[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35998-35999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16936]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6244-2]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared June 07, 1999 Through June
11, 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-AFS-L65322-AK Rating EC2, Luck Lake Timber Sales Project,
Implementation, Tongass National Forest, Thorne Bay Ranger District,
Prince of Wales Island, AK.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns related to the
projects' potential environmental impacts and requested additional
information on road construction, drinking water impacts, mitigation
measures, and log transfer facility impacts.
ERP No. D-AFS-L65323-OR Rating EC2, Wolfmann Projects,
Implementation, Blue River Landscape Strategy, Central Cascades
Adaptive Management Area, Blue River Ranger District, Willamette
National Forest, Lane County, OR.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the limited
information provided in the Monitoring plan, and a need for a
cumulative effects analysis.
ERP No. D-AFS-L82017-ID Rating EC2, St. Joe Ranger District Noxious
Weed Control Project, Implementation, Proposal from Control Noxious
Weeds on 131 Sites, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, St. Joe Ranger
District, Benewah, Latah and Shoshone Counties, Idaho.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
adverse water quality impacts from harvesting activities and related
road construction. More detail on the noxious weed management plan
should be included in the final EIS.
ERP No. D-FAA-B51017-MA Rating EO2, Logan Airside Improvements
Planning Project (EOEA #10458), Construction and Operation of a new
Unidirectional Runway 14/32, Centerfield Taxiway and Additional Taxiway
Improvements, Boston Logan International Airport, Federal Funding,
Airport Layout Plan and NPDES Permit, Boston, MA.
Summary: EPA expressed environment objections based on
environmental justice issues and planning issues. EPA requested that
the EIS look beyond airside improvements to resolve flight delay
problems and consider the critical questions of whether the
improvements will spur additional airport growth. EPA also suggested
revisions to the noise impact modeling for the project.
ERP No. D-FRC-K05055-CA Rating EC2, Potter Valley Project,
Protection and Maintenance of Fishery Resources, (FERC No. 22-110), Eel
River, Lake and Mendocino County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns involving the long-term
sustainability of the project, the range of alternatives analyzed, data
gaps in the environmental impacts analysis, the scope and depth of the
cumulative impacts analysis, and the relative weight given to various
balancing factors used in the selection of a preferred alternative.
ERP No. DA-AFS-L65099-ID Rating EC2, Grade-Dukes Timber Sale,
Proposal to Harvest and Regenerate Timber, Implementation, Cuddy
Mountain Roadless Area, Payette National Forest, Weiser Ranger
District, Washington County, Idaho.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about adverse impacts
to water quality, limited quantitative data on aquatic conditions, and
analysis of cumulative impacts from private lands.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-FRC-F03005-00, Vector Pipeline Project, Natural Gas
Pipeline and Associated above ground Facilities Construction and
Operation, Approval, Joliet, IL to Vector Canada at the International
Border near St. Clair, MI, several counties, MI, IN, and IL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding impacts of
the project to forested upland and wetland areas and recommended
additional mitigation measures to offset these impacts.
ERP No. F-NPS-B65007-VT, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National
Historical Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, Woodstock,
VT.
Summary: EPA had no objections to the project as described.
ERP No. FS-AFS-L67004-ID, Thompson Creek Molybdenum Project, Cyprus
Mines Corporation, Custer County, ID.
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Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns with the
stability of the tailings impoundment, the potential for Acid mine
drainage, adequacy of bonding and effectiveness of the reclamation
plan.
Dated: June 29, 1999.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 99-16936 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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