[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30587-30588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12019]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6605-9]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Meramec River Enhancement and Wetlands 
Protection Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document advises the public that the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency intends to develop a Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (DSEIS). The DSEIS will update a 1979 FEIS in order to 
re-evaluate the Federal actions relating to a proposed regionalization 
of wastewater treatment services within the Meramec River Basin in 
Missouri. The DSEIS will assist EPA in identifying and documenting the 
existing baseline environmental conditions in the project area, 
forecasting reasonably expected development within the basin, and 
analyzing alternatives with which to fulfill the wastewater treatment 
needs of the Meramec Basin. This assessment will be subsequently used 
to determine the environmental consequences of the proposed project and 
the significance of those consequences. The associated actions are: (1) 
Provision of grant funding to MSD for the construction of a Regional 
Wastewater Treatment Plant; (2) Identifying all required Federal 
permits, licences and entitlements.
    This document is being furnished pursuant to the Council on

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Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural 
Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Regulations 
(40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22) to obtain suggestions and information from 
other agencies and the public on the scope of issues and alternatives 
to be considered in preparation of the DSEIS.

DATES: As an opportunity for interested persons to comment on the 
issues and alternatives of the DSEIS, a public scoping meeting is 
scheduled as follows: Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 5:30 to 8 P.M. at Rogers 
Elementary School, 7700 Fine Road, Mehlville, MO 63129.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the scope of the DSEIS should be 
addressed to Mr. Joseph E. Cothern, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments should 
be received on or before June 15, 2000, at the above address. Written 
comments may also be sent by facsimile to 913/551-8752 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. Comments received will be available for public 
inspection by appointment during normal business hours (7:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) at the above office; please call 
(913) 551-7148 for an appointment. All comments received will become 
part of the administrative record and may be released.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Joseph E. Cothern at the above 
address and telephone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lower Meramec River Basin drainage area 
lies in the southern and southwestern portions of St. Louis County 
within the chartered jurisdiction of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer 
District (MSD). Areas in adjacent northern Jefferson County are also 
tributary. The MSD is empowered to enter into contractual agreements 
with other authorities, and has provided contract wastewater treatment 
for the City of Arnold (located in Jefferson County) since 1982 at the 
Lower Meramec Interim Treatment Lagoons at the site of the proposed 
regional plant, near (Meramec) river mile 1.5. This facility currently 
treats an average of 3.6 MGD.
    Other MSD treatment facilities in the service area, (which are 
being considered for decommissioning in this regionalization project), 
include (proceeding upstream):

--Baumgartner Treatment Lagoons, near river mile 5.5, acquired in the 
purchase of a private sewer company in 1977, and upgraded by MSD, with 
average daily flows of 7.95 MGD.
--Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant, near river mile 15.5, acquired 
from a private sewer company in 1979, and upgraded by MSD, presently 
providing secondary treatment for average daily flows of 4.0 MGD.
--Grand Glaize Wastewater Treatment Plant, near river mile 20, 
constructed by MSD in 1983 to provide secondary treatment for 20 MGD, 
and currently receiving average daily flows of 17.7 MGD.

    Dated: May 2, 2000.
William Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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