[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36591-36592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13154]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6629-6]


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 April 12, 2002 (67 FR 17992).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-AFS-J65359-MT Rating EC2, Lolo National Forest Post Burn 
Management Activities, Implementation, Ninemile, Superior and Plains 
Ranger Districts, Mineral Missoula and Sanders Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with water quality 
proposed management actions in the 303(d) listed Ninemile Creek and 
Trout Creek drainages and suggested coordinating with the State's TMDL 
development efforts. EPA recommends that the final EIS should include a 
summary of major actions in the project area (and including adjacent 
lands) which may contribute to cumulative effects.

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ERP No. D-FHW-F40405-IL Rating EC2, US 34/FAP 313 Transportation 
Facility Improvement Project, US 34 from the Intersection of Carman 
Road east of Gulfport to Monmouth, Funding and US Army COE Section 404 
and NPDES Permits Issuance, Henderson and Warren Counties, IL.
Summary: EPA has identified issues, and expressed environmental 
concerns, relating to characterization of existing water quality, 
impacts to impaired waters and impacts to Botanical Site <#>3, a 
small sand hill prairie with a diverse mixture of grasses and forbs. 
Accordingly, EPA has requested additional information.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-J65348-CO Bark Beetle Analysis, Proposal to Reduce 
Infestation of Trees by Tree-Killing Bark Beetles, Medicine Bow-Routt 
National Forests, Hahans Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Routt, Grand, 
Jackson and Moffat Counties, CO.
Summary: EPA generally supports the suppression and control actions; 
however, EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding impacts from 
15.3 miles of new roads and the effectiveness of preventative thinning 
to avert a predicted beetle epidemic.
ERP No. F-FHW-F40388-WI US-14/61 Westby--Virogua Bypass Corridor Study, 
Transportation Improvements, Funding and US Army COE Section 404 
Permit, Cities of Virogua and Westby, Vernon County, WI.
Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
ERP No. F-NPS-J65346-WY Devil's Tower National Monument General 
Management Plan, Implementation, Crook County, WY.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-UAF-J11019-MT Montana Air National Guard Air-to-Ground 
Training Range Development for Use by the 120th Fighter Wing (120th 
FW), Implementation, Phillips and Blaine Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns regarding 
impacts to people and wildlife from noise and visual stimuli from low 
altitude F-16 flights and other range activities.
ERP No. F-USA-J13000-CO Pueblo Chemical Depot, Destruction of Chemical 
Munitions, Design, Construction, Operation and Closure of a Facility, 
Pueblo County, CO.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: May 21, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 02-13154 Filed 5-23-02; 8:45 am]
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