[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9450-9451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5576]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5414-2]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared February 19, 1996 Through
February 23, 1996 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 14, 1995 (60
FR 19047).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-DOE-L09806-WA Rating EC2, Northwest Regional Power
Facility (NRPF), Construction and Operation if a 838 Megawatt (MW) Gas-
fired Combustion Turbine Facility, Approval of Permits, Located near
the Town of Creston, WA.
Summary: EPA's environmental concerns are based on potential
impacts to water quality, wetlands and air quality.
ERP No. D-DOE-L09808-WA Rating EC2, Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP)
Stabilization, To Safely Reduced Radiation Exposure to Workers and
Environment, Hanford Site, Richland, Benton County, WA.
Summary: EPA's environmental concerns are based on the need to
clarify the alternative analysis and better reference the proposed
activity and the Tri-Party Agreement for the Hanford Facility.
ERP No. D-NOA-K90028-HI Rating EC2, Hawaiian Islands Humpback
Whales and Their Habitat National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan,
Implementation, Honolulu, Kauai and Maui Counties, HI.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns regarding the potential
impacts to the management and regulatory flexibility of existing
regulatory programs. EPA's concerns included potential impacts to
existing and future designations of dredge disposal sites,
modifications to the seabed, the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permitting system, and water quality
programs. EPA supports the development of MOUs with other agencies and
stresses the need for close coordination with EPA, U.S. Corps of
Engineers, and Hawaii's Department of Health regarding the above
regulatory programs and any enforcement actions. Additional
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detailed data was requested to support evaluations regarding potential
benefits or adverse impacts.
ERP No. D-SFW-L99005-WA Rating EC2, Plum Creek Timber Sale,
Issuance of a Permit to Allow Incidental Take and Habitat Conservation
Plan (HCP) for Threatened and Endangered Species, Implementation,
Eastern and Western Cascade Provinces in the Cascade Mountains, King
and Kittitas Counties, WA.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns with the project based on
the potential impacts of land management activities on water quality,
particularly to existing water quality limited/303(d)--listed streams
in the HCP area, and on the effective implementation of an adaptive
management strategy. EPA requests that the HCP incorporate more in-
depth monitoring activities for changed in water quality related to
sediment loading and temperature, and a stronger commitment toward
possible adjustments of land management activities in response to
monitoring results.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-DOE-E06015-SC, Savannah River Site Interim Management of
Nuclear Materials, Implementation, Aiken and Barnwell Counties, SC.
Summary: EPA's draft EIS comments were adequately addressed in the
final EIS. Additional comments were provided in support of DOE's
preferred alternative.
ERP No. F-FAA-K51032-CA, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport,
Replacement Passenger Terminal Construction, Approval, Los Angeles
County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding air
conformity, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls requirement. EPA
recommended that these issues be addressed in the Record of Decision.
Dated: March 5, 1996.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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