[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-401]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6249-8]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared December 20, 1999 through
December 23, 1999 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 9, 1999 (63 FR
17856).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-AFS-L65337-ID Rating LO, Salmon River Canyon Project,
Implementation, Nez Perce, Payette, Bitterroot and Salmon-Challis
National Forests, Idaho County, ID.
Summary: EPA Region 10 used a screening tool to conduct a limited
review of this action. Based upon this screen, EPA does not foresee
having any environmental objections to the proposed project. Therefore,
EPA will not be conducting a detailed review.
ERP No. D-BIA-A65165-00 Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Navajo Ten
Year Forest Management Plan Alternatives, Implementation and Funding,
AZ and NM.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding water
quality and protected beneficial uses. EPA asked that potential impacts
associated with new road construction and use of pesticides and
herbicides be addressed in the final EIS.
ERP No. D-COE-C35013-00 Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Port of New
York and New Jersey Dredged Material Management Plan, Implementation
Channel Depths and Deepen, NY and NJ.
Summary: EPA raised concerns with specific management options
discussed in the PEIS, and requested that additional information be
included in the final PEIS, Dredged Material Management Plan, and
technical appendices.
ERP No. D-FHW-G40154-TX Rating EC2, Loop 1 Extension Project, From
Farm-to-Market (FM-734 (Palmer Lander) to TX-45 Highway, Funding,
Travis and Williamson Counties, TX.
Summary: EPA identified several environmental concerns and need for
additional information which include the inclusion of an Edwards
Aquifer water pollution abatement plan and additional documented
coordination with the State Historic Preservation Officer. EPA
requested that mitigation measure be incorporated into the final EIS
and Record of Decision.
ERP No. D-FHW-G40155-TX Rating LO, TX-45 Highway Project, Extending
from Anderson Mill Road (FM Road 2769) to Farm-to-Market Road 685 east
of IH-35), Funding, Williamson and Travis Counties, TX.
Summary: EPA has no objection to the preferred alternative.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-L65311-ID North Fork St. Joe River Project,
Implementation, Idaho Panhandles National Forest, St. Joe Ranger
District, Shoshone County, ID.
Summary: The Final EIS adequately disclosed the environmental
concerns with the project and responded to EPA's comments.
ERP No. F-BIA-J65298-MT Flathead Indian Reservation Forest
Management Plan, Implementation, Rocky Mountain, Pablo, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed concern that little information was provided
on the proposed monitoring programs to assure that ecological goals and
objectives are attained.
ERP No. F-FHW-L40193-ID Sandpoint North and South (NH-IR-F-CM-
5116(68) Projects, Construction, US 95 (Milepost 466.8 to Milepost
4786), Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, City of Sandpoint, Bonner
County, ID.
Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action but request
that the ROD include a discussion of the methodology used to determine
that information in the final EIS is current and viable and that FHWA
ensure that project implementation does not worsen water quality.
ERP No. F-FTA-L40205-00 South/North Corridor Project, Improvements
to the Existing Urban Transportation, Funding, Multnomah, Clackamas and
Washington Counties, OR and Clark County, WA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-USN-E11045-NC Introduction of the V-22 ``Osprey'' a new
Type of Tiltrotor Aircraft, Replacement or Renovation of the facilities
used to house Aircraft, Full Basing at MCAS Cherry Point and/or Partial
Basing at both MCAS New River and Cherry Point, COE Section 404 Permit,
NC.
Summary: EPA continues to have no significant objections to the
Marine Corps' proposal to replace it CH-46 helicopters to the new
Tiltrotor, V-22 Osprey.
Dated: January 4, 2000.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal
Activities.
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