[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22064]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6621-5]


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 May 18, 2001 (97 FR 
27647).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-NPS-J65346-WY Rating LO, Devil's Tower National Monument 
General Management Plan, Implementation, Crook County, WY.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-USA-G11040-TX Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Fort Sam 
Houston, Camp Bullis, and Canyon Lake Recreation Area Master Plan, 
Implementing Revisions to the Existing 1988 Land Use Plan, City of San 
Antonio, TX.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information in the areas of alternatives analysis, wetland 
impacts, floodplains, wildlife habitat, prime farmland soils, and 
mitigation.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65336-MT, Lolo National Forest, Big Game Winter 
Range and Burned Area Management, Restoration, Prevention and 
Cooperation, Implementation, Missoula, Lake, Mineral, Sanders, Granite, 
Powell, Lewis and Clark, Flathead and Ravalli Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections. The preferred 
alternative includes adequate mitigation and controls for invasive 
weeds and forage improvement on 21 big game ranges and areas burned in 
year 2000 wildfires.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65358-ID, Starbucky Restoration Project, 
Implementation of Vegetative Treatment, Road Construction and Watershed 
Improvements, Nez Perce National Forest, Red River Ranger District, 
Idaho County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FRC-E08021-00, Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) Phase V 
Expansion Project, FGT Natural Gas Pipeline and Associated Above Ground 
Facilities, Construction and Operation, Approvals and Permit Issuance, 
several counties of FL, AL and MS.
    Summary: EPA has remaining concerns with the proposed project 
concerning air quality, water quality, noise, cumulative impacts and 
safety. EPA requests that the prospective FERC ROD address these 
concerns.
    ERP No. F-MMS-E02011-00, Eastern Planning Area Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 181 (December 2001), Gulf of Mexico, 
Offshore Marine Environment and Coastal Counties/Parishes of LA, MI, AL 
and northwestern FL.
    Summary: EPA continues to be concerned about cumulative impacts of 
oil and gas activity in the Gulf, although the revised lease sale area 
has been reduced by 25-30% of the original proposal.
    ERP No. F-NRS-D28013-WV, Upper Tygart Valley River Watershed Plan, 
Water Supply Project, Approval and Funding, Randolph and Pocahontas 
Counties, WV.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. FA-DOE-A22088-SC, Savannah River Site Salt Processing 
Alternatives, Evaluation for Separating High-Activity and Low-Activity 
Fractions of Liquid High-Level Radio-active Waste and Potential 
Environmental Impacts of Alternatives to the In-Tank-Precipitation 
Process (ITP), Aiken and Barnwell Counties, SC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns relating to the 
disposal of secondary waste streams.

    Dated: August 28, 2001.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Division Director, NEPA, Office of Federal Activities.
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