Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5488-1]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared December 29, 1997 Through

January 02, 1998 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

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(EISs) was published in FR dated April 11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-FHW-C40141-NY Rating EC2, Judd Road Connector

Transportation Improvements, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

Village of New York Mills, Towns of New Hartford and Whitestown, Oneida

County, NY.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to

wetlands and recommended the Southern alignment and the single point

interchange be chosen.

ERP No. D-FHW-G40146-NM Rating LO, New Mexico Highway 126 (NM-126),

Cuba-La Cueva Road (also Known as Forest Highway 12) Improvement, COE

Section 404 Permit and NPDES Permit, Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties,

NM.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the lead agency's

preferred alternative as described in the DEIS.

ERP No. D-GSA-J81009-CO Rating EC2, Denver Federal Center Master

Site Plan, Implementation, City of Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential

water quality and wetland impacts. EPA requested that these issues be

fully addressed in the final EIS. EPA also requested that clarification

on how future development relate to the on going clean-up under RCRA

and CERCLA.

ERP No. DS-COE-G32054-00 Rating LO, Red River Waterway, Louisiana,

Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma and Related Projects, New and Updated

Information, Red River Below Denison Dam Levee Rehabilition,

Implementation, Hempstead, Lafayette and Miller Counties, AR.

Summary: EPA expressed no objection to the selection of the

mitigation measures as described in the EIS based on the Corp's

preferred alternative.

ERP No. DS-USA-E65040-MS Rating EC2, Camp Shelby Continued Military

Training Activities, Use of National Forest Lands, Updated Information,

Final Site Selection Authorization for Implementation of the Proposed

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Ranges, Special Use Permit, DeSoto National

Forest, Forrest, George and Perry Counties, MS.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential

wetland, wildlife habitate loss/modification and noise impacts. EPA

requested that additional information on these issues be provided in

the final document.

ERP No. D1-FAA-C51020-NY Rating EC2, Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

(TDWR) Installation and Operation, Serve the John F. Kennedy

International Airports (JFK) and La Guardia (LFA), Site Specific, Air

Station Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, King County, NY.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential

hazardous waste and carbon monoxide air quality impacts. EPA requested

that FAA commit to comprehensively characterize any contamination prior

to implementation and do carbon monoxide hot spot analysis.

Final EISs

ERP No. F-DOE-E09802-SC, Savannah River Site, Shutdown of the River

Water System (DOE/EIS-0268D), Implementation, Aiken, SC.

Summary: EPA continues to express concerns about the project's

ecological risks and impacts on endangered species. EPA encourages

completion of consultations with the Natural Resources Trustees before

issuing any CERCLA Record of Decision on the River Water Distribution

System.

ERP No. F-FHW-C40138-NY, NY-17 Highway Conversion from a Partial to

a Full Access Control Facility, Five-Mile Point to Occanum and NY-17

Rehabilitation or Reconstruction, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit

Issuance, Towns of Kirkwood and Windsor, Broome County, NY.

Summary: EPA's concerns were addressed in the final EIS and has no

objections to implementing the project as proposed.

ERP No. F-TVA-E06017-AL, Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Conversion

Project, Construction and Operation, NPDES Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, Tennessee River near Hollywood, AL.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns primarily involve the

EIS connected issue of impacts associated with the construction of a

natural gas pipeline (separate NEPA issue and federal lead agency)

logically needed to adequately supply the proposed conversion of

Bellefonte to natural gas. Proposed coordination with local residents

was also recommended.

Regulations

ERP No. R-ACH-A99216-00, 36 CFR part 800--Revised Regulation

Implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation

Administration.

Summary: EPA's primary issue is the definition of ``undertaking''

EPA would like to resolve interpretation of this definition before the

regulations are adopted as final.

Dated: January 13, 1998.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 98-1160 Filed 1-15-98; 8:45 am]

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