[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6293]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FR-FRL-6627-5]


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-BLM-L65391-OR Rating EC2, Lakeview Resource Management 
Plan, Unified Land Use Plan to Replace All or Portions of Three nearly 
Twenty Year Old Existing Land Use Plans, Implementation, Lake and Bend 
Counties, OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about lack of 
information on the management of noxious weeds, impacts to water and 
air quality and roads, and protection of tribal interests. EPA 
requested that these issues be fully addressed in the final EIS.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-G65076-OK, Quachita National Forest, An Amendment to 
the Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Glover River, 
McCurtain County, OK.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative, Alternative C.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65349-UT, Griffin Springs Resource Management 
Project, Implementation, Commercial Timber Harvesting, Aspen 
Regeneration, Management Ignited Prescribed Fire and Road Work, Dixie 
National Forest, Escalante Ranger District, Garfield County, UT.
    Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns that there 
was no scientific evidence presented for the use of thinning to prevent 
a spruce beetle epidemic and regarding the attempt to segregate travel 
management analysis and decisions from site-specific project decisions.
    ERP No. F-NRC-J00031-UT, Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians 
Reservation Project, Construction and Operation of Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation and Related Transportation Facilities, 
Permits and Approvals, Tooele County, UT.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns with the 
emergency response procedures and the characterization of Clean Water 
Act Requirements. EPA requested that these concerns be addressed in the 
Record of Decision.
    ERP No. F-USN-K11033-CA, El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Disposal 
and Reuse, Recommendation and Approval of an Airport Layout Plan for 
Civilian Airport, Funding, NPDES Permit, Orange County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-USN-K11105-CA, Point Molate Property Naval Fuel Depot 
(NFD) for the Disposal and Reuse, Implementation, Fleet and Industrial 
Supply Center, City of Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FC-NRC-A00164-00, Generic--License Renewal of Nuclear Power 
Plants, Supplement 5, Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 (NUREG-1437), 
Operating License Renewal, Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, FL.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
project, Specifically noise impacts to nearby Biscayne National Park 
merit further discussion as the project progresses.

    Dated: March 12, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 02-6293 Filed 3-14-02; 8:45 am]
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