[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7152-7153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3754]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6626-6]


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-FHW-G40168-LA Rating EC2, Bayou Barataria Bridge/LA-302 
Replacement, LA-45/Jean Lafitte Boulevard to LA-3257/Privateer 
Boulevard, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 and U.S. Coast Guard 
Bridge Permits Issuance, Communities of Jean Lafitte and Barataria, 
Jefferson Parish, LA.
    Summary: EPA has environmental concerns and requests additional 
information in the final EIS. Areas of concern include: consideration 
of additional alternatives, more balance in the assessment of the 
nature and extent of likely environmental impacts, correction of 
apparent inconsistencies or contradictions, and additional 
clarifications in the impact analysis.
    ERP No. D-FHW-K40249-CA Rating EC2, Lincoln Bypass Construction, 
South of Industrial Boulevard to North of Riosa Road, Funding and U.S. 
Army COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, Placer County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the 30.2 acres 
of wetland impacts from the Park and Ride facility, that cumulative and 
indirect impacts are not thoroughly analyzed in the DEIS, and the 
``AAC2'' alignment should not be ruled out as the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-FRC-F05123-00 Rating LO, Bond Falls Project, Issuing a 
New License for Existing Hydroelectric License, (FERC No. 1864-005) 
Ontonagon River Basin, Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties, MI and Vilas 
County, WI.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-FRC-L03011-WA Rating EO2, Georgia Strait Crossing 
Pipeline (LP) Project, Construction and Operation, To Transport Natural 
Gas from the Canadian Border near Sumas, WA to U.S./Canada Border at 
Boundary Pass in the Strait of Georgia, Docket Nos. CP01-176-000 and 
CP01-179-000, Whatcom and San Juan Counties, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed 
project due to a lack of detailed evaluation of alternatives, lack of 
evaluation of the entire project, the lack of analysis at the ecosystem 
scale and the lack of integration with the evaluation and 
decisionmaking processes being conducted in Canada for the Canadian 
portion of the proposed project. EPA recommended that these issues, 
along with others, be addressed in the final EIS.
    ERP No. DA-COE-E34030-FL Rating EC2, Central and Southern Florida 
Project, Water Preserve Areas (WPA) Feasibility Study, To Provide a 
Mechanism for Increased Aquifer Recharge and Surface and Subsurface 
Water Storage Capacity, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, 
Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested that 
additional water quality and other

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information be provided in the final document.
    ERP No. DA-COE-E36167-FL Rating LO, Central and Southern Florida 
Project, Tamiami Trail Feature (U.S. Highway 41), Modified Water 
Deliveries to Everglades National Park, Dade County, FL.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the measures proposed to protect 
the Tamiami roadway from overtopping and structural damages.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-J65334-MT, Keystone-Quartz Ecosystem Management, 
Implementation, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Wise River Ranger 
District, Beaverhead County, MT.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns that the 
proposed action does not provide for improvement/restoration of 
existing low standard roads that have considerable local impact on 
stream channels.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65353-MT, 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 continues to express environmental concerns regarding 
the need for adequate oversight of the timber contractor during project 
implementation via stewardship contracting. EPA requested information 
on the Forest Service protocol for stewardship contracting that 
includes multi-party monitoring.
    ERP No. F-COE-F35046-OH, Ashtabula River and Harbor Dredging and 
Disposal Project, Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, 
Ashtabula River Partnership (ARP), Ashtabula County, OH.
    Summary: EPA continued to express environmental concerns regarding 
issues associated with PCBs and radioactive materials.
    ERP No. F-COE-K36135-CA, White Slough Flood Control Study, Tidal 
Circulation Improvements and Section 205 Program Authorities 
Continuation, Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District, City of 
Vallejo, Solano County, CA.
    Summary: EPA found the final EIS adequately addressed most of the 
issues raised in the comment letter on the DEIS. EPA requested 
additional information regarding water quality in White Sough, and 
reiterated support for a water quality monitoring component in the 
project.

    Dated: February 12, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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