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 30, 1997 through July

04, 1997 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 04, 1997 (62

FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-BLM-K67043-AZ Rating E02, Cyprus Miami Mining Leach

Facility Expansion Project, Construction and Operation, Plan of

Operations Approval and COE Section 404 Permit, Gila County, AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections since the proposed

alternative does not appear to be the least environmentally damaging

practicable alternative in accordance with guidelines pursuant to Clean

Water Act, Section 404. EPA believed additional financial assurance is

needed for the contingency of collecting and managing mine leachate. A

Clean Air Act conformity analysis is needed as the proposed facility

would generate an increase of over 100 tons per year of pollutants.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-L39041-OR Metolius Wild and Scenic River Management

Plan, Implementation, Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Range

District, Jefferson County, OR.

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

formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-COE-E90015-00, Pearl River in the Vicinity of Walkiah

Bluff, Wetland Restoration, Implementation, Picayune, Pearl River

County, MS and St. Tammany Parish, LA.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over the ability of

the project to maintain the proposed redirected flow regime on a long-

term basis, and suggested that the Corps develop a monitoring program

to review the project's status over a five-year period.

ERP No. F-SFW-L99005-WA, Plum Creek Timber Sale, Issuance of a

Permit to Allow Incidental Take and Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for

Threatened and Endangered Species, Implementation, Eastern and Western

Cascade Provinces in the Cascade Mountains, King and Kittitas Counties,

WA.

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

formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: July 22, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 97-19659 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]

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