[Federal Register: January 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 5)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5498-6]

 
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared December 21, 1998 Through 
December 25, 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 (EISs) was published in FR dated April 
10, 1998 (62 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-DOE-E09802-00 Rating EC2, Commercial Light Water Reactor 
for the Production of Tritium at one or more Facilities:
    Watts Bar 1. Spring City, TN; Sequoyah 1 and 2 Soddy Daisy, TN; 
Bellefonte Units 1 and 2, Hollywood, AL, Approval of Permits and 
Licenses, TN and AL.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns about the project; and 
requested more information about the comparative costs of the Tritium 
production alternatives, processes, and potential environmental 
impacts.
    ERP No. D-SFW-K65115-CA Rating EO2, Headwaters Forest Acquisition 
and the Palco Sustained Yield Plan and Habitat Conservation Plan, 
Implementation, Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections and has identified 
key issues which need to be better addressed to fashion a more 
environmentally beneficial package. EPA key issues primarily focus on 
improvements EPA would like to see in the aquatics section of the HCP: 
cumulative watershed effects analysis process, Mass Wasting Strategy, 
wider riparian buffer zones consistent with recent State legislation, 
road storm-proofing program and wet weather road use, herbicide/forest 
chemical use, implementation, compliance, and monitoring.
    ERP No. D-USA-K11092-AZ Rating EC2, Yuma Proving Ground 
Multipurpose Installation, Diversification of Mission and Changes to 
Land Use, NPDES General Permit and COE Section 404 Permit, Yuma and La 
Pas Counties, AZ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns due to the lack of 
detailed analyses pertaining to actions associated with implementing 
the preferred alternative.
    ERP No. D-USA-K26001-HI Rating LO, Schofield Barracks Wastewater 
Treatment Plant (WWTP), Effluent Treatment and Disposal, NPDES Permit 
and COE Section 404 Permit, City of County of Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objection to the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-USN-K11094-00 Rating EC2, Developing Home Port Facilities 
For Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific 
Fleet, Construction and Operation, Coronado, CA; Bremerton and Everett, 
WA, Pearl Harbor, HI.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns at the three 
alternative sites in California and Washington State that were 
identified as part of the Proposed Action regarding dredging and 
dredged material disposal; impacts to marine water quality and aquatic 
biological resources; air quality; pollution prevention; and cumulative 
impacts. EPA noted that are dredging and dredged material disposal 
issues that need to be examined by EPA should the Navy decide to 
homeport a Nimitz-class carrier at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    ERP No. DS-NOA-K90020-CA Rating EC2, Coastal Pelagic Species 
Fishery Management Plan Amendment 8, (Formerly Known as Northern 
Anchovy Fishery Management Plan), Approval and Implementation, WA, CA 
and OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern with potential impacts 
to endangered marine mammals and birds, the minimal development of 
stock recovery plans (rebuilding program, pg B-81), and scarcity of 
firm data upon which to base management decisions. Additional 
information and clarification were requested regarding EPA above 
concerns.
    ERP No. DS-UMC-K24018-CA Rating EO2, Sewage Effluent Compliance 
Project, Updated and Additional Information, Implementation, Lower 
Santa Margarita Basin, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Diego 
County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed 
project based on potential adverse impacts to waters of the United 
States, and special aquatic sites. EPA requested additional data and 
assurances of mitigation, to avoid potential degradation of a riparian 
habitat mitigation area and a coastal salt marsh, from disposal of 
sewage effluent.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-DOE-J22005-CO Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site 
Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Srub Alloy Stored, Golden, 
CO.
    Summary: EPA had no comments on the final document.
    ERP No. F-FAA-E51045-FL Miami International Airport Master Plan 
Update for the Proposed New Runway, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, 
Miami-Dade County, FL.

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    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about a number of 
noise related issues raised in the DEIS were not adequately addressed 
in the FEIS. Concern was also expressed that, in spite of significant 
noise to residents near the airport, adequate mitigation is lacking.
    ERP No. F-NOA-L90027-AK Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research 
Reserve (KBNERR) Management Plan, Operations and Development, 
Southcentral, AK.
    Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-USN-E11039-FL Cecil Field Naval Air Station Disposal and 
Reuse, Implementation, City of Jacksonville, Duval and Clay Counties, 
FL.
    Summary: EPA had a lack of objection to the proposed project.

    Dated: January 5, 1999.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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