[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37382-37383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18440]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5493-6]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared June 22, 1998 Through June
26, 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 (63
FR 17856).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-DOA-F39034-00 Rating EC2, Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water
(LPRW), Development and Expansion of Existing System North/Lyon County
Phase and Northeast Phase Expansion Project, Yellow Medicine, Lincoln
and Lyon Counties, MN and Deuel County, SD.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the lack of
full disclosure of reasonable foreseeable development and cumulative
impacts. EPA expressed support for the preferred alternative and
mitigation measures which must be implemented.
ERP No. DA-JUS-A82111-00 Rating LO, Cannabis Eradication in the
Contiguous United States and Hawaii, Updated Information on Herbicidal
Eradication New Scientific Data.
Summary: EPA had no objections to the preferred alternative which
allows for use of the full range of eradication methods based on site-
specific condition.
ERP No. RD-NOA-B91024-ME Rating EC2, American Lobster Fishery
Management Plan, Implementation, To Prevent Overfishing of American
Lobster, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the New England and Mid-
Atlantic, ME.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns with the proposed action.
EPA's concerns were based on the need to lengthen the planning duration
to 10 years; additional information requested in which agencies would
be responsible for enforcing proposed reduced fishing times; and the
role played by point and non-point pollution in the decline of the
lobster fishery.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-FHW-E40330-TN, I-40 Reconstruction, I-40/I-240
Directional (Midtown) Interchange to TN-300 Interchange, Funding and
Possible COE 404 Permit, Shelby County, TN.
Summary: EPA continues to express concern regarding noise impacts.
ERP No. F-NOA-E39041-SC, Marine Environmental Health Research
Laboratory (MEHRL), Construction and Operation of Premiere, High
Technology and Marine Research Center, Approval of Permits, Charleston
County, SC.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns regarding the proposed
action. These concerns were based on the ventilation system having
visual, noise, and chemical fumes impacts.
ERP No. F-NSF-A81164-00, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station,
Proposal to Modernize through Reconstruction and Replacement of Key
Facilities, Antarctica.
Summary: EPA had no environmental objections to the proposed
project.
ERP No. F-UAF-G11033-NM, Holloman Air Force Base, Proposed
Expansion of German Air Force Operations, for the Beddown of 30
Aircrafts and Construction of Facilities for 640 Personnel, NM.
Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns for the
Air Force proposed action and requested that mitigation measures as
described in the FEIS to minimize impacts be implemented and made part
of the Record of Decision and incorporated into that document to become
binding stipulations to the proposed action.
ERP No. FA-FHW-E40108-NC, Smith Creek Parkway, Updated and
Supplemental Information, Construction from Third Street to Kornegay
Avenue, U.S. Coast Guard Permit, COE Section 10 and 404 Permits,
Wilmington, Hanover County, NC.
SSummary: EPA continues to express concern because of the two
crossing of Smith Creek that would contribute additional pollutant
loading to an already stressed system.
ERP No. FS-AFS-J65211-CO, Illinois Creek Timber Sale, Timber
Harvesting, Implementation, Amended Land and Resource Management Plan,
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Taylor River/
Cebolla Ranger District, Gunnison County, CO.
Summary: EPA had no comment on this supplement to the final EIS. No
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formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: July 7, 1998.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 98-18440 Filed 7-9-98; 8:45 am]
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