[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 170 (Friday, September 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45716-45717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21805]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5228-4]
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments
Availability of EPA comments prepared August 14, 1995 Through
August 18, 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-L65237-ID Rating EU2, Thunderbolt Wildfire Recovery
Project, Implementation, Boise and Payette National Forests, Valley
County, ID.
Summary
EPA found the proposed salvage project to be environmentally
unsatisfactory. EPA's primary concerns include impaired water quality,
significantly increased sediment loading, degradation to salmon
spawning and rearing habitat, and major deviation from the forest plan.
ERP No. D-COE-J35010-UT Rating EC2, Kennecott Tailings
Modernization Project, Tailings Impoundment Expansion, COE Section 404
Permit Issuance, Salt Lake County, UT.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding water quality
impacts and requested information that will assist in expediting a
CERCLA decision.
ERP No. D-FAA-C51018-NY Rating EC2, Syracuse Hancock International
Airport, Land Acquisition and Construction of Runway 10 L-28R, Funding
and Airport Layout Plan Approval, Onondaga County, NY.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental concerns about the need for the
proposed project, as well as the proposed project's potential impacts
to wetlands, surface water quality, and noise. Accordingly, additional
information should be provided in the final EIS to address these
issues.
ERP No. D-FAA-L51016-WA Rating EO2, Seattle - Tacoma (Sea-Tac)
International Airport Master Plan Update for Development Actions,
Funding, Airport Layout Plan Approval and COE Section 404 Permit, King
County, WA.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental objections with a number of concerns
regarding the purpose and need for the project and air quality
analysis.
ERP No. D-FHW-C40135-NY Rating EC2, I-287 Cross Westchester
Expressway (CWE) Transportation Improvements, New York State Thruway
Route 303 to Route 120, Funding, Right-of Way Acquisition, COE Section
10 and 404 Permits, Rockland and Westchester Counties, NY.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed project's
potential impacts to wetlands and surface water quality. Additionally,
EPA requested information addressing potential cumulative impacts, and
supplemental information regarding the air quality analysis performed
for the proposed project.
ERP No. D-FHW-L40196-WA Rating EC2, WA-20 Transportation
Improvements between Fredonia (WA-536) and Burlington (Interstate 5),
Funding, Right-of-Way Acquisition and COE Section 404 Permit, Skagit
County, WA.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental concerns based on the predicted noise
and wetland effects. Additional information is needed on mitigation for
both.
ERP No. D-GSA-K80037-CA Rating EC2, San Diego-United States
Courthouse, Site Selection and Construction within a portion of the
Central Business District (CBD), City of San Diego, San Diego County,
CA.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the project's air
conformity determination, the absence of solid waste recycling
features, and a need to more fully document the project's consistency
with GSA's environmental justice strategy.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-AFS-K65153-00 Klamath National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, Siskiyou Co., CA and Jackson Co., OR.
Summary
Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No formal comment
letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-BLM-L65225-OR Upper Klamath Basin Resource Management
Plan, Implementation, Klamath Falls Resource Area, Lakeview District,
Klamath County, OR.
Summary
Review of the Final EIS has been completed and the project found to
be environmentally satisfactory.
ERP No. F-COE-K32047-CA Humboldt Harbor and Bay (Deepening)
Channels, Feasibility Study for Navigation Improvements, Humboldt
County, CA.
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Summary
Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No formal comment
letter was sent to the preparing agency.
ERP No. F-COE-L36102-OR Willamette River Temperature Control Study,
Selective Withdrawal Structure(s) (SWS) Construction, McKenzie River
Subbasin, OR.
Summary
EPA reiterates its concerns regarding the impact to water quality,
and fish habitat and spawning success during the construction phases.
EPA supports the proposal to develop a construction monitoring and
evaluation plan.
ERP No. F-FRC-D29000-VA Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Project (FERC-No.
2009 003), Nonpoint Use of Project Lands and Water for the City of
Virginia Beach Water Supply Project, License Issuance, Brunswick
County, VA.
Summary
EPA expressed environmental concern regarding implementation of a
reuse wastewater system and not incorporating the result of a basin-
wide reservoir operations modeling analysis.
ERP No. F-NAS-A12040-00 Cassini Spacecraft Exploration Mission to
Explore the Planet Saturn, Implementation.
Summary
The final EIS addresses EPA's concerns raised in the draft EIS.
ERP No. FS-TVA-E06016-TN Adoption--Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
Operations, Operating License Issuance, Rhea County, TN.
Summary
EPA had environmental concerns that this document did not
adequately address two issues raised at the draft EIS stage: need for
power and pollution prevention, and recommended that future NEPA
documents be more inclusive of these issues.
Dated: August 28, 1995.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division Office of Federal
Activities.
[FR Doc. 95-21805 Filed 8-31-95; 8:45 am]
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