waterfront, U.S. Coast Guard, COE 
Section 10 and 404 Permits, Snohomish County, WA.
    Summary: EPA's primary concern was addressed in the final EIS: the 
preferred alternative identified will have fewer impacts to the 
environmental than the other build alternatives.
    ERP No. F-NRC-E06003-SC Generic EIS--License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants

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for the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, Implementation, 
Oconee County, SC.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns regarding 
offsite radiological impacts. EPA requested that these issues be 
discussed in more detail during the relicensing process.

    Dated: February 22, 2000.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Environmental Protection Specialist Office of Federal Activities.
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