Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5488-3]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of

EPA Comments

Availability of EPA comments prepared January 5, 1998 through

January 9, 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) 260-5076. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft

environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April

11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D-FHW-B59000-RI Rating EC2, Newport Marine Facilities

Project, To Develop the Marine Mode of the Intermodal Gateway

Transportation Center, Selected siting in various locations within the

City of Newport, Towns of Middletown and Portsmouth, Funding, COE

Section 404 Permit and US Coast Guard Permit, Aquidreck Island, RI.

Summary: EPA requested that additional information be provided with

respect to water quality, contaminated sediments and eelgrass to fully

disclose the environmental impacts of the proposed project.

ERP No. D-NOA-B39035-MA Rating LO, New Bedford Harbor Environment

Restoration Plan, Implementation, Acushnet River, Buzzards Bay, MA.

Summary: EPA endorsed the 12 alternatives selected for near term

implementation toward restoration of the New Bedford Harbor. EPA also

explained that it does not support activities that would increase or

alter the spacial extent of PCB contamination as a result of

resuspension and that the agency will continue to work to ensure that

none of the restoration work will interfere with or delay the ongoing

Superfund work in the harbor.

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Final EISs

ERP No. F-AFS-L65286-OR, Summit Fire Recovery Forest Restoration

Project, Implementation, Malheur National Forest, Long Creek Ranger

District, Grant 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-FAA-B51025-NH, Manchester (New Hampshire) Airport Master

Plan Update, Improvements to Airside and Landside Facilities, Airport

Layout Plan, Permits and Approvals, Manchester, NH.

Summary: EPA continues to have concerns regarding wetlands, air

quality, and alternative modes of transportation.

ERP No. F-FHW-C40136-NY, Stutson Street BIN-3317120 Over Genesee

River (PIN 4751.05.121), from the Interchange of the Lake Ontario State

Parkway and Latta Road to Lake Shore Boulevard, COE Section 10 and 404

Permit, and Coast Guard Bridge Permits, in the City of Rochester, Town

of Greece and Irondequoit, Monroe County, NY.

Summary: EPA had no objection to the action as proposed.

ERP No. FS-FHW-B40029-VT, Burlington Southern Connector, I-189 to

Battery Street, Additional Information, Funding, Burlington, Chittenden

County, VA.

Summary: EPA continues to express concerns regarding wetland, water

and air quality and superfund issues. EPA requested that these issues

be clarified in the Record of Decision.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 98-1655 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]

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