Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5470-9]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared June 17, 1996 Through June

21, 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 05, 1996 (61

FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-AFS-L60103-AK Rating EC2, Swanlake-Lake Tyee Intertie

Project, Electrical Transmission Line and Associated Facilities

Construction and Operation, Northwestern Portion of Revillagigedo

Island from Upper Carroll Inlet to Behm Canal and the Northeastern

Portion of Cleveland Peninsula from Spacious Bay to Bradfield Canal,

Special-Use-Permit Issuance, Tongass.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the

project's impacts to fish populations in Lake Tyee. EPA requested

clarification of this issue.

ERP No. D-AFS-L65267-AK Rating LO, Helicopter Landings within

Wilderness, Implementation, Tongass National Forest, Chatham, Stikine

and Ketchikan Area, AK.

Summary: EPA's abbreviated review has revealed no environmental

concerns on this project.

ERP No. D-FAA-C51019-NY Rating EC2, LaGuardia Airport East End Roadway

Improvements Project, Four New Ramps at the 102nd Street Bridge

Construction, Airport Layout Plan Approval and Funding, Queens County,

NY.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the

proposed project's conformity with the SIP. EPA requested that

additional information be provided.

ERP No. D-NPS-C61009-NY Rating LO, Manhattan Sites General Management

Plans, Implementation, Castle Clinton National Monument, Federal Hall

National Memorial, General Grant National Memorial, Saint Paul's Church

National Historic Site and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National

Historic Site, New York and Westchester Counties, NY.

Summary: EPA believed that the proposed project will not result in

significant adverse environmental impact; therefore, EPA had no

objection to its implementation.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-USN-K11065-CA, Miramar Naval Air Station (NAS) Realignment or

Conversion to Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, Implementation, San

Diego, CA.

Summary: EPA continued to have environmental concerns regarding

full disclosure of noise complaints and documentation of comment

responses.

ERP No. F-USN-K11066-CA, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Air Station/Marine

Corps Base (MCAS/MCB) Realignment and Tustin and EL Toro Marine Corps

Bases Closure, Implementation and COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, San

Diego County, CA.

Summary: EPA continued to express environmental concerns regarding

water quality, wetlands, cumulative impacts and flood control.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal

Activities.

[FR Doc. 96-16605 Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]

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