Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-4723-4]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared April 17, 1995 through April

21, 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 the Federal Register dated

April 14, 1995 (72 FR 19047).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-AFS-J61095-CO Rating EC2, Loveland Ski Area Master

Development Plan, Implementation, Arapaho National Forest, Clear Creek

Ranger District, Clear Creek County, CO.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding wetland

impact analysis. EPA requested that the final document provide

additional information on this issue.

ERP No. D-AFS-L65239-OR Rating LO, East Fork Deer Creek Long-Term

Ecosystem Productivity Research Study, Implementation, Willamette

National Forest, Blue River Ranger District, Lane County, OR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.

ERP No. D-BLM-J02030-WY Rating LO1, Texaco's Stagecoach Draw Unit

Natural Gas Field Development Project, Implementation, Application for

Permit to Drill, Right-of-Way Grant, Temporary Use-Permit and COE

Section 404 Permit, Farson, Sweetwater County, WY.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.

ERP No. D-BLM-K61135-AZ Rating EC2, Grand Canyon National Park

General Management Plan, Implementation, Coconino and Mohave Counties,

AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding drinking

water compliance, wastewater treatment, air quality and wetland. EPA

requested addition information be included in the final document to

address these issues.

ERP No. D-COE-D36072-VA Rating LO, Grundy Flood Damage Reduction/

Highway Upgrade Project, Implementation, Town of Grundy, Buchanan

County, VA.

Summary: EPA had not identified any potential environmental impacts

requiring substantive changes to the proposal. However, EPA requested

additional information concerning cumulative impacts of the proposal.

ERP No. D-FTA-K40209-CA Rating EC2, Mid-Coast Corridor Mass Transit

Improvement Project, Funding, San Diego County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the local CO

modeling, potential impacts to wetlands and runoff to surface waters

impacts. EPA also suggested that the two best performing alternatives,

the HOV and Light Rail Transit, should be examined together and

discussed.

ERP No. D-IBR-L64044-OR Rating LO, Fish Passage Improvements,

Savage Rapids Dam, Implementation, Grants Pass Irrigation District,

Rogue River, Josephine and Jackson Counties, OR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.

ERP No. D-MMS-L02024-AK Rating EC2, Cook Inlet Planning Area,

Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Sale 149, Leasing Offering,

AK. [[Page 27975]]

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the proposed

action does not provide a commitment to the stipulations and

information to lessees (ITL's) and uncertainty about the effectiveness

of mitigating spill risk. EPA requested additional information and

clarification about the issues.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-BIA-J65220-SD, Rosebud and Cheyenne River Sioux Indian

Reservations, Management of the Livestock Grazing and Prairie Dog

Control, Funding, Todd and Mellette Counties, SD.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action at the

Cheyenne River Sioux Reservations, it expressed environmental

objections to the applicant preferred alternative for the Rosebud

Reservation. EPA requests selection of the no action alternative at

Rosebud until the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and BIA can develop a prairie

management plan that regards both grazing need and biodiversity, with

special emphasis on the Black Footed Ferrel.

ERP No. F-DOE-J08024-CO Flatiron-Erie 115-kV Electrical

Transmission Line Replacement of Wood-Pole Structures, Construction,

Operation and Right-of-Way Grant, City of Longmont, Larimer, Boulder

and Weld Counties, CO.

Summary: EPA had no further comments or questions. WAPA had

adequately addressed EPA's previous comments on the draft EIS.

ERP No. F-FHW-L40162-OR Mill Creek/West Sixth Street Bridge

Replacement, Funding, City of The Dalles, Wasco County, OR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS. Review of the final EIS has been completed and

the project found to be satisfactory.

ERP No. FS-AFS-K61103-CA Bear Mountain Ski Resort Expansion,

(formerly known as Goldmine) New Information, Special Use Permit and

Possible COE Section 404 Permit, San Bernardino National Forest, San

Bernardino Co., CA.

Summary: EPA continued to express environmental objections to the

proposed action due to the high level of development proposed and

cumulative impact.

Dated: May 22, 1995.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 95-12996 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]

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