[Federal Register: May 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 88)]
[Notices]               
[Page 24648-24649]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07my99-80]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6242-4]

 
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared April 12, 1999 Through April 
16, 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 9, 1999 (64 FR 
17362).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-DOA-F36162-MN, Rating EC2, Snake River Watershed Plan, 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention, NPDES Permit and COE section 
404 Permit, Marshall Pennington and Polk Counties, MN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding 
alternatives, characterization of the affected environment, impacts to 
wetlands and waters of the United States, and mitigation. EPA requested 
that those issues be addressed in the final document.
    ERP No. D-USA-G11036-AR, Rating EC2, Fort Chaffee Disposal and 
Reuse, Implementation, Ozark Mountains, Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin, 
Smith, Barling and Greenwood Counties, AR.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns regarding potential 
wetland, and landfill expansion impact. EPA requested that the final 
document provide additional information on these issues.
    ERP No. DA-NOA-K91007-00, Rating EC2, Pacific Coast Salmon Plan 
(1997) for Amendment 14, Fishery Management Plan, Comprehensive 
Updating, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Off the Coasts of WA, OR and 
CA.
    Summary: EPA requested addition information on hook-and release 
mortality assumptions, misidentification of harvestable fish and 
modelling limits.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-COE-K01008-CA, Santa Maria and Sisquoc Rivers Specific 
Plan, Mining and Reclamantion Plans, (MRPs), Coast Rock Site and S.P. 
Milling Site, Conditional Use Permits, Approval of Reclamantion Plans, 
and Section 404 Permits, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County, CA.
    Summary: The FEIS satisfactorily addressed EPA's previous 
objections. EPA requested that the mitigation measures described in the 
FEIS be included in the Corps' Record of Decision and as permit 
conditions in the Clean Water Act Section 404 permits for the proposed 
mining activities.
    ERP No. F-SFW-K65115-CA, Headwaters Forest Acquisition and the 
Palco Sustained Yield Plan and Habitat Conservation Plan, 
Implementation, Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA supports the proposed HCP, EPA remains concerned with 
the ability of the lead agencies to fully implement all commitments and 
with the precedent of permitting timber harvest at a level that exceeds 
growth for the first two decades. Since these watersheds are already 
over the cumulative effects threshold, EPA recommended reduced harvest 
levels or limitations on clearcutting.
    ERP No. FC-NOA-L64015-AK, Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands Area and Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, 
Implementation of Groundfish Total Allowable Catch Specifications and 
Prohibited Species Catch Limits Under the Authority of the Fishery 
Management Plans, AK.
    Summary: EPA believes that NMFS was generally responsive to EPA's 
concerns at the DEIS stage. However, EPA continue to be concerned with 
the range of alternatives related to the ``Total Allowable Catch'' and 
the depth of discussion on impacts to Sensitive Species and Native 
Subsistence need.

[[Page 24649]]

    ERP No. FS-NOA-A91054-00, Atlantic, Gulf and Caribean Exclusive 
Economic Zones (EEZ) Billfish Fishery Management Plan, White and Blue 
Marlin, Sailfish, and the Longbill Spearfish, Implemetation.
    Summary: EPA had not objections to the proposed regulations.

    Dated: May 4, 1999.
William A. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 99-11558 Filed 05-06-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-U