[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 365-366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-109]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6636-5]


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 April 12, 2002 (67 FR 17992).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-F65033-IL Rating EC2, Kudzu Eradication, Proposal to 
Eradicate Known Kudzu Infestations in the Shawne National Forest, 
Application for Herbicide and Mechanical Treatment, Jackson, Alexander 
and Pope Counties, IL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the draft EIS 
did not include pesticide risk mitigation measures, especially for 
triclopyr. These should be included in the final EIS.

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    ERP No. D-COE-E39060-GA Rating LO, Lake Sidney Lanier Project to 
Continue the Ongoing Operation and Maintenance Activities Necessary for 
Flood Control, Hydropower Generation, Water Supply, Recreation, Natural 
Resources Management and Shoreline Management, US Army COE Section 10 
and 404 Permits, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Hill and Gwinnett Counties, 
GA.
    Summary: EPA has no significant objections to the various 
management/operational changes being proposed.
    ERP No. D-COE-G32056-LA Rating LO, Bayou Sorrel Lock Replacement 
(formerly IWW Locks) Feasibility Study to Relieve Navigation Delays 
and/or Provide Adequate Flood Protection, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway, 
Iberville Parish, LA.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to the preferred 
alternative.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H40176-00 Rating LO, US-81 Highway, Yankton Bridge 
Replacement, Missouri River Crossing between the City of Yankton, 
Yankton County, South Dakota and Cedar County, Nebraska, Funding and 
Permit Issuance, SD and NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to the project as 
proposed but offered clarification on disposal requirements for lead-
based coatings if removed during the demolition phase.
    ERP No. D-FTA-K54028-CA Rating LO, Transbay Terminal/Caltrain 
Development Downtown Extension/Redevelopment Project, New Multi-Modal 
Terminal Construction, Peninsula Corridor Service Extension and 
Establishment of a Redevelopment Plan, Funding, San Francisco, San 
Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA found that the document adequately discussed the 
environmental impacts of the proposed project.
    ERP No. DS-FHW-L50009-WA Rating LO, Elliott Bridge No. 3166 
Replacement, Updated and Reevaluated Information, Proposal to Replace 
the 149th Avenue SE Crossing the Cedar River, Funding, U.S. CGD Bridge 
Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, City of Renton, 
King County, WA.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the project as proposed but 
recommends that the Final SEIS contain a Purpose and Need statement and 
improve discussion on how the proposed alternative will address old 
footing foundations.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-H65012-MO

    Rams Horn Project to Accomplish the Direction and Desired 
Conditions Identified in the Mark Twain National Forest, Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Houston/Rolla/Creek Ranger District, Phelps 
and Pulaski Counties, MO.
    Summary: EPA has a lack of objections to the proposed project. 
Issues identified by EPA in the Draft EIS have been adequately 
addressed.

ERP No. F-COE-C35014-NJ

    Meadowlands Mills Project, Construction of a Mixed-Use Commercial 
Development, Permit Application Number 95-07-440-RS, U.S. Army COE 
Section 10 and 404 Permit Issuance, Boroughs of Carlstadt and 
Monnachie, Township of South Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ.
    Summary: EPA continued to raise environmental objections to the 
project and the alternatives, citing that there were offsite 
alternatives available that needed to be examined.

ERP No. F-COE-E35021-FL

    Miami River Dredged Material Management Plan, River Sediments 
Dredging and Disposal Maintenance Dredging, Biscayne Bay, City of 
Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the 
project's potential impacts.

ERP No. F-COE-G35020-TX

    Texas City's Proposed Shoal Point Container Terminal Project, 
Containerized Cargo Gateway Development, U.S. Army COE Section 404 and 
10 Permits Issuance, Material Placement Area (DMPA), City of Texas, 
Galveston County, TX.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the selection of the preferred 
alternative.

ERP No. F-FRC-L05226-ID

    C.J. Strike Hydroelectric Project (FERC NO. 2055), New License 
Issuance, Snake and Bruneau Rivers, Owyhee and Elmore Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA continues to have environmental objections with the No 
Action Alternative, the Idaho Power Proposal and the Idaho Power 
Proposal with Modifications Alternative as they would not result in 
appreciable improvements to instream and riparian conditions. EPA 
believes that the Run-of-River Alternative provides the only strategy 
for improving aquatic and riparian conditions. EPA also raised concerns 
with the lack of an identified agency-preferred alternative in the EIS.

ERP No. FS-AFS-F05123-00

    Bond Falls Hydroelectric Project related to Terms and Conditions 
for Geology and Soils, Water Quality and Quantity, Fisheries, 
Terrestrial, Recreation, Aesthetic, Cultural, Socioeconomic and Land 
Use Resources, Ontonagon River Basin, Valas County, WI and Ontonagon 
and Gogebic Counties, MI.
    Summary: EPA believes the specified terms and conditions will 
adequately protect the natural resources in the project area for this 
relicensing project on the Ottawa National Forest.

    Dated: December 30, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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