[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41072-41073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19939]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-4725-6]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared June 24, 1995 Through June
28, 1995 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)
260-5076.
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-AFS-J65233-MT
Rating EC2, Murphy Timber Sales, Harvesting Timber, Road
Construction and Prescribed Burning, Kootenai National Forest, Fortine
Ranger District, Lincoln County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about increased water
yield and sediment production and resultant aquatic effects,
particularly in the Deep Creek basin, and the lack of information
regarding water quality monitoring, exceedances of open road density
standards, and potential air quality impacts.
ERP No. D-AFS-J65234-MT
Rating EC2, Beaver Woods Vegetation Management Project,
Implementation, Bitterroot National Forest, West Fork Ranger District,
Ravalli County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential
increased water and sediment yields and proposed activities in critical
watersheds and in watersheds where peak stream flow thresholds are
already being exceeded. EPA requested additional information to fully
assess and mitigate potential environmental impacts of the management
actions.
ERP No. D-AFS-J65235-MT
Rating EC2, Bass Lake Dam Reconstruction, Operation and
Maintenance, Temporary-Use-Permit, Bitterroot National Forest,
Stevensville Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential
impacts resulting from equipment access along the old road and trail
into the Wilderness Area, and impacts of the concrete maintenance
program and pipe and concrete housing replacement. EPA requested
additional information to fully assess and mitigate potential
environmental impacts of the management actions.
ERP No. D-AFS-K65167-CA
Rating EO2, California Spotted Owl Habitat Management Plan,
Implementation, Sierra Nevada National Forests, CA.
Summary: EPA had environmental objections with whether the proposed
management framework would be successful given the complexity
variability of Sierra Nevada forests ecosystems and the lack of
information on these ecosystems. EPA requested additional information
on potential impacts to aquatic species and habitat, as well as fire
risk, salvage activities, monitoring methods, cumulative impacts, and
management tradeoffs.
ERP No. D-GSA-A80027-AZ
Rating LO, Evo A. Deconcini Federal Building--United States
Courthouse, Construction and Site Selection, Central Business Area
(CBA), City of Tucson, Pima County, AZ.
Summary: EPA had no environmental objection to the project.
ERP No. D-NOA-A91062-00
Rating EC2, Atlantic Coast Weakfish Fishery, Fishery Management
Plan, Implementation, Weakfish Harvest Control in the Atlantic Ocean
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), off the New England, Mid-Atlantic and
South Atlantic Coast.
Summary: EPA had environmental concerns with some aspects of the
regulations and requested that additional information be included in
the FEIS on the exemption for the Block Island Sound area and on the
impacts that other fisheries may have on the weakfish fishery.
ERP No. D-TVA-E32075-TN
Rating EC2, Upper Tennessee River Navigation Improvement Project,
Rehabilitation and/or Construction, Ckickamauga Dam--Navigation Lock
Structural Improvement Alternative, Funding, NPDES Permit, Coast Guard
Bridge Permit and COE Section 404 Permits, Tennessee River, Hamilton
County, TN.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over potential
impacts to spawning fish populations, air quality, and wetlands. EPA
also noted the need for additional analyses to support conclusions
regarding potential environmental impacts.
ERP No. DS-FHW-E54009-NC
Rating EC2, US 117 Corridor Improvement Project, US 13/70 at
Goldsboro, North to US 301 in Wilson, Funding and COE Section 404
Permit, Updated and Additional Information, Wayne and Wilson Counties,
NC.
Summary: EPA continues to express environmental concerns about the
preferred alternative. Potential impacts to the Little River need to be
avoided in order to fully protect this aquatic resource.
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ERP No. DS-NAS-A12031-00
Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Sounding Rocket Program (SRP),
Updated Information concerning Programmatic Changes since the 1973
FEIS, Site-Specific to Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island,
VA; Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR), Fairbanks, AK and White Sands
Missile Range (WSMR), White Sands, NM and on a Global Scale.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that, while the
Sounding Rocket Program (SRP) as a whole does not seem to have
significant direct impacts on the environment, it may present
cumulative impacts at the local level. As a result, EPA requests some
additional information.
ERP No. DS-RUS-E08017-FL
Rating EC2, Hardee Unit 3; 440 Megawatt (MW) Natural Gas and Oil
Fired Combined Cycle Electric Power Station Construction and Operation,
Funding, Approval and NPDES Permit Issuance, Hardee County, FL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding impacts to
air and water quality, and requested that additional information be
presented in the final EIS supplement.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-BLM-K67026-CA
Briggs Open Pit Heap Leach Gold Mine Project, Construction and
Operation, NPDES Permit and COE Section 404 Permit, Inyo County, CA.
Summary: The final EIS fully addressed EPA's environmental concerns
regarding potential impacts to surface water and wetlands, facilities
design, closure, reclamation and maintenance of the heap leach pad, and
contingency measures. EPA also commented that BLM should consider new
information regarding Native American interests in the proposed project
before a Record of Decision is issued.
ERP No. F-GSA-L81009-WA
Seattle Federal Courthouse Building (Project # ZWA 81061),
Implementation, Site Selection, Construction and Operation, King
County, WA.
Summary: EPA commented that the final EIS effectively addressed
EPA's comments on the draft EIS.
Dated: August 8, 1995.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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