[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5483]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6638-3]


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-COE-K35043-CA Rating EC2, Port of Long Beach Pier J South 
Terminal Development, Port Terminals Dredging and Landfilling, 
Modernization and Expansion, US Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permits 
Issuance, City of Long Beach, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information on impacts to waters of the U.S. and air 
quality, as well as potential environmental justice impacts on 
communities surrounding the Port of Long Beach.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E65061-FL Rating LO, Biscayne National Park General 
Management Plan Amendment, Evaluation of the Effects of Several 
Alternatives for the Long-Term Management Plan, Stillsville, Biscayne 
National Park, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, FL.
    Summary: EPA's review has not identified any potential 
environmental impacts requiring substantive changes in the proposal, 
therefore EPA has no objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. D-SFW-L64048-WA Rating EC2, Nisqually National Wildlife 
Refuge (NWR) Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Adoption and 
Implementation, Puget Sound, Nisqually River Delta, Thurston and Pierce 
Counties, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns related to the 
Purpose and Need Statement, discussion of potential cooperative 
shareholders, ecological connectivity, wetlands, potential hazardous 
waste sites, and agricultural facilities decommissioning.
    ERP No. D-SFW-L99008-WA Rating EC2, Daybreak Mine Expansion and 
Habitat Enhancement Project, Habitat Conservation Plan and Issuance of 
a Multiple Species Permit for Incidental Take, Implementation, Clark 
County, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over the need for a 
more explicit demonstration that the action alternatives would fulfill 
the Endangered Species Act goal of recovering endangered species 
populations. EPA also expressed concerns over the need for additional 
information about impacts to fish habitat, as well as the limited scope 
of the analysis of indirect and cumulative effects.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65392-ID, Middle-Black Analysis Project, Vegetation 
Management, Watershed Restoration and Noxious Weed Activities Aimed at 
Ecosystem Restoration, Clearwater National Forest, North Fork Ranger 
District, Clearwater County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-H35005-KS, KS-10, Highway (commonly known as South 
Lawrence Trafficway) Relocation, Issuance or Denial of U.S. Army COE 
Section 404 Permit Request, Lawrence City, Douglas County, KS.
    Summary: The FEIS provided clarifying information to EPA's previous 
objections that were based upon the potential for roadway contaminants 
to degrade the Baker Wetlands. EPA recommended that any Clean Water Act 
404 permit be issued with special conditions consistent with the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers recent Wetlands Mitigation Regulatory Guidance 
Letter (RGL No. 02-2).
    ERP No. F-NRC-E06021-NC, Generic EIS--McGuire Nuclear Power Station 
Units 1 and 2, Supplement 8 to NUREG-1437, Located on the Shore of Lake 
Norman, Mecklenburg County, NC.
    Summary: EPA previous issues have been resolved, therefore EPA has 
no objection to the action as proposed.

    Dated: March 4, 2003.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 03-5483 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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