[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 20000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10285]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6242-1]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared March 29, 1999 through April
02, 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 09, 1999 (64
FR 17362).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-NPS-K65209-00 Rating LO, Death Valley National Park
General Management Plan, Implementation, Mojave Desert, Inyo and San
Bernardino Counties, CA and Nye and Esmeralda Counties, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections, however, EPA made
specific comments regarding groundwater extraction outside the park,
grazing within park boundaries, and military overflights.
ERP No. D-UMC-K11096-AZ Rating EC2, Yuma Marine Corps Air Station
(MCAS), To Improve Ordnance Handling and Storage, Construct a new
Combat Aircraft Loading Area (CALA); New Station Ordnance Area and
Relocation of MCAS Yuma, AZ.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the lack of
information on compliance with Executive Order 12902, Energy Efficiency
and Water Conservation. EPA requested that information on this issue be
included in the final document.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-BIA-K02010-AZ, Southpoint Power Plant, Fort Mojave Indian
Reservation Approval of a Lease for Development Project, Construction
and Operation of a 500 Megawatt Natural Gas Fired Power Plant, NPDES
Permit and COE Section 404 Permit, Mohave County, AZ.
Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.
ERP No. F-BLM-J01009-WY, Carbon Basin Coal Project Area, Coal Lease
Application for Elk Mountain/Saddleback Hills, Carbon County, WY.
Summary: Final EIS adequately addressed most of EPA's concerns.
ERP No. F-DOA-G36149-OK, Double Creek Watershed Plan,
Implementation, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention, National
Economic Development (NED), Town of Ramona, Washington and Osage
Counties, OK.
Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the lead agency's
preferred alternative as described in the DEIS.
ERP No. F-DOE-L09813-ID, Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project,
Construction and Operation, Site Selection, Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), Eastern Snake River Plain, ID.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS has resulted in no objection to
project as proposed.
ERP No. F-DOI-K39053-CA, San Joaquin River Agreement Project,
Implementation of the Meeting Flow Objectives for 1999-2010, Vernalis
Adaptive Management Plan, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Madera, Merced,
Fresno and Tuolume 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-FHW-K40142-CA, CA-4 ``GAP'' Closure Project, Improvements
between I-80 and Cunninings Skyway, Funding, NPDES Permit and COE
Section 404 Permit, City of Hercules, Contra Costa County, CA.
Summary: Review of the FEIS was not deemed necessary. No formal
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-NOA-E39044-FL, Guana, Tolomato, Matanizas, Site
Designation, National Estuarine Research Reserve, Management Plan, City
of Jacksonville, St. Johns and Flagler Counties, FL.
Summary: EPA expressed no objection to the action as proposed.
ERP No. F-USA-E11043-GA, U.S. Army/Fort Benning and The
Consolidated Government of Columbus Proposed Land Exchange, Muscogee
and Chattahoochee Counties, GA.
Summary: EPA raised concerns about the gopher tortoises have been
adequately resolved; however, the actual long-term impacts of land use
changes attendant to the exchanges remained to be determined.
ERP No. F-USA-G11027-NM, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR),
Implementation, Range-Wide, Las Cruces, NM.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS has resulted in no objection to
the project as proposed.
ERP No. F-USN-K11089-HI, Pacific Missile Range Facility Enhanced
Capabilities, To Accommodate Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD)
Training & Testing and Theate Missile Defense (TMD) Testing, NPDES
Permit, several counties, HI.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the lack of
commitment to proposed mitigation. EPA requested that the Record of
Decision clearly document the mitigation measures that will be
implemented.
ERP No. F-USN-K11093-HI, Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Disposal
and Reuse of Land Facilities, HI.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS has been completed and no
environmental objection were identified.
Other
ERP No. LF-USN-K11091-NV, Fallon Naval Air Station, Renewal of the
B-20 Land Withdrawal, City of Fallon, Churchill County, NV.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS has been completed and no
environmental objection were identified .
Dated: April 20, 1999.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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