[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3562-3563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1655]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5488-3]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared January 5, 1998 through
January 9, 1998 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) 260-5076. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft
environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April
11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-FHW-B59000-RI Rating EC2, Newport Marine Facilities
Project, To Develop the Marine Mode of the Intermodal Gateway
Transportation Center, Selected siting in various locations within the
City of Newport, Towns of Middletown and Portsmouth, Funding, COE
Section 404 Permit and US Coast Guard Permit, Aquidreck Island, RI.
Summary: EPA requested that additional information be provided with
respect to water quality, contaminated sediments and eelgrass to fully
disclose the environmental impacts of the proposed project.
ERP No. D-NOA-B39035-MA Rating LO, New Bedford Harbor Environment
Restoration Plan, Implementation, Acushnet River, Buzzards Bay, MA.
Summary: EPA endorsed the 12 alternatives selected for near term
implementation toward restoration of the New Bedford Harbor. EPA also
explained that it does not support activities that would increase or
alter the spacial extent of PCB contamination as a result of
resuspension and that the agency will continue to work to ensure that
none of the restoration work will interfere with or delay the ongoing
Superfund work in the harbor.
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Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-L65286-OR, Summit Fire Recovery Forest Restoration
Project, Implementation, Malheur National Forest, Long Creek Ranger
District, Grant County, OR.
Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-FAA-B51025-NH, Manchester (New Hampshire) Airport Master
Plan Update, Improvements to Airside and Landside Facilities, Airport
Layout Plan, Permits and Approvals, Manchester, NH.
Summary: EPA continues to have concerns regarding wetlands, air
quality, and alternative modes of transportation.
ERP No. F-FHW-C40136-NY, Stutson Street BIN-3317120 Over Genesee
River (PIN 4751.05.121), from the Interchange of the Lake Ontario State
Parkway and Latta Road to Lake Shore Boulevard, COE Section 10 and 404
Permit, and Coast Guard Bridge Permits, in the City of Rochester, Town
of Greece and Irondequoit, Monroe County, NY.
Summary: EPA had no objection to the action as proposed.
ERP No. FS-FHW-B40029-VT, Burlington Southern Connector, I-189 to
Battery Street, Additional Information, Funding, Burlington, Chittenden
County, VA.
Summary: EPA continues to express concerns regarding wetland, water
and air quality and superfund issues. EPA requested that these issues
be clarified in the Record of Decision.
Dated: January 20, 1998.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 98-1655 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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