[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10711-10712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5664]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6627-3]


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) 567-7167.
    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-AFS-J65355-UT Rating LO, Ray's Valley Road Realignment, 
Proposal to Reduce or Eliminate Adverse Impacts to Watershed and 
Aquatic Species and Provide Safer Driving Conditions, Uinta National 
Forest, Spanish Fork Ranger District, Utah County, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections with the proposed action 
to improve water quality and riparian habitat by moving the road out of 
the riparian zone. Reclamation of the current travelway would reduce 
sedimentation of nearby streams by fifty percent.
    ERP No. D-AFS-J65356-UT Rating EO2, Quitchupah Creek Road Project, 
Road Construction to provide Public Access from UT-10 to the Acord 
Lakes Road, Application for Right-of-Way Grant, Fishlake National 
Forest, Sevier County Special Services District (SSD), Sevier and Emery 
Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections over potential 
adverse impacts to water quality in an already impacted riparian area. 
The additional right-of-way for road with a primary use of hauling coal 
could also impact wetlands, wildlife and cultural resources and more 
information is needed to fully assess indirect and cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. DS-FHW-F40346-MI Rating EC2, US-31 Petoskey Area 
Improvement Study, Congestion Reduction on US-31 in the City of 
Petoskey and Resort and Bear Creek Townships, Funding and US Army COE 
Section 404 Permit Issuance, Emmet County, MI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with respect to the 
following issue areas: Effectiveness of alternatives in meeting 
transportation needs and study goals, impacts to wetlands and cedar 
swamps, secondary land use changes and cumulative impacts.
    ERP No. DS-NOA-A64058-00 Rating EC2, Pelagic Sargassum Habitat 
Fishery Management Plan, Implementation, Updated Information concerning 
the Public's Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Actions, South Atlantic 
Region.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information on strategies for protecting federally-managed 
fish and federally-protected sea turtles that use Sargassum as a 
nursery area.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-C02001-NY, Finger Lake National Forest, Oil and Gas 
Leasing, Exploration and Development, Approval and Authorization, 
Hector Ranger District, Seneca and Schuyler Counties, NY.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections with the selection of the 
no action alternative.
    ERP No. F-AFS-E65056-FL, Ocklawaha River Restoration Project, 
Continued Occupation of Florida National Forest Lands, Portions of 
Kirkpatrick Dam, Rodman Reservoir and Eureka Lock and Dam in 
Conjunction with Partial Restoration of the Ocklawaha River, Operation 
and Maintenance, Special Use Permit Issuance and Implementation, Marion 
and Putnam Counties, FL.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65363-OR, Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort Master 
Development Plan, Upgrading and Additional Development, Approval, Baker 
Ranger District, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Grant, Union and 
Baker Counties, OR.
    Summary: No formal letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FHW-H40167-MO, US 65 Improvements, County Road 65-122 
South to Route EE Intersection south of Buffalo, Funding and US Army 
COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, Dallas County, MO.
    Summary: The FEIS adequately supplements information needs and 
addresses the concerns that EPA had expressed in the review of the DEIS 
for this project, therefore EPA has no objections to the project as 
described in the FEIS.

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    ERP No. F-FHW-J40151-WY, Wyoming Forest Highway 23 Project, Louis 
Lake Road also known as Forest Development Road 300, Improvements from 
Bruce's Parking Lot to Worthen Meadow Road, Funding, NPDES Permits and 
US Army COE Section 404 Permit, Shoshone National Forest, Fremont 
County, WY.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

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