Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5474-3]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared October 7, 1996 through

October 11, 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-AFS-K65186-NV Rating EC2, Spring Mountains National

Recreation Area General Management Plan, Toiyabe National Forest Land

and Resource Management Plan, Amendment, Implementation, Clark and Nye

Counties, NV.

Summary: EPA requested that these issues be further addressed in

the Final document.

ERP No. D-AFS-L65269-OR Rating EC2, Augusta Timber Sale,

Implementation, Willamette National Forest, Blue River Ranger District,

Willamette Meridian, Blue River, Lane County, OR.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns based on water

quality and air quality aspects of the project area.

ERP No. D-COE-E30037-FL Rating EC2, Brevard County Shore Protection

Study, Implementation, Beach Restoration Project, Brevard County, FL.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the long-

term consequences of inundating hard-bottom habitat as well as how this

action meshes with other, similar anticipated beach nourishment

projects. 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. D-COE-K81024-CA Rating EC2, US Food and Drug Administration

Laboratory, Land Acquisition, Construction and Operation on the North

Campus Area at the University of California, Irvine, Orange County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding energy

efficency, water conservation and pollution prevention. EPA also

requested addition information regarding air quality and applicable

federal hazardous waste requirements.

ERP No. D-FHW-L40199-WA Rating EC2, WA-509 Extension/South Access Road

Corridor Project, Construction, Funding and Possible COE Section 404

Permit, the Cities of SeaTac, Des Moines, Kent and Federal Way, King

County, WA.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding air

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quality, water quality, wetlands and noise issues.

ERP No. D-NOA-G39030-TX Rating LO, Texas Combined Coastal Management

Program, Implementation, Federal Approval, Gulf of Mexico, TX.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred

alternative described in the draft EIS.

ERP No. DS-VAD-G99005-OK Rating LO, Oklahoma City Area National

Cemetery Construction and Operation, Updated Information on a New

Potential Site, Fort Sill, Comache County, OK.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred

alternative.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-G65060-TX Texas National Forests and Grasslands Revised

Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, several counties,

TX.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred

alternative described in the Final EIS.

ERP No. F-AFS-L60101-ID Secesh River Subdivision Access Roads,

Implementation, Special-Use-Permit, Idaho County, ID.

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

found to be satisfactory.

ERP No. F-AFS-L65257-ID Beaver/Cedar Land Change Project,

Implementation, Clearwater National Forest, North Fork and Palause

Ranger Districts, Clearwater and Latah Counties, ID.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No

formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-COE-E32076-NC Cape Fear-Northeast Cape Fear Rivers

Comprehensive Study for Deepening of the Wilmington Harbor Ship

Channel, Navigation Improvement, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties,

NC.

Summary: EPA's previous concerns have been lessened to an

acceptable level due to the mitigation measures, therefore EPA has no

objection to the action as proposed.

ERP No. F-FHW-K40213-NV Tier 1--FEIS Northern and Western Las Vegas

Beltway Establishment, Need for and Location of a Transportation

Corridor, Clark County, NV.

Summary: Federal Highway Administration's addressed all of EPA's

previous concerns, therefore EPA has no objection to the project as

proposed.

ERP No. F-FRC-E05047-GA North Georgia Hydroelectric Project, (FERC. No.

2354-018) Issuance of Relicensing, Savannah River Basin, Tallulah,

Tugalo and Chattooga Rivers, GA and SC.

Summary: EPA's review found that most project impacts were

adequately described. Additional information on sewage/water quality

impacts associated with increased recreational activities would have

been desirable.

ERP No. F-NPS-K60100-AZ Programmatic EIS--Juan Bautista de Anza

National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan, Implementation,

several counties, AZ and CA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No

formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. FS-SCS-G36081-TX Attoyac Bayou Watershed, Flood Prevention and

Watershed Protection, New Information concerning Installation of a

Multiple-purpose Reservoir on the Naconiche Creek Watershed for Flood

Prevention and Recreational Storage, Funding, Nacogdoches, Shelby, Rusk

and San Augustine Counties, TX.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred

alternative as described in the Final EIS.

Dated: October 22, 1996.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 96-27475 Filed 10-24-96; 8:45 am]

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