[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10685-10686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4000]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6615-6]
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 Federal Register dated April
14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-AFS-J65327-CO Rating EC2, Baylor Park Blowdown Project,
Salvage and Treat Down and Damaged Timber, To Reduce Impact of Spruce
Beetles, Implementation, White River National Forest, Sopris and Rifle
Ranger Districts, Garfield, Mesa, and Pitkin Counties, CO.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
impacts from road construction on water quality, watershed health and
wetlands.
ERP No. D-AFS-K39064-CA Rating LO, Mammoth Creek Revised Instream
Flow Requirements, Implementation for Point of Measurement and Place of
Use, Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, CA.
Summary: EPA has no objections to the proposed project.
ERP No. D-EPA-E90016-NC Rating NA, New Wilmington Ocean Dredged
Material Disposal Site, Designation, Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina
State Port and the Military Ocean Terminal (Sunny Point (MOTSU), NC.
Summary: EPA EISs are not subject to 309 review.
ERP No. D-FHW-C40152-NJ Rating EC2, NJ-52(1) Causeway (known as
MacArthur Boulevard) Construction Project, between NJ-9 in Somers
Point, Atlantic County to Bay Avenue in Ocean City City, Cape May
County, Funding, COE Section 404 and 10 Permits, USCGD Permit, Atlantic
and Cape May Counties, NJ.
Summary: EPA raised concerns with the project based on purpose and
need and alternatives, wetlands, water quality, coastal zone, and
cumulative impacts.
ERP No. D-FHW-C40153-NY Rating EC2, NY-22 Transportation
Improvement, from I-684 to north of County Road 65, Doansburg Road,
Construction, COE Section 404 Permit, Town of Southeast, Putnam County,
NY.
Summary: EPA raised concerns with the project based on direct and
growth induced impacts to water quality and the New York City
Watershed.
ERP No. D-FHW-F40784-OH Rating EC2, OH-7 (LAW-7) Relocation, OH-7
and OH-527 to a point Northeast of Rome Township and OH-607 from East
Huntington Bridge to an Interchange with proposed OH-7 and OH-775,
Funding, Lawrence County, OH.
Summary: EPA expressed concern due to potential wetland impacts.
ERP No. D-FTA-F40390-MN Rating EC2, Northstar Transportation
Corridor Project, Improvements from downtown Minneapolis to the St.
Cloud area along Trunk Highway (TH) 10/47 and the Burlington Northern
Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad Transcontinental Route, Connecting the
Hiawatha Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line at a Multi-Modal Station,
Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) International.
Summary: EPA expressed concern for and requested additional
information regarding; storm water management; wetland mitigation; air
quality; and cumulative impact analysis.
ERP No. D-HUD-C85043-NY Rating EC2, 1105-1135 Warburton Avenue,
River Club Apartment Complex Development and Operation, Funding, City
of Yonkers, Westchester County, NY.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the draft EIS's lack of
an Environmental Justice analysis as required by Executive Order 12898.
EPA requested that the final EIS include an EJ analysis in order to
ensure that EJ issues if identified would be addressed or mitigated.
ERP No. D-HUD-K89062-CA Rating EC2, North Hollywood Arts and
Entertainment District Project, Construction and Operation, North
Hollywood Redevelopment Project, City of Los Angeles, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the information
supporting the air quality conformity determination and requested that
this information be provided in the final EIS.
ERP No. D-NOA-K91008-00 Rating EC2, Pelagic Fisheries of the
Western Pacific Region, Fishery Management Plan, To Analyze Longline
Fisheries, Commercial Troll and Recreational Troll Fisheries,
Commercial Pelagic Handliner and Commercial Pole and Line Skipjack
Fishery, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Island.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding proposed changes to the
plan and requested additional information on the Biological Opinion for
sea turtles and the Hawaii longline fishery and the relationship
between this comprehensive planning effort and similar ongoing or
planned revisions to related fishery management plans in the Western
Pacific Region and Pacific Coast.
ERP No. D-SFW-K64020-CA Rating EC2, Metro Air Park Habitat
Conservation Plan, Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit, To Protect,
Conserve and Enhance Fish, Wildlife and Plants and their Habitat,
Natomas Basin, Sacramento County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding cumulative impacts,
compliance with Section 404 Wetland requirements, conformity with
regional air quality plans, adequate and sound science, and species
population viability. EPA recommended better integration with the
Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Planning and a commitment to planned
growth which is town-centered, transit and pedestrian oriented, and has
a greater mix of housing, commercial and retail uses that could
significantly enhance the benefits of the Metro Air Park and Natomas
Basin habitat conservation planning efforts.
ERP No. DB-NOA-B91017-00 Rating EC2, Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan (FMP), Updated Information, Framework Adjustment 14 to
adjust the annual Amendment 7 day-at-sea allocation for 2001 and 2002
and to re-open portions of the Hudson
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Canyon and Virginia/North Carolina Areas for Scallop Fishing.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns regarding the plan and
requested additional information on yield, total allowable catch,
observers, water quality, gear and vessel trip reports.
ERP No. DR-FTA-K40237-CA Rating LO, Orange County Centerline
Project, Transportation Improvements, Revised Alternatives, Advanced
Rail Transit in the Heart of Orange County, CA.
Summary: EPA found that the document adequately discussed the
environmental impacts of the proposed project.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-F65027-MN. Little East Creek Fuel Reduction Project,
Plan to Grant Access Across Federal Land to Non-Federal Landowners,
Implementation, LaCroix Ranger District, Superior National Forest,
Saint Louis County, MN.
Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections to the proposed project.
ERP No. F-AFS-L65289-00. Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem
Management Projects, Updated and New Information on Three Management
Alternatives, Implementation, WA, OR, ID and MT.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-FRC-F03008-00. Guardian Pipeline Project, Proposal to
Construct and Operate an Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline that would
extend from Joliet (Will County), IL and Ixonia (Jefferson County), WI.
Summary: EPA continues to express objections due to potential
cumulative impacts and the lack of adequate mitigation for forested
wetlands and upland forest impacts.
ERP No. F-UAF-J11018-WY. F. E. Warren Air Force Base Deactivation
and Dismantlement of the Peacekeeper Missile System, To Comply with the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), Laramie, Platte and Goshen
Counties, WY.
Summary: EPA had no additional comments on the FEIS.
Dated: February 13, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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