[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 180 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55974-55975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23810]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6610-9]


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 FR dated April 14, 2000 (65 
FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FRA-A54035-00 Rating EC2, Programmatic--Maglev Deployment 
Program, Development and Construction of an Operating Public 
Transportation System using Magnetic Levitation, Grants Issuance, CA, 
FL, GA, LA, MD, NV and PA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns relating to disclosure of the 
existing state of knowledge regarding the safety and health effects and 
general operating characteristics of Maglev technology,
    ERP No. D-FTA-L54004-WA Rating LO, Sound Transit, Lakewood-to-
Tacoma Commuter Rail and WA-512 Park and Ride Expansion, Construction 
and Operation, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, City of 
Tacoma and City of Lakewood, WA.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. D-NPS-K60030-CA Rating EC2, Legislative EIS--Timbisha 
Shoshone Tribal Homeland, To Establish a Permanent Tribal Land Base and 
Related Cooperative Activities, The Transfer of Federal Land and 
Acquisition of Private Land, Death Valley National Park, Saline Valley, 
CA and Lida Ranch near Lida, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the range of alternatives 
and the lack of information on the reasonably foreseeable future 
development (RFFD) on proposed lands for transfer in trust. EPA 
requested more information on RFFD, that the alternatives section 
criteria be included in the body of the document, that alternatives be 
presented in comparative format, and that the Tribal and Federal 
agencies commit to the development of a comprehensive plan in the 
Record of Decision (ROD).
    ERP No. DR-COE-K90029-CA Rating EC2, Delta Wetlands Project,

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Construction and Operation Revised Information for the Water Storage 
Project on Four Islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Approval 
of Permits, San Joaquin and Contra Costa Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns that the project will yield 
degradation of Delta water with respect to its beneficial use as a 
source for drinking water. EPA requested that more stringent criteria 
for total organic carbons be used as a goal in the FEIS.
    ERP No. DS-COE-K36083-CA Rating EC2, Guadalupe River Flood Control 
Plan, Improvement, City of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding effects on the aquatic 
environment associated with the potential release of mercury-
contaminated sediments and with the degradation and loss wetlands and 
riparian habitat in the Guadalupe River watershed. EPA urged the Corps 
and the local project sponsor to avoid and minimize such impacts to the 
fullest extent and identify appropriate mitigation measures.
    ERP No. DS-FHW-L40198-WA Rating EC2, North Spokane Freeway Project, 
Improvements Transportation through the City of Spokane and Spokane 
County between I-90, Spokane County, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding potential wetland impacts 
and the lack of analysis of proposed road building activities 
associated with possible hazardous waste impacts.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-G40154-TX, Loop 1 Extension Project, From Farm-to-
Market Road FM-734 (Palmer Lander) to I-35, Funding, Travis and 
Williamson Counties, TX.
    Summary: EPA finds that the final EIS responded reasonably to EPA's 
comments on the draft EIS, therefore EPA has no objection to the action 
as proposed.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40163-CA, CA-238 Construction, near Industrial 
Parkway to CA-238/I-580 Interchange, Funding, and 404 Permit, City of 
Hayward, Alameda County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing objections to the environmental 
impacts of induced travel demand and cumulative impacts generated by 
the proposed project. EPA requested monitoring and mitigation for 
induced travel demand and the implementation of controls to prevent 
growth inducement.

    Dated: September 12, 2000.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
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