# Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-16605

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** June 28, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 33735

## Text

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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