[Federal Register: April 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 73)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6241-8]

 
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared March 22, 1999 Through March 
26, 1999 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 10, 1998 (63 
FR 17856).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65288-CO Rating EC2, Uncompahgre National Forest 
Travel Plans Revision, Implementation, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and 
Gunnison National Forests, Garrison, Hinsdale Mesa, Montrose, Ouray and 
San Juan Counties, CO.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
adverse impacts to wetlands and water quality. EPA requested that the 
final EIS include additional measures and information regarding Forest 
Plan implementation.
    ERP No. D-AFS-J65295-MT Rating EC2, Clancy-Unionville Vegetation 
Manipulation and Travel Management Project, Implementation, Helene 
National Forest, Helena Ranger District, Lewis and Clark and Jefferson 
Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about adverse impacts 
to water and air quality and fisheries and wildlife habitat.
    ERP No. D-AFS-J65296-MT Rating EC2, Swamp Timber Sales Project, 
Implementation, Kootenai National Forest, Fortine Ranger District, 
Lincoln County, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential 
short-term risks to Swamp and Edna Creeks, listed as threatened or 
impaired by the State of Montana and from proposed timber harvest and 
road construction.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K65213-NV Rating EC2, Sonoma-Gerlach and Paradise-
Denio Management Framework Plans Amendment, Implementation of 
Management of the Black Rock Desert, Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe 
Counties, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the proposed 
``common pool'' system for permitting large-scale events. Cumulative 
impacts to the playa surface, and other sensitive resources should be 
addressed in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-DOA-K36126-HI Rating EC2, Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed 
Plan, To Provide a Stable and Affordable Supply of Agricultural Water 
to Farmer and Other, COE Section 404 Permit, Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention, Hawaii County, HI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with minimal in-
stream base flows and the dewatering of sources. EPA suggests that 
evaluations of water rights; equitable water allocations as well as 
environmental consequences of the other, non-selected alternatives.
    ERP No. D-NPS-G61039-TX Rating LO, Lyndon B. Johnson National 
Historical Park, Package 227, General Management Plan, Implementation, 
Blanco and Gillespie Counties, TX.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.
    ERP No. D-NPS-G65068-LA Rating LO, New Orleans Jazz National 
Historical Park, General Management Plan, Implementation, City of New 
Orleans, Parish of Orleans, LA.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.
    ERP No. D-NPS-K65212-CA Rating LO, Mojave National Preserve General 
Management Plan, Implementation, San Bernardino County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.
    ERP No. DR-NPS-L61160-AK Rating LO, Legislative--Lower Sheejek 
River, Revised/Updated Information, Designation and Non-Designation for 
inclusion in the National Wild and Scencic River System, Tributary of 
the Porcupine River, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, AK.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.
    ERP No. DS-NPS-K61123-CA Rating LO, Backcounty and Wilderness 
Management Plan, Additional Information, General Management Plan 
Amendment, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside and San Bernardino 
Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed lack of objections.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K65195-CA Desolation Wilderness Management Guidelines 
Revisions for the Eldorado National Forest and the Lake Tahoe Basin 
Management Unit (LTBMU), Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC), Eldorado 
County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65202-AK Crystal Creek Timber Harvest, 
Implementation the 1997 Tongass Land Management Plan, Stikine Area, 
Tongass National Forest, AK.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K65204-AZ Hualapai Mountain Land Exchange/Plan 
Amendment, Implementation, Kingman and Dutch Flat, Mohave County, AZ.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS has been completed and the project 
found to be satisfactory.
    ERP No. F-COE-K39051-CA Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) 
Water Conservation and Supply and Santa Fe--Whittier Narrows Dams 
Feasibility Study, Implementation, Los Angeles County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-DOE-G06010-NM Los Alamos National Laboratory Continued 
Operation Site-Wide, Implementation, Los Alamos County, NM.
    Summary: Review of the FEIS was not deemed necessary. No formal 
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-NPS-J61099-UT Capitol Reef National Park, Implementation, 
General Management Plan, Development Concept Plan, Emery, Garfield, 
Sevier and Wayne Counties, UT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to potential 
adverse impacts of non-point source pollution from herbicides used to 
control noxious weeds.
    ERP No. FS-AFS-K65193-NV Griffon Mining Project, Implementation, 
Updated Information, Revision for Expanding Gold Mining, Plan of 
Operations, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests, Ely Ranger District, 
White Pine County, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing objections about potential 
adverse impacts to water quality and requested that modifications to 
the ROD or stipulations in Supplement Plan of Operations be implemented 
to ensure the proposed water quality mitigation measures, especially 
stream fencing contingency mitigation, occur prior to project 
initiation.
    ERP No. FS-COE-L36011-00 Columbia and Lower Willamette River

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Federal Navigation Channel, Integrated Dredge Material Management 
Study, OR and WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the EIS lacks 
information regarding dredged disposal sites, EPA expressed 
environmental concerns that the EIS lacks information regarding dredged 
disposal sites, impacts of the new channel and sediment regimes, 
cumulative impacts, commitments to implement Ecosystem Restoration 
measures, and evaluation of relationship between proposed dredging 
activities and future decision on draw down on the Columbia and Snake 
Rivers.

    Dated: April 13, 1999.
Ken Mittelholtz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 99-9592 Filed 4-15-99; 8:45 am]
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