Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared April 03, 1995 Through April

07, 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 (72

FR 19047).

Draft EISs

ERP No. DS-DOE-L09805-00 Rating EC1, Business Plan to Operate

Electric Utility Market, Transmission Services and Fish and Wildlife

Activities, Updated and New Information, Funding and Implementation,

WA, ID, NM, NV, MT, UT, OR, CA, AZ, WY and British Columbia.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and recommended that

BPA review the decision to select the ``Market-Driven'' alternative as

the proposed action and requested that BPA further incorporate

conservation resource protection into the plan.

ERP No. DS-FHW-K40105-CA Rating LO, Devil's Slide Bypass

Improvement, CA-1 from Half Moon Bay Airport to Linda Mar Boulevard,

Preferred Alternative Estimated Future Project-Generated Noise Study,

Funding, Pacifica and San Mateo Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA recommended that wherever possible earthen berms be

used as noise barriers rather than noise walls because they will allow

wildlife movement through the area. EPA also suggested that FHWA look

at air conformity, surface water and runoff, wetlands, and endangered

species during the project reevaluation.

ERP No. DS-NOA-A91060-00 Rating LO, Western 1995 Atlantic Bluefin

Tuna Fishery, Regulation Amendment, Updated Information,

Implementation.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the program.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-BLM-J65210-CO, Royal Gorge Resource Management Plan,

Implementation, Canon City District, several counties, CO.

Summary: EPA continued to express environmental concerns regarding

the proposed action particularly as it relates to monitoring and

evaluation management, EPA recommended that monitoring and evaluation

management be made a requirement in the ROD.

ERP No. F-COE-K36110-CA, Petaluma River Flood Control Improvements,

Implementation, City of Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA.

Summary: EPA continued to expressed environmental concerns

regarding water quality impacts, hazardous waste management, cumulative

impacts and mitigation to wetland areas.

ERP No. F-UAF-G11023-TX, Bergstrom Air Force Base (AFB) Disposal

and Reuse, Implementation and Possible Permits Issuance, Travis County,

TX.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed actions.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 95-11796 Filed 5-11-95; 8:45 am]

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