[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78485-78486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32045]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6613-7]


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) 567-7167.
    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-AFS-J65326-MT Rating EC2, Ashland Post-Fire Project, 
Proposal to Implement Restoration Activities to Maintain Watershed, 
Custer National Forest, Powder River and Rosebud Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern regarding sediment production water 
quality impacts and aquatic monitoring. EPA recommended optimal 
balancing of environmental and resource trade-offs by developing a 
modified preferred alternative that reduces sediment production. ERP 
No. D-BLM-B65022-MA Rating LO, New Bedford Whaling National Historical 
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Bristol County, MA.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the project. ERP No. D-BLM-
J67030-UT Rating EC2, 3R Minerals Coal Bed Canyon Mine Plan, Approval, 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern regarding potential impacts due to 
future expansion of this titanium and zirconium mineral resource. EPA 
requested additional information about the economic viability.
    ERP No. DA-JUS-G11010-00 Rating LO, PROGRAMMATIC--Revised Draft 
Supplemental EIS US Naturalization Service (INS) and US Joint Task 
Force-Six (JTF-6) Activities Along the US/Mexico Border from 
Brownsville Texas to San Diego, California.
    Summary: EPA expressed no concerns regarding the revised document.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J67028-MT, Rocky Mountain Front Mineral Withdrawal, 
Implementation, Helena and Lewis and Clark National Forests, Great 
Falls, MT.
    Summary: ERP No. F-AFS-L65336-ID, Brown Creek Timber Sale Project, 
Implementation, Payette National Forest, New Meadow Ranger District, 
Adam County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-BOP-K80041-CA

    Lassen County Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Construction 
and Operation, To House Median-Security Inmates and Federal Prison 
Camp, Possible Site is Southwest Site, Lassen County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-COE-E36178-00

    Wolf River Ecosystem Restoration, Memphis, Tennessee Feasibility 
Study, Marshall, Benton and Tippah Counties,

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MS and Shelby, Fayette and Harderman, TN.
    Summary: Structural measures of the proposed action will 
significantly improve fish and wildlife habitat in the watershed. 
Therefore, EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

    Dated: December 12, 2000.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 00-32045 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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