[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5513-5514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1688]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6614-8]


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-L65367-AK Rating EC2, Chugach National Forest, 
Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, 
Glacier, Seward and Cordora Ranger Districts, Kenai Peninsula Borough, 
AK.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the lack of 
clarity in the direction and protections in the proposed Standards and 
Guidelines and the lack of detail in the proposed monitoring and 
evaluation plan. EPA recommended that the FEIS be revised clarifying 
how the new plan would conform with the new planning rule, clarify and 
strengthen the standards and guidelines, revise and refine the 
monitoring plan, and provide information to support conclusions of the 
predicted effects.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65327-WA Stimson Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (ANILCA) Access Easement Project, Easement 
Authorization Grant for Construction, Reconstruction and Use of Seven 
Road Segments for Hauling Logs and Resource Management, Colville 
National Forest, Sullivan Ranger District, Pend Oreille County, WA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65353-ID Lakeface-Lamb Fuel Reduction Project, To 
Reduce the Risk of Lethal Fires within a Wildland/Urban Interface, 
Implementation, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Priest Lake Ranger 
District, Bonner County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65365-ID Swan Flat Timber Sale, Proposal to Cut and 
Haul Sawtimber, Caribou National Forest, Land Resource Management Plan 
(LRMP), Montpelier Ranger District, Bear Lake County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K67040-CA Imperial Project, Open-Pit Precious Metal 
Mining Operation Utilizing Heap Leach Processes, Updated Information 
concerning ``Endangered, Rare or Threatened'' Biological Resources, 
Plan of Operations and Reclamation Plan Approvals, Right-of-Way Grants, 
Conditional Use/U.S. COE Permits, El Centro Resource Area, Desert 
District.
    Summary: EPA commended BLM on its consideration of the unique 
characteristics of the project area within the California Desert 
Conservation Area, and the proposed project's potential irreparable 
degradation of sacred and historic values of the Indian Pass-Running 
Man Area of Traditional Cultural Concern, in identifying its preference 
for the No Action Alternative.

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    ERP No. F-COE-H36110-NB Western Sarpy/Clear Creek Flood Reduction 
Study Including Environmental Restoration Component, Lower Platte River 
and Tributaries, Saunders and Sarpy Counties, NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed its continuing objections to this levee 
project, as proposed, citing two significant environmental issues: (1) 
Project need and alternatives; and (2) economic analysis.
    ERP No. F-SFW-K99029-CA San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat 
Conservation and Open Space Plan, Issuance of Incidental Take Permit, 
San Joaquin County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continued concern with the proposed SJMSCP's 
compliance with EPA's CWA Section 404(b)(1) guidelines. The Record of 
Decision (ROD) should state that CWA Section 404 coverage is not 
provided by the SJMSCP, describe Section 404(b)(1) requirements, and 
describe the measures that will be taken to ensure full compensation 
for temporal, spacial, and functional losses of open-space and multi-
species habitat. EPA requested early notification and participation in 
the project's Regional General 404 Permit process.
    ERP No. FS-FHW-A42026-NB US Highway 75 Roadway Improvement, Murray, 
Nebraska (Highway N-1) to Bellevue, Nebraska (Fairview Road), Updated 
Information concerning Project Changes and Changes to the Existing 
Environmental Setting, Funding, Cass and Sarpy Counties, NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed no objections to the project as proposed.

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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