[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1198-1199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-430]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5498-6]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared December 21, 1998 Through
December 25, 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) 564-7167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft
environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April
10, 1998 (62 FR 17856).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-DOE-E09802-00 Rating EC2, Commercial Light Water Reactor
for the Production of Tritium at one or more Facilities:
Watts Bar 1. Spring City, TN; Sequoyah 1 and 2 Soddy Daisy, TN;
Bellefonte Units 1 and 2, Hollywood, AL, Approval of Permits and
Licenses, TN and AL.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns about the project; and
requested more information about the comparative costs of the Tritium
production alternatives, processes, and potential environmental
impacts.
ERP No. D-SFW-K65115-CA Rating EO2, Headwaters Forest Acquisition
and the Palco Sustained Yield Plan and Habitat Conservation Plan,
Implementation, Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections and has identified
key issues which need to be better addressed to fashion a more
environmentally beneficial package. EPA key issues primarily focus on
improvements EPA would like to see in the aquatics section of the HCP:
cumulative watershed effects analysis process, Mass Wasting Strategy,
wider riparian buffer zones consistent with recent State legislation,
road storm-proofing program and wet weather road use, herbicide/forest
chemical use, implementation, compliance, and monitoring.
ERP No. D-USA-K11092-AZ Rating EC2, Yuma Proving Ground
Multipurpose Installation, Diversification of Mission and Changes to
Land Use, NPDES General Permit and COE Section 404 Permit, Yuma and La
Pas Counties, AZ.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to the lack of
detailed analyses pertaining to actions associated with implementing
the preferred alternative.
ERP No. D-USA-K26001-HI Rating LO, Schofield Barracks Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP), Effluent Treatment and Disposal, NPDES Permit
and COE Section 404 Permit, City of County of Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objection to the proposed project.
ERP No. D-USN-K11094-00 Rating EC2, Developing Home Port Facilities
For Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific
Fleet, Construction and Operation, Coronado, CA; Bremerton and Everett,
WA, Pearl Harbor, HI.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns at the three
alternative sites in California and Washington State that were
identified as part of the Proposed Action regarding dredging and
dredged material disposal; impacts to marine water quality and aquatic
biological resources; air quality; pollution prevention; and cumulative
impacts. EPA noted that are dredging and dredged material disposal
issues that need to be examined by EPA should the Navy decide to
homeport a Nimitz-class carrier at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
ERP No. DS-NOA-K90020-CA Rating EC2, Coastal Pelagic Species
Fishery Management Plan Amendment 8, (Formerly Known as Northern
Anchovy Fishery Management Plan), Approval and Implementation, WA, CA
and OR.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern with potential impacts
to endangered marine mammals and birds, the minimal development of
stock recovery plans (rebuilding program, pg B-81), and scarcity of
firm data upon which to base management decisions. Additional
information and clarification were requested regarding EPA above
concerns.
ERP No. DS-UMC-K24018-CA Rating EO2, Sewage Effluent Compliance
Project, Updated and Additional Information, Implementation, Lower
Santa Margarita Basin, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Diego
County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed
project based on potential adverse impacts to waters of the United
States, and special aquatic sites. EPA requested additional data and
assurances of mitigation, to avoid potential degradation of a riparian
habitat mitigation area and a coastal salt marsh, from disposal of
sewage effluent.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-DOE-J22005-CO Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Srub Alloy Stored, Golden,
CO.
Summary: EPA had no comments on the final document.
ERP No. F-FAA-E51045-FL Miami International Airport Master Plan
Update for the Proposed New Runway, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,
Miami-Dade County, FL.
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Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about a number of
noise related issues raised in the DEIS were not adequately addressed
in the FEIS. Concern was also expressed that, in spite of significant
noise to residents near the airport, adequate mitigation is lacking.
ERP No. F-NOA-L90027-AK Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve (KBNERR) Management Plan, Operations and Development,
Southcentral, AK.
Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-USN-E11039-FL Cecil Field Naval Air Station Disposal and
Reuse, Implementation, City of Jacksonville, Duval and Clay Counties,
FL.
Summary: EPA had a lack of objection to the proposed project.
Dated: January 5, 1999.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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