[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20381]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5472-2]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared July 22, 1996 Through July
26, 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).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-COE-G85180-LA Rating EO2, Estelle Plantation Partnership
Municipal Golf Course and Housing Development, Implementation,
Jefferson Parish, LA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposal and
requested additional information in the final EIS. Additional
information needed in the FEIS include: (1) the need for expanded
alternative analysis, (2) development of purpose and need to support
practicable alternative, (3) minimization of direct and secondary
impacts, (4) lack of a mitigation plan to offset unavoidable impacts,
(5) water quality management, and (6) lack of consideration of
Executive Order 11990 (Wetlands Protection) and Executive Order 11988
(Floodplain Management).
ERP No. D-NOA-C90016-NJ Rating EC2, Mullica River--Great Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve Establishment, Site Designation and
Plan Implementation, Ocean, Atlantic and Burlington Counties, NJ.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts
that may be caused by construction and operation of the proposed
facilities. Additional information to address this issue is requested
in the final EIS.
ERP No. D-USA-C11012-NJ Rating EC2, Evans Subpost Disposal and
Reuse, Implementation, Fort Monmouth, Ocean and Monmouth Counties, NJ.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project's
potential impacts to ground water and has requested additional
information to address this issue in the final EIS.
ERP No. D-USN-E11037-FL Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Mayport Naval
Station, To Evaluate Facilities Development Necessary to Support
Potential Aircraft Carrier Homporting, Duval County, FL.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about ODMDS capacity
and mounding effects, and impacts to the ozone maintenance area. EPA
requested that these issue be addressed in the final document.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-E65046-SC, Francis Marion National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Charleston and Berkeley
Counties, SC.
Summary:
EPA's review found that the document adequately addressed impacts
associated with the selected forest plan. No major objections to the
selected plan were found.
ERP No. F-FRC-C02000-PR, Eco Ele'ctrica Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Import Terminal and Electric Cogeneration Project Construction and
Operation, Permits and Approvals, Guayanilla Bay, PR.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns involving site
contamination. Accordingly, EPA requested that this issue be addressed
in the project's authorization order.
ERP No. F-TVA-E32075-TN, Upper Tennessee River Navigation
Improvement Project, Rehabilitation and/or Construction, Chickamauga
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 continued to express environmental concerns about the
proposed project's potential for industrial development, comparison of
water quality information to standards, NEPA discussion of proposed
bridges, cumulative impact speculations, and noise level documentation.
Dated: August 5, 1996.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 96-20381 Filed 8-08-96; 8:45 am]
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