[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 26198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11308]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6353-9]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared April 17, 2000 through April 
21, 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-DOE-E09806-TN Rating EC2, Treating Transuranic (TRU)/
Alpha Low-Level Waste at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Construct, 
Operate, and Decontaminate/Decommission of Waste Treatment Facility, 
Oak Ridge, TN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the issue 
of process releases and the resulting risk to humans. EPA requested 
that additional information be provide on the risk issue and the 
preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-TVA-E65054-TN Rating EC2, Tellico Reservoir Land 
Management Plan, Implementation of Seven Mainstream and Two Tributary 
Reservoirs, Blount, Loudon and Monroe, TN.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns with aspects of some of the 
proposed zones, such as planned timber harvesting and certain 
commercial/industrial development. EPA suggested that the Plan be 
revised to eliminate or minimize timber harvesting of circumferential 
reservoir lands and islands and eliminate incompatible forms of 
commercial and industrial development.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-BIA-A65165-00 Programmatic EIS--Navajo Ten Year Forest 
Management Plan Alternatives, Implementation and Funding, AZ and NM.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: May 2, 2000
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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