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 June 10, 1996 through June

14, 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 (EISs) was published in FR dated April 5, 1996 (61 FR

15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-UAF-K11071-AZ Rating EC2, Luke Air Force Base,

Construction and Operation of 18-Hole Golf Course, In a Detention Basin

to Prevent Flood Damage, Dysart Drain Improvement Project, Maricopa

County, AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential

groundwater impacts and requested that additional information on this

issue be provided.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-L65252-OR Hoodoo Master Plan, Plan of Operation

Approval and Special-Use-Permit Issuance, Willamette National Forest,

McKenzie Ranger District, Linn County, OR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS. No formal comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F-DOE-L06004-WA Adoption--Disposal of Decommissioned,

Defueled Cruiser, Ohio Class and Los Angeles Class Naval Reactor

Plants, Site Selection, US Department of Energy's Hanford Site, Benton,

Franklin and Grant Counties or Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton,

WA.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS. No formal comment letter was sent to preparing

agency.

ERP No. F-DOE-L09808-WA Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP)

Stabilization, To Safely Reduced Radiation Exposure to Workers and

Environment, Hanford Site, Richland, Benton County, WA.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS. No formal comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F-DOE-L20002-WA Safe Interim Storage of Hanford Tank

Wastes, Double Shell Tanks (DSTs) and Cross Site Transfer System (CSTS)

Construction, Hanford Site, Adams, Richland, Washington, Benton and

Franklin Counties, WA.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS. No formal comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F-SFW-G99006-TX Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan,

Issuance of a Permit to Allow Incidental Take of Gold-Cheeked Warbler,

Black-capped Vireo and Six Karst Invertebrates, Travis County, TX.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the Fish and

Wildlife Service preferred alternative as described in the Final EIS.

ERP No. FS-OSM-G01012-NM Fence Lake Federal Coal Project, Mining

Plan, Permit Application and Federal Permit Approval or Disapproval,

Updated Information concerning the Salt River Project Improvement and

Power District's (SRP) Proposed Fence Lake Mine, Apache County, AZ and

Catron and Cibola Counties, NM.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has been completed and the project

found to be satisfactory. No formal comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 96-15929 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]

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