Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5470-1]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared May 13, 1996 Through May 17,

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 (EIS) was published in F.R. dated April 05, 1996 (61

F.R. 15251).

Draft EIS

ERP No. D-COE-E32076-NC Rating EC2, Cape Fear-Northeast Cape Fear

Rivers Feasibility Study for Deepening of the Wilmington Harbor Ship

Channel, Navigation Improvement, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties,

NC.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential

adverse impacts associated with use of explosives to excavate the

enlarged channel and awaits the results of on-going studies to

determine the significance of this dredging technique.

ERP No. D-COE-K36116-CA Rating EC2, San Pedro Creek Section 205

Flood Control Project, Construction, Flood Protection, COME Section 10

and 404 Permits and Permits Approval, San Mateo County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over potential

impacts to riverain habitat, impacts to air quality, and potential

cumulative impacts of the project, including possible increased runoff

and siltation.

ERP No. D-FRC-L05215-OR Rating EO2, Leaburg-Walterville

Hydroelectric (FERC. No. 2496) Project, Issuance of New License

(Relicense), Funding and Land Trust Acquisition, McKenzie River, Lane

County, OR.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections over continued

impacts on fish and other aquatic life in the McKenzie River due to

project operation. In addition, EPA commented that the draft EIS did

not provide a comprehensive analysis of cumulative impacts, nor was the

no-action alternative appropriately characterize.

ERP No. D-USN-K11067-AZ Rating EC2, Yuma Training Range Complex

Management, Operation and Development, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma,

Goldwater Range, Yuma and La Paz Cos; and Chocolate Mountain Range,

Imperial and Riverside Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding

alternatives analysis, cumulative impacts issues, and biological

impacts.

ERP No. D-USN-K11069-CA Rating EC2, Port Hueneme Naval Civil

Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) Disposal and Reuse, Implementation,

Ventura County, CA.

Summary: EPA requested further information on air quality and

wetlands NEPA issues.

ERP No. DB-COE-E30032-FL Rating EC2, Palm Beach County Beach

Erosion Project, Updated Information concerning Shore Protection for

the Ocean Ridge Segment from the Martin County line to Lake Worth Inlet

and from the South Lake Worth Inlet to the Broward County Line, Palm

Beach, Martin and Broward Counties, FL.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the long-

term consequences of this action and other beach nourishment projects

planned for the county's shoreline. The additional information derived

from the mitigation and subsequent monitoring plan will be necessary to

determine how this project fits into the larger issue of the

environmental consequences of proposed shoreline protection.

ERP No. DS-COE-E32192-NC Rating EC2, Wilmington Harbor Channel

Widening and Navigation Improvement, Updated Information, Cape Fear

River, Port of Wilmington, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, NC.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential

adverse impacts associated with use of explosives to excavate the

enlarged channel and seeks additional data on the long-term

consequences of these excavation techniques.

ERP No. DS-COE-E36169-FL Rating LO, Central and Southern Florida

Flood Control Project, Restoration of the Upper Kissimmee River Basin

through the Headwater Revitalization Project and the Lower Kissimmee

River Basin through the Level II Backfilling Plan, Implementation,

Updated Information, Glades, Osceda Highlands, Polk, Okeechobee and

Orange Counties, FL.

Summary: EPA had no objections to this proposal.

Final EIS

ERP No. F-COE-C36071-PR Rio Fajardo Flood Control Feasibility Study

for Flood Protection, Implementation, PR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.

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ERP No. F-USA-K11059-CA Hamilton Army Airfield Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, City of Novato, Marin County, CA.

Summary: EPA environmental concerns were mostly answered

satisfactorily in the Final EIS. One minor biological resources issue

remains unresolved.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

Katherine B. Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal

Activities.

[FR Doc. 96-13715 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]

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