[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10555]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6617-6]


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 FR dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-K65230-CA Rating EC2, Fuels Reduction for Community 
Protection Phase 1 Project on the Six Rivers National Forest, Proposes 
to Reduce Fuels High Severity Burned Stands, Lower Trinity Ranger 
District, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns related to purpose 
and project scope, and the need for additional information on the 
transportation system in the area. EPA also suggested that the final 
EIS include additional mitigation measures to address sedimentation and 
temperature issues in affected streams.
    ERP No. D-AFS-L65368-ID Rating EC2, Curfew National Grassland Land 
and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Caribou-Targhee National 
Forest, Oneida County, ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the range of 
alternatives, and the need for additional information on impacts to air 
and water quality, and cumulative impacts. EPA suggests that the final 
EIS include a modified alternative within the range of alternatives 
that considers a grazing limit of 1000 acres or less. In addition, the 
FEIS should explain the significance of the changes in sagebrush canopy 
cover that would occur under each alternative.
    ERP No. D-BLM-J02011-00 Rating EO2, Programmatic EIS--Southern Ute 
Indian Reservation Oil and Gas Development, Implementation, San Juan 
Basin, LaPlata, Archuleta, Montezuma Counties, CO and Rio Arriba and 
San Juan Counties, NM.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections with potential 
adverse impacts from temporary drilling, construction and well service 
and maintenance activities on 171 acres of wetlands and to federally 
threatened and endangered species (TES) including protection to active 
bald eagle nesting areas. The final EIS should include additional 
information to calculate cumulative impacts to wetlands and TES.
    ERP No. D-FAA-E40785-FL Rating EC2, Fort Lauderdale--Hollywood 
International Airport, Proposed Expansion of Runway 9R-2FL and other 
Associated Improvements, Funding, Broward County, FL.
    Summary: EPA is concerned about the insufficiency of the NEPA air 
quality analysis, potential noise impacts of the Proposed Project in EJ 
and non-EJ residential communities near the airport, the predicted loss 
of tidal mangrove wetlands, the limiting of the alternatives analysis, 
as well as the potential safety concerns of the proposed runway bridge.
    ERP No. D-MMS-L03010-AK Rating EO2, Liberty Development and 
Production Plan, Beaufort Sea Oil and Gas Development, Implementation, 
To Transport and Sell Oil to the U.S. and World Markets, Right-of-Way 
Application, Offshore Beaufort Sea Marine Environment and Onshore North 
Slope of Alaska Coastal Plan, AK.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections due to the lack of 
analysis of the issues and concerns of the Inupiat Eskimos as required 
by Executive Order (EO) 12898, the potentially significant effects from 
leaks and spills associated with the use of undersea pipelines in the 
Beaufort Sea, the technological/logistical difficulties in responding 
to oil spills in the Beaufort, and the potential use of project 
components for which there are less environmentally damaging options. 
EPA recommended that additional information and analysis related to 
these objections be included in the EIS.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E64018-GA Rating LO, Cumberland Island National 
Seashore General Management Plan, Wilderness Management Plan, 
Commercial Services Plan, Interpretation Plan, Resource Cultural and 
Natural Management Plan, Implementation, St. Marys County, GA.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of concerns.

Final EISs

    ERP No. FA-NOA-E64016-FL, Florida Keys National Sanctuary 
Comprehensive Management Plan, New Information Concerning the 
Establishment of the Tortugas Marine Reserves in Seven Fishery 
Management Plan Amendments in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the proposed plan.

    Dated: April 24, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-10555 Filed 4-26-01; 8:45 am]
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