[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18586-18587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10390]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5415-9]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared April 08, 1996 Through April
12, 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 05, 1996 (61
FR 15251).
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Draft EISs
ERP No. D-COE-D35057-MD Rating EC2, Poplar Island Restoration
Project, Dredging, Construction and Placement of Dredged Materials,
Implementation, Chesapeake Bay, Talbot County, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the
monitoring, maintenance, and remedial action components of the project,
as well as the lack of information regarding these issues.
ERP No. D-COE-K01074-CA Rating EO2, Morrison Creek Mining Reach
Upstream North of Jackson Highway, Implementation, Community Plan
Amendment, Rezoning, Use Permit Amendment to Existing Use Permit and
COE Section 404 Permit, Sacramento County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over potential
impacts to wetlands resources, including vernal pools, as well as
potential adverse impacts to air quality.
ERP No. D-COE-K39040-CA Rating EC2, San Diego County Water
Authority Emergency Water Storage Project, Construction and Operation,
COE Section 404 Permit and Permit Application, San Diego County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over potential
cumulative impacts to fish and wildlife and riparian corridors due to
construction of new reservoirs proposed under certain alternatives, and
strongly recommended that the Corps not select an alternative that
provides for construction of new dams or reservoirs. EPA also requested
additional information regarding pollution measures and cumulative
impacts.
ERP No. D-COE-K90029-CA Rating EC2, Delta Wetlands Project,
Construction and Operation Water Storage Project on Four Islands in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Approval of Permits, San Joaquin and
Contra Costa Counties, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns because of the
potential for movement of optimum salinity conditions upstream, which
represents a possible significant adverse impact to key components of
the Bay Delta ecosystem. EPA is also concerned that diversions onto the
islands may significantly attenuate pulse flows associated with spring
storms and that Delta Wetlands operations are not integrated with
operation of the State Water Project and Central Valley Project.
ERP No. D-COE-L23001-WA Rating EO2, Resource Investments Landfill
Facility Construction, COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, Pierce County,
WA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential
adverse impacts to surface water, air quality, groundwater and
wetlands. Additional information is needed regarding the definition of
the project's purpose and need, as well as the alternatives analysis.
ERP No. D-FRC-L05214-WA Rating LO, Priest Rapids Project (FERC No.
2114-024), Evaluation of Downstream Fish Passage Facilities, New
License Issuance with Conditions to Protect the Migratory Juvenile
Salmon (Smolts), Columbia River Basin, Grant County, WA.
Summary: EPA had no enviromental concerns regarding the proposed
project.
ERP No. DA-COE-L39045-AK Rating LO, Chignik Small Boat Harbor
Development and Construction, Updated Information concerning
Alternatives, Anchorage Bay, Alaska Peninsula, AK.
Summary: EPA's review has revealed no potential environmental
concerns that would require substantive changes to the proposal.
ERP No. DS-COE-K32028-CA Rating EC2, Richmond Harbor Deep Draft
Navigation Improvements, Updated and Additional Information to Improve
Navigation Efficiency into the Potrero Reach Channel, San Francisco
Bay, Contra Costa County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over: (1) the lack of
an adequate economic analysis on which to evaluate the practicability
of different disposal alternatives presented in the DEIS, and (2) the
need to address potential mitigation for the losses of shallow water
habitat that would be associated with widening of the navigation
channels and creating the new turning circle.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-L65246-WA First Creek Basin Restoration Project,
Implementation, Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan Ranger District,
Chelan County, WA.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-DOE-L09807-WA Hanford Site K Basins Management of Spent
Nuclear Fuel, Storage and Disposal, Application for Approval of
Construction and NPDES Permit Issuance, Columbia River, Richland,
Benton County, WA.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-GSA-L40195-WA Pacific Highway Port of Entry (POE)
Facility Expansion, Construction of WA-543 in Blaine, near the United
States/Canada Border in Blaine, Whatcom County, WA.
Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-IBR-K39037-CA Cachuma Water Supply Project,
Implementation, Long-Term Contract Renewal, Santa Ynez Valley, Bradbury
Dam, 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: April 22, 1996.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal
Activities.
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