[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6022-6023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3126]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6626-4]


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 Federal Register dated May 
18, 2001 (66 FR 27647).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-C65003-PR Rating EC2, Caribbean National Forest, 
Constructing the Rio Sabana Picnic Area Construction, Rio Sabana Trail 
Reconstruction and Highway PR 191 Reconstruction from Km. 21.3 to Km 
20.0, Special-Use-Permit, PR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the proposed 
reopening of PR-Highway 191 in the Carribean National Forest and 
requested that additional information be provided in the final EIS to 
address EPA concerns. ERP No. D-FHW-L40215-OR Rating EC2, South Medford 
Interchange Project, Interchange Project, Relocation on I-5 south of 
its current location at Barnett Road, Funding, Jackson County, OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns relating to impacts 
from secondary development/induced travel, as well as the cumulative 
effects on water quality and fish species listed as threatened under 
the Endangered Species Act. EPA requested that additional information 
and analysis be included in the final EIS to adequately disclose the 
potential project impacts and to mitigate those impact where 
appropriate.
    ERP No. D-FTA-K59002-AZ Rating LO, Central Phoenix/East Valley 
Light Rail Transit Corridor, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, 
Funding, Cities of Phoenix, Cities of Tempe and Mesa, Maricopa County, 
AZ.
    Summary: EPA found that the document adequately discussed the 
environmental impacts of the proposed project, therefore EPA has no 
objections to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-NAS-K12008-CA Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--NASA Ames 
Development Plan (NADP) for Ames Research Center, New Research and 
Development Uses, Implementation, San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara 
County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns associated with the 
project's impact to air quality and health, and recommended additional 
air quality mitigation measures to potentially reduce impacts from 
construction activities.
    ERP No. DS-NOA-K39068-CA Rating LO, San Francisco Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve, Proposed Designation of Three Sites: China, 
Camp State Park, Brown's Island Regional Parks District and Rush Ranch 
Open Space Preserve, Additional Information regarding Commercial 
Navigation and Socioeconomic Issues, Contra Costa, Marin, and Solano 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA had no additional comments on this supplemental 
document.
    ERP No. DS-TVA-A06018-AL Rating EC2, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, 
Operating License Renewal, Units 2 and 3 and Potentially Unit 1 
Operations Extension, Athens, Limestone County, AL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the 
potential fish impingement and entrainment effects and the probable 
discharge of thermal effluent at higher (although still NPDES-
compliant) temperature.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65300-MT Tobacco Root Vegetation Management Plan, 
Restoration and Maintenance of a Mix of Vegetation, Beaverhead-Deer 
Lodge National Forest, Madison Ranger District, Madison County, MT.
    Summary: EPA's concerns with this project were satisfactorily 
addressed.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L61224-00
    Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark Management Plan, 
Implementation, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Beaverhead 
County, MT and Salmon-Challis National Forest, Lemhi County, ID.
    Summary: EPA's review did not identify any potential environmental 
impacts requiring substantive changes to the proposal, therefore EPA 
has no objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65309-ID
    Spruce Moose and Moose Lake Right-of-Way Analysis Area, 
Implementation, Timber Harvesting, Road Construction, Reforestation and 
Watershed Restoration, Clearwater National Forest, Lochsa Ranger 
District, Idaho County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65354-ID
    Iron Honey Resource Area Project, Aquatic, Vegetative and Wildlife 
Habitat Improvement Activities, Implementation, Coeur d'Alene River 
Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Kootenai and 
Shoshone Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the action as proposed. The final 
EIS adequately discloses the impacts and satisfactorily responded to 
most of EPA's previous comments on the draft EIS. In addition, the 
project overall should benefit the landscape.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K65233-NV
    Falcon to Gonder 345kV Transmission Project, Construction, Resource 
Management Plan Amendments, Right-of-Way Grant, Lander, Elko, Eureka 
and White Pine Counties, NV.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40395-WI
    County Highway J/WIS 164 (I-94 to County E) Corridor Improvements 
Project, Funding, Pewaukee, Villages of Pewaukee and Sussex, Towns of 
Lisbon, Richfield and Polk, Waukesha and Washington Counties, WI.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns regarding 
wetland impact mitigation and water quality impacts.
    ERP No. F-GSA-C81032-NY
    U.S. Mission to the United Nations (USUN), Demolition of Current 
USUN and the Construction of a New Facility on the Same Site, Located 
at 799 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY.
    Summary: EPA's previous concerns regarding the draft EIS have been 
resolved, therefore EPA has no objection to the proposed action.

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    ERP No. F-NOA-K36136-CA
    Goat Canyon Enhancement Project, Sediment Basins, Staging Area and 
Visual Screening Berm Establishment, Tijuana River National Estuarine 
Research Reserve (TRNERR), Imperial Beach, City and County of San 
Diego, CA.
    Summary: EPA reviewed the FEIS and found that the document 
adequately addresses the issues raised in our comment letter on the 
DEIS, therefore EPA has no objections to the proposed action.
    ERP No. FS-FTA-K40130-CA
    Los Angeles Eastside Corridor Transit Improvements, Light Rail 
Transit (LRT) Selected Build Alternative Options A and B, Los Angeles 
Central Business District to just east of Atlantic Boulevard, Funding, 
NPDES and US Army COE Section 404 Permits, Los Angeles County, CA.
    Summary: EPA found that the document adequately discussed the 
environmental impacts of the proposed project and incorporated all of 
EPA's previous recommendations, therefore EPA has no objection to the 
proposed action.
    ERP No. F1-FHW-H40163-MO
    MO-60 Transportation Improvements, East of Willow Springs to West 
of Van Buren, Funding, Forest Land Acquisition and US Army COE 404 
Permit Issuance, (Job No. J9P0455) Howell, Shannon and Carter Counties, 
MO.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed actions.

    Dated: February 5, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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