[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58733-58734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29274]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6623-9]


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 May 18, 2001 (97 FR 27647).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65353-MT Rating EC2, Threemile Stewardship Project, 
Proposed Short-Term and Long-Term Vegetation and Road Management 
Activities, Ashland Ranger District, Custer National Forest, Powder and 
Rosebud Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested more 
detailed descriptions of alternatives, treatment types, road 
construction and reconstruction and further explanation of how 
environmental or ecological considerations will be integrated into the 
stewardship contracting and oversight. EPA recommended improvements in 
the air quality impact analysis for prescribed fire, and Alternative 4 
which may provide greater watershed benefits.
    ERP No. D-DOE-G06012-00 Rating EC2, Technical Area 18 (TA-18) 
Relocation of Capabilities and Materials at the Los Almos National 
Laboratory (LANL), Operational Activities Involve Research in and the 
Design, Development, Construction, and Application of Experiments on 
Nuclear Criticality, NM, NV and ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and asked for 
additional information and discussion in the FEIS on accident history 
and on weapons development activities at the sites under consideration.
    ERP No. D-FAA-F51048-IL Rating LO, South Suburban Airport, Proposed 
Site Approval and Land Acquisition, For Future Air Carrier Airport, 
Will and Kankakee Counties, IL.
    Summary: EPA had no environmental objections to the project as 
proposed.
    ERP No. D-NOA-F39039-MI Rating LO, Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal 
Program Document, Federal Approval and Implementation, Coastal Zone 
Management, Lake, Porter and LaPorte Counties, MI.
    Summary: EPA had no environmental objections to the program and 
DEIS which are positive steps in the long-term management of southern 
Lake Michigan's coastal resources. EPA encouraged NOAA to emphasize 
proactive management responses in the Coastal Program to water quality, 
control of invasive species and public health threats.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-G36152-NM Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe 
Municipal Watershed Project, Servere Crown Fire Reduction and 
Sustainable Forest and Watershed Conditions Restoration, 
Implementation, Pecos Wilderness to Cochitti Lake, Santa Fe National 
Forest, Santa Fe County, NM.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of environmental objections on the 
FEIS.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K39058-CA Cadiz Groundwater Storage and Dry-Year 
Supply Program, Construction and Operation, Amendment of the California 
Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan, Issuance of Right-of-Way Grants 
and Permits, San Bernardino County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the project 
could result in long-term adverse impacts to groundwater, springs and 
seeps if monitoring and mitigation measures are not properly applied. 
Because we lack important baseline data, it will be critical to 
continually monitor impacts and refine models and management 
strategies. EPA recommended an independent third party review impact 
assessments be made by the Metropolitan Water District and the 
Technical Review Panel.
    ERP No. F-NPS-K61153-CA Alcatraz Island Historic Preservation and 
Safety Construction Program, Protection and Implementation, San 
Francisco County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-JUS-A82111-00 Cannabis Eradication in the Contiguous 
United States and Hawaii, Updated Information concerning New Scientific 
Data on Herbicidal Eradication.
    Summary: EPA review of the Final SEIS concludes that it adequately 
addresses EPA's environmental concerns expressed on the Draft SEIS.
    ERP No. FS-UMC-K11067-00 Yuma Training Range Complex Management, 
Operation and Development, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Goldwater 
Range, Yuma and La Paz Cos., AZ and Chocolate Mountain Range, Imperial 
and Riverside Counties, CA.

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    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F1-AFS-J65250-CO Forest Development Trail (FDT) 1135 
(Arapho Ridge Trail), Forest Development Road (FDR) 711.1 and FDR 
711.1A Motorized or Non-Motorized Determination and Trailhead Parking 
Areas Creation at both ends of the Trail, Routt National Forest, 
Jackson County, CO.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: November 20, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-29274 Filed 11-21-01; 8:45 am]
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