[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15094]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6630-3]


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) 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-BLM-L65399-OR Rating EC1, Kelsey Whisky Landscape 
Management Planning Area, Implementation, Associated Medford District 
Resource Management Plan Amendments, Josephine and Jackson Counties, 
OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the project may 
adversely affect two listed species under the Endangered Species Act. 
EPA requested that the conclusions from the US Fish and Wildlife 
Service Biological Opinion be included in the final EIS and referenced 
in the Record of Decision.
    ERP No. DS-NPS-K61121-NV Rating EC2, Great Basin National Park 
(GRBA) Amendment to the General Management Plan (GMP), Proposal to 
Construct a Visitor Learning Center on an 80-acre Parcel of Land north 
of the Town of Baker, White Pine County, NV.
    Summary: expressed environmental concerns about a lack of pollution 
prevention measures in the project's construction and operation and 
that there was no discussion on the project's potential water quality 
impacts, mitigation to protect water quality, or conformity with the 
Clean Water Act.

    Dated: June 11, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 02-15094 Filed 6-13-02; 8:45 am]
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