[Federal Register: May 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 93)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6242-6]

 
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared April 19, 1999 Through April 
23, 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 09, 1999 (64 
FR 17362).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-L65207-OR Rating *LO, Young'n Timber Sales, 
Implementation, Willamette National Forest Land and Resource Management 
Plan, Middle Fork Ranger District, Lane County, OR.
    Summary: EPA used a screening tool to conduct a limited review of 
this action. Based upon the screen, EPA does not foresee having any 
environmental objections to the proposed project. Therefore, EPA will 
not be conducting a detailed review.
    ERP No. D-AFS-L65304-OR Rating EC2, Moose Subwatershed Timber 
Harvest and Other Vegetation Management Actions, Central Cascade 
Adaptive Management (CCAMA), Willamette National Forest, Sweet Home 
Ranger District, Linn County, OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the proposed 
timber harvest due to entry into roadless area and the potential for 
impact to water quality and recommended that the Forest Service 
continue to monitor for water quality impacts.
    ERP No. D-COE-J36050-ND Rating EO2, Maple River Dam and Reservoir, 
Construction and Operation, Flood Control, Cass County Joint Water 
Resource District, Cass County, ND.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the project on 
the basis of: (1) the lack of adequate provisions to identify and 
protect aquatic habitats, (2) exceedances of water quality standards, 
(3) the uncertainty of the mitigation, restoration and conservation 
efforts, (4) the lack of information on future flood control 
activities, (5) future growth and development impacts in the lower 
watershed area, (6) a cumulative impacts analysis that was limited to 
water chemistry, (7) a substantial need to address the watershed as a 
unit.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65255-AK, Control Lake Timber Sale, Implementation, 
Prince of Wales Island, 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-L65294-OR, Beaty Butte Allotment Management Plan, 
Implementation, Lakeview District, Hart Mountain National Antelope 
Refuge, Lake and Harney Counties, OR.
    Summary: The Final EIS has addressed the issues EPA raised in the 
draft EIS.
    ERP No. FS-COE-G32054-00, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, Texas, 
Arkansas and Oklahoma and Related Projects, New and Updated 
Information, Red River Below Denison Dam Levee Rehabilition, 
Implementation, Hempstead, Lafayette and Miller Counties, AR.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred 
alternative described in the FSEIS.

    Dated: May 11, 1999.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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