[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46791-46792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22548]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6621-7]


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).

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Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65350-MT Rating EC2, West Lake Timber Sale and Road 
Decommissioning Project, Implementation, Gallatin National Forest, 
Hebgen Lake Ranger District, Gallatin County, MT.
    Summary: EPA recommends including a higher level of road 
decommissioning in the preferred alternative, since reductions in road 
density are critical to aquatic health and wildlife security, including 
the threatened grizzly bear. Additional information should be presented 
regarding erosive soils, fisheries impacts and aquatic monitoring.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K65233-NV Rating EC2, Falcon to Gonder 345kV 
Transmission Project, Construction, Resource Management Plan 
Amendments, Right-of-Way Grant, Lander, Elko, Eureka and White Pine 
Counties, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding the measures that would 
be used to minimize and mitigate project impacts to water quality. EPA 
recommended additional information regarding Clean Water Act Section 
404 compliance, water quality mitigation measures, and polychlorinated 
biphenyls.
    ERP No. D-COE-K39067-CA Rating EC2, Salinas Valley Water Project, 
Construction, Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA), Issuing 
of Permits or Approval of Action, Monterey and San Luis Obispo 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern relating to impacts associated with 
basin hydrology, recreation, energy, potential growth inducement, 
riparian habitat, endangered Steelhead Salmon and the narrow scope of 
alternatives analyzed.
    ERP No. D-COE-K39069-CA Rating LO, Pine Flat Dam Fish and Wildlife 
Habitat Restoration Investigation, Restoration and Protection of the 
Ecosystem for Fish and Wildlife Resources, King River Basin, Fresno 
County, CA.
    Summary: While EPA has no objections to the action as proposed, it 
did request that some clarifying information be included in the FEIS.
    ERP No. D-NOA-K39068-CA Rating LO, San Francisco Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve, Proposes to Designate Three Sites: China 
Camp State Park, Brown's Island Regional Parks District, and Rush Ranch 
Open Space Preserve, Contra Costa, Marin and Solano Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the proposed designation, but 
noted that anticipated facility construction or reconstruction would 
require supplemental environmental documentation.
    ERP No. D-USN-K11106-HI Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Ford Island 
Development Program, Proposed Consolidation of Selected Operation at 
Pearl Harbor by Locating and Relocating Certain Activities Ford Island, 
HI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to potential 
water quality impacts, especially as it affects the water quality of 
Pearl Harbor, designated by EPA as a water quality-limited segment 
under the Clean Water Act. EPA requested that water quality protection 
measures and additional pollution prevention measures be include in 
future environmental documents.

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-22548 Filed 9-6-01; 8:45 am]
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