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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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 [Federal Register: August 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 156)]
[Notices]
[Page 49238]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6610-2]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared 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 14, 2000 (65
FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-COE-E35085-MS Rating EU2, Destination Broadwater Project,
Proposed Redevelopment and Construction of a large-scale Casino
Destination Resort in Biloxi, Approval of Permits for Section 10 of the
River and Harbor Act and Section 404 of the CWA, Harrison County, MS.
    Summary: EPA rated the applicant's proposal as environmentally
unsatisfactory based on the potential for significant adverse
consequences to important aquatic resources of the Mississippi Sound,
as well as the availability of other less environmentally damaging
alternatives.
    ERP No. D-COE-E36178-00 Rating LO, Wolf River Ecosystem
Restoration, Memphis, Tennessee Feasibility Study, Marshall, Benton and
Tippah Counties, MS and Shelby, Fayette and Harderman, TN.
    Summary: Structural measures of the proposed action will
significantly improve fish and wildlife habitat in the watershed.
Therefore, EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-COE-H36108-NB Rating EC2, Sand Creek Watershed
Restoration Project, To Develop Environmental Restoration, City of
Wahoo, Saunders County, NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern that the need for the project was
not demonstrated given the current state of the watershed. The effects
of improved agricultural management practices which have been
implemented over the past thirteen years were not addressed and many
contemporary farming practices, (such as conservation tillage, no-till,
etc.) have been implemented for the express purpose of improving water
quality and controlling soil and nutrient loss.
    ERP No. D-NPS-E61075-FL Rating EC2, Dry Tortugas National Park
General Management Plan, Implementation, Monroe County, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns and requested additional
information on management plan implementation, enforcement, and
mitigation of both existing conditions and possible future impacts.
    ERP No. DS-NOA-E64016-FL Rating EC2, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary (FKNMS), Comprehensive Management Plan, Updated Information,
Proposal to Establish a No-Take Ecological Reserve in the Tortugas
Region, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed
management plan. EPA requested details of the plan be included in the
final document.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-F65026-MN, Gunflint Corridor Fuel Reduction,
Implementation, Superior National Forest, Gunflint Ranger District,
Cook County, MN.
    Summary: The FEIS adequately addressed our concerns, regarding
potential impacts to wetlands, water, and air quality. Therefore, EPA
has no objection to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-DOE-E09804-FL, JEA Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
Combustor Project, 300 Megawatt-Electric, Coal and Petroleum Coke-
Fired, CFB Combustor and Boiler to Repower an existing Steam Turbine at
JEA's North-side Generating Station Construction and Operation,
Funding, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL.
    Summary: EPA appreciates the mitigation measures DOE will employ to
address potential impacts of this project, but we continue to have
environmental concerns about potential process releases.
    ERP No. F-FRC-K05055-CA, Potter Valley Project Proposed Changes in
Minimum Flow Requirements, License Amendment, (FERC Project No. 77-
110), Lake and Mendocino Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continuing concerns involving the range of
alternatives and the relative weight given to economic factors
unrelated to fishery health in selecting a preferred alternative.
    ERP No. F-TVA-E65054-TN, Tellico Reservoir Land Management Plan,
Implementation of Seven Mainstream and Two Tributary Reservoirs,
Blount, Loudon and Monroe, Tn.
    Summary: EPA recognized that the preferred management plan should
environmentally improve the management of the Tellico Reservoir lands.
EPA expressed concern over the continued pressure for development,
timbering and recreation in the southeast, and the resulting impacts to
water quality and other environmental resources.

Regulations

    ERP No. R-APH-A99020-00, Pipeline Safety: Areas Unusually Sensitive
to Environmental Damage
    Summary: EPA had objections to the proposed regulations. EPA
believes that the proposed regulations do not adequately address our
substantial concerns about how the Unusually Sensitive Areas will be
defined. Several recommendation were offered.

    Dated: August 8, 2000.
Joseph P. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 00-20437 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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