[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46455-46456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19199]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6609-6]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared 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 the Federal Register dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-D40307-VA Rating EC2, Coalfields Expressway Location 
Study, Improvements from Route 23 near Pound, VA to the WV State Line 
east of Slate, VA, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, Wise, Dickerson 
and Buchanan, VA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the direct impact to forests, 
streams and wetlands. EPA recommends that VDOT and FHWA consider 
flexibility in the design standards of this road to allow for contact 
sensitive design and that the right-of-way limits and clearing be kept 
to a minimum.
    ERP No. D-RUS-E39053-KY Rating EC2, Jackson County Lake Project, 
Implementation, To Provide Adequate Water Supplies for the Projected 
Residential, Commercial and Industrial Needs, Funding and Possible COE 
Section 10 and 404 Permits, Jackson County, KY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to long-term 
water quality implications of the proposal and request additional 
information regarding project purposed/need.
    ERP No. DS-FTA-C40046-NY Rating LO, Buffalo Inner Harbor 
Development Project, Waterfront Redevelopment, Funding and COE Section 
10 and 404 Permit Issuance, New Information in Response to a Court 
Order concerning Historic Preservation, Eric County, NY.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to implementation of the proposed 
project.

FINAL EISs

    ERP No. F-BLM-K67049-CA Soledad Canyon Sand and Gravel Mining 
Project, Proposal to Mine, Produce and Sell, ``Split Estate'' Private 
Owned and Federally Owned Lands, Transit Mixed Concrete, Los Angeles 
County, CA.

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    Summary: EPA concurred with BLM's conformity determination and is 
satisfied that air quality standards will be protected. EPA expressed 
continuing concerns that a jurisdictional analysis has not yet been 
conducted for waters of the U. S., and potential impacts and 
appropriate mitigation measures remain uncertain.
    ERP No. F-DOE-A08031-00 Transmission System Vegetation Management 
Program, Implementation, Managing Vegetation, Site Specific, Right-of-
Way Grant, CA, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA and WY.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections with the proposed action.
    ERP No. F-DOE-E09806-TN 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 continues to have environmental concerns about 
potential process releases and project impacts, due to the magnitude 
and scope of the project.
    ERP No. F-FHW-C40147-NY Stewart Airport Access Transportation 
Improvement Project, A New Interchange on I-84 at Drury Lane, 
Reconstruction of Drury Lane and a new East-West Connector Road from 
Drury Lane to Stewart International Airport, Funding, Towns of 
Montgomery, Newburgh and New Windsor, Orange County, NY.
    Summary: While EPA has no objection to the proposed action, EPA 
would like to review the wetlands avoidance and minimization measures 
prior to the release of the ROD. EPA also requested that the 
information, and the wetland mitigation/monitoring plan be included in 
the Department of Army Section 404 permits.
    ERP No. F-FHW-E40781-FL FL-423 (John Young Parking), Improvements 
from FL-50 to FL-434, City of Orlando, Orange County, FL.
    Summary: EPA continues to be concerned regarding the need to 
monitor storm water and that the entire project should have a 
delineated bike lane.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40386-OH Meigs-124-21.16 Transportation Corridor, 
Relocating existing OH-124 and US 33, Meigs County, OH.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action, since the 
selected alternative avoids impacts to threatened and endangered 
species, historic sites, Section 4(f) areas and other important 
resources in the area, while also minimizing adverse impacts on the 
area's wetlands.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40220-CA CA-125 South Route Location, Adoption and 
Construction, between CA-905 on Otay Mesa to CA-54 in Spring Valley, 
Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, San Diego County, CA.
    Summary: EPA believes the FEIS remains inadequate for purposes of 
public disclosure under the National Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant 
to CEQ's NEPA implementing Regulations, EPA strongly recommended that 
FHWA prepare a Supplemental EIS to address several actions related to, 
and/or connected to, State Route 125 which would not proceed without 
construction of the roadway.
    ERP No. F-FHW-L40201-WA US 101 Highway Aberdeen-Hoquiam Corridor 
Project, Improvements, US Coast Guard and COE Section 404 Permit, Grays 
Harbor County, WA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the lead agency.
    ERP No. F-IBR-H39007-00 Republican River Basin Long-Term Water 
Supply Contract Renewals for Five Irrigation Districts, Frenchman-
Cambridge, Frenchman Valley and Bostwick Irrigation District in 
Nebraska and Bostwick No.2 and Almena Irrigation Districts on Kansas, 
NE and KS.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-FHW-H40136-KS South Lawrence Trafficway Construction, 
Kansas Turnpike, I-70 to KS-10/Noria Road, New Information concerning 
KS-10 on the East and US 59 on the West, Funding, COE Section 404 
Permit and Right-of-Way Acquisition, Douglas County, KS.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: July 25, 2000.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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