[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 251 (Friday, December 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 83011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33368]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6614-2]


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-AFS-G65076-OK Rating LO, Quachita National Forest, An 
Amendment to the Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, 
Glover River, McCurtain County, OK.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the proposed 
action as the preferred alternative for the amended land and resource 
management plan. EPA is suggesting the inclusion of some addition 
information to strengthen the Final Statement.
    ERP No. D-USN-K35041-CA Rating EC2, Naval Station (NAVSTA) San 
Diego Replacement Pier and Dredging Improvements, Construction, 
Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal, San Diego Naval Complex, San 
Diego, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding dredging 
and dredged material disposal, impacts to aquatic resources, hazardous 
air pollutants, toxic substances, environmental justice, and mitigation 
measures.
    ERP No. DR-AFS-K61145-CA Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Ansel Adams, 
John Muir and Dinkey Lakes Wildernesses, Proposed New Management 
Direction, Amending the Land and Resource Management Plans for the Inyo 
and Sierra National Forests, Implementation, Inyo, Madera, Mono and 
Fresno Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA raised continuing concerns regarding the RDEIS' 
failure to analyze potential cumulative impacts associated with 
production livestock grazing.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-COE-H36108-NB, Sand Creek Watershed Restoration Project, 
To Develop Environmental Restoration, City of Wahoo, Saunders County, 
NB.
    Summary: EPA continued to have environmental concerns on three 
issues: (1) Lack of current data in the project area; (2) project need 
and alternative; and (3) insufficient analysis of cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. F-COE-K36133-CA, Whitewater River Basin (Thousand Palms) 
Flood Control Project, Construction of Facilities to Provide Flood 
Protection, Coachella Valley, Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-K39060-CA, Upper Newport Bay Restoration Project, To 
Develop a Long-Term Management Plan to Control Sediment Deposition, 
Orange County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: December 26, 2000.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 00-33368 Filed 12-28-00; 8:45 am]
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