[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70123-70124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33614]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5498-1]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared November 30, 1998 Through
December 04, 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
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(EISs) was published in FR dated April 10, 1998 (62 FR 17856).
DRAFT EISs
ERP No. D-AFS-J65286-MT Rating EO2, Hemlock Point Access Project,
Construction of 860 feet of Low Standard Road, Plum Creek, Swan Valley,
Flathead National Forest, Missoula County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections about predicted
adverse effects to water quality and fisheries, and about adverse
effects to the threatened grizzly bear.
ERP No. D-NPS-D61048-PA Rating EC2, Gettysburg National Military
Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Develop a Partnership
with the Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation, Gettysburg,
PA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the potential on
aquatic resources, including non-tidal wetlands adverse impacts. The
final EIS should examine avoiding and mitigating for the permanent and
temporary effects to the aquatic resource.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-J65274-MT Beaver Creek Ecosystem Management Project
and Associate Timber Sale, Implementation, Little and Big Beaver Creek
Drainage, Kootenai National Forest, Cabinet Ranger District, Sanders
County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
adverse effects of increased peak flow and erosion and sediment
transport and that the aquatic monitoring program should be improved to
allow adequate measurement and detection of aquatic impacts.
ERP No. F-AFS-K61132-CA Eight Eastside Rivers, Wild and Scenic
River Study, Suitability or Nonsuitability, Tahoe National Forest and
Lake Tahoe Management Unit, Land and Resource Management Plans, Alpine,
El Dorado, Placer, Nevada and Sierra Counties, CA.
Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-AFS-L65301-AK Crane and Rowan Mountain Timber Sales,
Implementation, Tongass National Forest, Stikine Area, Kuiu Island, AK.
Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-COE-K35036-CA Montezuma Wetlands Project, Use of Cover
and Non-cover Dredged Materials to restore Wetland, Implementation,
Conditional-Use-Permit, NPDES and COE Section 10 and 404 Permit, Suisum
Marsh in Collinsville, Solano County, CA.
Summary: EPA found the final EIS to be generally responsive to
EPA's prior concerns on the draft EIS and will continue to work with
the Corps to develop specific conditions for the Section 404 permit and
to ensure that potential adverse environmental impacts are avoided,
minimized and mitigated as fully as possible. EPA noted that if the
project is properly constructed, operated and monitored, it could be a
significant environmental benefit to the San Francisco Bay region and
substantially advance the overall goals of the Federal-State strategy
to manage the placement of dredged material in the region.
ERP No. F-NPS-E61073-MS Natchez Trace Parkway, Construction of
Section 3X Southern Terminus, Adam Counties, MS.
Summary: EPA concerns were addressed in the final EIS about the
wetland mitigation and stormwater runoff from road construction for the
termination point in Natchez of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
ERP No. FS-AFS-J65213-MT Helena National Forest and Elkhorn
Mountain portion of the Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan, Updated Information on Oil and Gas Leasing,
Implementation several counties, MT.
Summary: EPA found no objections with the preferred alternative.
ERP No. FS-NPS-K65187-CA Santa Rosa Island Resources Management
Plan Improvements of Water Quality and Conservation of Rare Species and
their Habitats, Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara County,
CA.
Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: December 15, 1998.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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