[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 62 (Friday, March 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7945]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6616-8]


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 the Federal Register dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-F40391-MI Rating EC2, M-24 Reconstruction Project, 
From One Mile North of the Oakland County Line to I-69, Funding, Lapeer 
County, MI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the 
evaluation of the alternatives and wetland mitigation, and requested 
the additional information be included in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-NPS-L65368-WA Rating LO, Mount Rainier National Park 
General Management Plan, Implementation, Pierce and Lewis Counties, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of concerns, however we provided 
comments which may help in addressing the goals of the Class I airshed 
and maintaining and preserving the Park's interior forest integrity.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-C40148-NY, Miller Highway Project (P.I.N. 103.27), 
Relocation of Miller Highway between West 59th Street to West 72nd 
Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Funding and COE Section 
404 Permit, New York County, NY.
    Summary: The plan to characterize more adequately the nature and 
extent of contamination at the site and apply the appropriate 
remediation measure to contaminated excavated soil in consultation with 
the EPA and NYSDEC prior to the implementation of the project addressed 
the concern expressed in EPA's the comments on the draft EIS. EPA 
recommended that the commitment be included in the Record of Decision.
    ERP No. FS-NPS-E61073-MS, Natchez Trace Parkway, Update Information 
on the Construction of Section 3P13 (Old Agency Road), City of 
Ridgeland, Madison County, MS.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns with 
wetland impact mitigation, compensation plan and plan implementation.

    Dated: March 27, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-7945 Filed 3-29-01; 8:45 am]
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