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 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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