[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 67 (Friday, April 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18243-18244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8560]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

(ER-FRL-6616-9)


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. DA-COE-F28000-IL Rating EO2, Sugar Creek Municipal Water 
Supply, Updated Information, Proposed New 1172 Acre Water Supply 
Reservoir, Construction, COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, City of 
Marion, Williamson and Johnson Counties, IL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections based on the issues 
that were raised regarding cumulative impact analysis, cost analysis, 
recreational use, and legal limitations.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65332-OR Ashland Creek Watershed Protection Project, 
Proposal to Manage Vegetation, Rogue River National Forest, Ashland 
Ranger District, City of Ashland, Jackson County, OR.

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    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65351-ID East Slate Project, Harvesting Timber, 
Implementation, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, St. Joe Ranger 
District, Shoshone County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65357-ID East Beaver and Miner's Creek Timber Sales 
and Prescribed Burning Project, Implementation, Caribou-Targhee 
National Forest, Dubois Ranger District, Clark County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-GSA-L81013-OR Eugene/Springfield New Federal Courthouse, 
Construction, Lane County, OR.
    Summary: No comment letter sent on the Final EIS.
    ERP No. F-SFW-L36100-WA Tacoma Water Green River Water Supply 
Operations and Watershed Protection Habitat Conservation Plan, 
Implementation, Issuance of a Multiple Species Permit for Incidental 
Take, King County, WA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-USN-A10072-00 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System 
(SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA), To Improved Capability to Detect 
Quiter and Harder-to-Find Foreign Submarines, Implementation.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns related to 
impact on marine mammals.
    ERP No. F-USN-E11047-00 USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), 
Conducting a Shock Trial, Offshore of Naval Stations, Mayport, FL; 
Norfolk, VA and/or Pascagoula, MS.
    Summary: Some environmental impact(s) on resident fishery 
populations are unavoidable; however, avian/marine mammals in the 
vicinity of testing should be adequately protected through planned 
mitigation measures.

    Dated: April 03, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-8560 Filed 4-5-01; 8:45 am]
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