[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6625-1]


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 (66 FR 
27647).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-BIA-K03026-CA Rating EC2, Teayawa Energy Center, 
Construction and Operation of a 600 megawatt (MW)(nominal output), 
Natural-Gas-Fired, Combined-Cycle Energy Center, On Indian Trust Land, 
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Tribe, Coachella Valley, 
Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information regarding potential impacts to air quality, 
water resources, and other alternatives considered.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K81027-NV Rating EC2, Nevada Test and Training Range 
Resource Management Plan, (formerly Known as the Nellis Air Force Range 
(NAFR)), Implementation, Clark, Nye and Lincoln Counties, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the 
protection of water quality and biological resources, especially those 
dependent on water quality, and asked that the Bureau of Land 
Management incorporate pollution prevention practices in the resource 
planning area.
    ERP No. D-COE-E36180-MS Rating EC2, Yalobusha River Watershed, 
Demonstration Erosion Control Project, Construction of Six Floodwater-
Retarding Structures, Yazoo Basin, Webster, Calhoun and Chickasaw 
Counties, MS.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the long-terms 
effects of the preferred channelization and reservoir alternative and 
whether this was the best means to achieve project objectives.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40791-SC Rating EO2, James E. Clyburn Connector 
Project, Construction of a Two-Lane Rural Roadway Northeast of 
Orangeburg and Southwest of Sumter, Funding and US Army COE Section 404 
Permit Issuance, Calhoun, Claredon and Sumter Counties, SC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the project as 
proposed because of the potential impacts to waters of the U.S., noise, 
and habitat; and requested additional information regarding these 
potential impacts.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E65058-GA Rating LO, Fort Frederica National Monument 
General Management Plan, Implementation, Saint Simons Island, Glynn 
County, GA.
    Summary: EPA review did not identify any potential environmental 
impacts requiring substantive changes to the proposal.
    ERP No. D-NPS-G61041-AR Rating LO, Little Rock Central High School 
National Historic Site General Management Plan, Future Management and 
Use, Implementation, Little Rock, AR.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-UAF-G11041-OK Rating EC2, Altus Air Force Base (AFB), 
Proposed Airfield Repairs, Improvements, Adjustments to Aircrew 
Training, and Installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) and a 
Microwave Landing System (MLS), Jackson County, OK.
    Summary: EPA has identified environmental concerns regarding the 
need to provide more balance in the impact analysis and mitigation 
measures.
    ERP No. DS-FHW-H40088-IA Rating EC2, IA-100 Extension Around Cedar 
Rapids, Edgewood Road to US 30, Reevaluation of the Project Corridor 
and Changes in Environmental Requirements, Funding and US Army COE 
Section 404 Permit Issuance, Linn County, IA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the project as 
proposed will affect the Rock Island Preserve both as a park and as 
habitat for the Byssus Skipper, a state threatened species of 
butterfly. EPA requested additional information regarding the design of 
the preferred alternative so impacts to the Preserve, the butterfly, 
wetlands and floodplains may be minimized.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-COE-G39033-LA West Bay Sediment Diversion Channel 
Construction Project, Funding, Plaquemines Parish, LA.
    Summary: EPA has no further comments to offer on the Final EIS and 
has no objections to the selection of the lead agency's preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40223-MN I-494 Reconstruction Corridor Study, I-394 
on the west to the Minnesota River, Funding and US Army COE Section 404 
Permit Issuance, Hennepin County, MN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections that the final EIS 
does not present an adequate wetland mitigation plan and that wetland 
impacts have increased substantially. Until an adequate wetland 
mitigation plan is developed, EPA would object to the issuance of a 
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Permit for the Preferred Alternative 
identified in the FEIS.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40239-CA Interstate 215 (I-215) Transportation 
Improvements, from the short segments of CA-60 and CA-91 in the Cities 
of Riverside andMoreno Valley, Funding, Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing environmental concerns that the 
project will provide only marginal relief to congestion while 
compounding the poor air quality in the region. EPA requested 
additional air quality information be included in the ROD.
    ERP No. F-NPS-K61151-CA Lassen Volcanic National Park General 
Management Plan, Implementation, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: December 20, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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