[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42216-42217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20124]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6620-8]


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-AFS-J65339-UT Rating EC2, Solitude Mountain Resort Master 
Development Plan Update (MDP), Implementation, Special-Use-Permit, 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake County, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the impacts 
to, or analysis of, water quality and quantity, aquatic and wetland 
habitat, wildlife habitat, alpine tundra and development of additional 
support facilities.
    ERP No. D-FAA-K51040-CA Rating EC2, Santa Barbara Airport 
Improvements, Extension of Runway Safety Areas for Runway 7/25, 
Expansion of the Airline Terminal Building, New Air Cargo Building, New 
Taxiway M, Pavement of Taxiway B, Additional T-Hangers and a New On-
Airport Service Road, Funding, COE Section 404 and 10 Permits, Santa 
Barbara County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to a loss of 
eight acres of coastal wetlands, the adequacy of mitigation to 
compensate for unavoidable wetlands, the adequacy of mitigation to 
compensate for unavoidable wetlands loss, increased water pollution 
loading and an apparent discrepancy regarding air quality conformity.
    The FEIS/R should have mitigation adequate to ensure consistency 
with the Clean Water Act and Federal regulations governing the issuance 
of permits under Clean Water Act Section 404 and clarify/resolve the 
air quality issue.
    ERP No. DD-NOA-L64015-AK Rating EC2, Groundfish Fishery Management 
Plan, Implementation, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, AK.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the 
analyses for different species and groups of species, and the 
incomplete discussion of the ecology of the fishery. EPA recommends 
that the final EIS use similar methodologies in its impacts analysis, 
and bolster the discussion of the ecology of the fishery.
    ERP No. DS-UMC-K11067-00 Rating LO, Yuma Training Range Complex 
Management, Additional Information on the Cumulative Impacts of 
Activities on the Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana 
sonorienisis), Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Goldwater Range, Yuma and 
La Paz Cos., AZ and Chocolate Mountain Range, Imperial and Riverside, 
CA.
    Summary: EPA commended the lead agency for its thorough analysis of 
cumulative effects on the Sonoran pronghorn.

FINAL EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-F65028-MI, Plantation Lakes Vegetation Management 
Project, Implementation, Ottawa National Forest, Kenton and Ontonagon 
Ranger Districts, Houghton County, MI.
    Summary: EPA has not identified any potential environmental impacts 
requiring changes to the proposed action.
    ERP No. F-BLM-J65331-00, Williams, Questar, Kern River Pipeline 
Project, To Approve a Petroleum Products Pipeline, and one or two 
Natural Gas Pipelines and To Amend Forest Plan, UT, NM and CO.
    Summary: EPA continues to have concerns that the Equilon pipeline 
from Odessa, TX to Bloomfield, NM was not disclosed as a connected 
action. Therefore, the final EIS could not evaluate the entire scope of 
possible impacts. BLM has stated they will compile additional 
information for EPA to consider.
    ERP No. F-DOE-K08023-AZ, Sundance Energy Project, Interconnecting a 
600-megawatt Natural Gas-Fired, Simple Cycle Peaking Power Plant with 
Western's Electric Transmission System, Construction and Operation on 
Private Lands, Pinal County, AZ.
    Summary: EPA continued to express concerns regarding the storage 
and reuse of wastewater, bioaccumulation of contaminants in wastewater 
storage ponds, and CWA Section 404 compliance. EPA suggested that the 
Record of Decision provide data and documentation to address these 
concerns, and EPA urged the action agency and proponent to work with 
the local community on safety concerns with the storage and use of 
liquid ammonia.
    ERP No. F-FAA-A52169-00, Programmatic EIS--Commercial Launch 
Vehicles, Implementation, Issuing a Launch License.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-NPS-B65022-MA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical 
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Bristol County, MA.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the proposed project.
    ERP No. FA-FAA-F51040-IN, Indianapolis International Airport Master 
Plan Development, Updated

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Information to Construct a Midfield Terminal, Midfield Interchange, and 
Associated Developments, Airport Layout Plan Approval, Funding and 
Section 404 Permit, Marion County, IN.
    Summary: EPA continues to have concerns related to the possibility 
of a shortfall in the provision of forested compensatory wetlands as 
related both to this project and the previous major construction 
project at the airport.

    Dated: August 7, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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