[Federal Register: November 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 214)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6247-8]

 
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared October 18, 1999 Through 
October 22, 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, 1999 (63 
FR 17856).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-J65314-MT Rating EC2, Flathead National Forest, Swan 
Lake Ranger District, Meadow Smith Project, Vegetative Treatments and 
Other Activities to Maintain and Restore Large-Tree Old Grow Forest 
Characteristics, Lake and Missoula Counties, MT.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential 
adverse impacts to the watershed from proposed road density.
    EPA believes additional monitoring information is needed to fully 
assess and mitigate all potential impacts of the management actions.
    ERP No. D-BLM-G65069-NM Rating EC2, Rio Puerco Resource Management 
Plan Amendment, Managing Land and Resource for EL Malpais National 
Conservation Area and Chain of Craters Wilderness Study Area, Lies 
South of the City of Grants, Cibola County, NM.
    Summary: EPA has identified environmental concerns in the areas of 
mitigation, livestock grazing, water quality, recreation, 
transportation, cultural resources, wildlife habitat, and environmental 
justice. EPA requested that these issues be clarified in the final 
document.
    ERP No. D-COE-C30010-NJ Rating EC2, Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg 
Inlet Hurricane and Storm Damage Protection, Implementation, Long Beach 
Island, Ocean County, NJ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
cumulative impacts associated with this and other related erosion/storm 
damage protection projects in the area. EPA requested that additional 
information be presented in the final EIS to address this issue.
    ERP No. D-FHW-E40780-NC Rating EC2, US-1 Transportation 
Improvements, From Sandhill Road (SR-197) to North to Fox Road (SR-
1606), Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, City of Rockingham, Richmond 
County, NC.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern regarding purpose and need, 
alternatives and wetland impacts. EPA requested that these issues be 
clarified and mitigated as necessary.
    ERP No. D-FHW-J40150-ND Rating LO, Interstate 29 Reconstruction 
Project, Improvements from Rose Coulee to Cass County Road No. 20, 
Funding, City of Fargo, ND.
    Summary: EPA requested additional information and clarification 
related to project alternatives. The review did not identify and 
potential impacts requiring substantive changes to the proposal.
    ERP No. D-USN-K11103-GU Rating EC2, Surplus Navy Property 
Identified in the Guam Land Use Plan (GLUP '94) for Disposal and Reuse, 
Implementation, GU.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the air modeling data and 
cumulative impacts analysis. EPA requested that the air quality data be 
corrected and that additional cumulative impacts analysis be provided 
in the final document.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65308-ID, Eagle Bird Project Area, Timber Harvesting 
and Road Construction, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, St. Joe Ranger 
District, Shoshone County, ID.
    Summary: EPA continues to be concerned that funding for road 
improvements and obliteration are uncertain. Thus, impacts from the 
project may not be completely mitigated.
    ERP No. F-FHW-F40374-MN, MN-TH-14 Corridor Reconstruction, MN-TH-60 
to I-35, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, Blue Earth, 
Waseca and Steele Counties, MN.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the completeness 
of the traffic analysis used in the FEIS and a potential discrepancy in 
the FEIS regarding the total amount of wetland impacts. EPA recommends 
that these two issues be resolved in the Record of Decision and that 
narrow construction limits be used to reduce wetland impacts.
    ERP No. F-USN-K11094-00, 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 a continuing concern regarding sediment 
quality, dredging and dredged material disposal issues at Pearl Harbor 
Naval Shipyard and, to a lesser extent, at North Island Naval Air 
Station, asking that the Navy address these issues in its NEPA Record 
of Decision and/or in any subsequent permit application(s) to the Army 
Corps of Engineers. On other issues the FEIS was generally responsive 
to prior concerns EPA raised on the Draft EIS.
    ERP No. FA-NIH-D81023-MD, National Institutes of Health Bethesda 
Main Campus Comprehensive Master Plan, Updated and Additional 
Information for the Revision to the Northwest Sector Plan, Montgomery 
County, MD.
    Summary: EPA has determined that the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services has adequately addressed its comments within the Final 
Supplemental EIS.
    ERP No. FS-NRC-A00164-00, Generic EIS--License Renewal of Nuclear 
Power Plants Operating Licenses, NUREG-1437 Addendum 1.
    Summary: No formal comment letter sent to preparing agency.

    Dated: November 2, 1999.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
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