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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
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[Federal Register: December 31, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 250)]
[Notices]
[Page 67518]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6625-1]
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 May 18, 2001 (66 FR
27647).
Draft EISs
ERP No. D-BIA-K03026-CA Rating EC2, Teayawa Energy Center,
Construction and Operation of a 600 megawatt (MW)(nominal output),
Natural-Gas-Fired, Combined-Cycle Energy Center, On Indian Trust Land,
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Tribe, Coachella Valley,
Riverside County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested
additional information regarding potential impacts to air quality,
water resources, and other alternatives considered.
ERP No. D-BLM-K81027-NV Rating EC2, Nevada Test and Training Range
Resource Management Plan, (formerly Known as the Nellis Air Force Range
(NAFR)), Implementation, Clark, Nye and Lincoln Counties, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the
protection of water quality and biological resources, especially those
dependent on water quality, and asked that the Bureau of Land
Management incorporate pollution prevention practices in the resource
planning area.
ERP No. D-COE-E36180-MS Rating EC2, Yalobusha River Watershed,
Demonstration Erosion Control Project, Construction of Six Floodwater-
Retarding Structures, Yazoo Basin, Webster, Calhoun and Chickasaw
Counties, MS.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the long-terms
effects of the preferred channelization and reservoir alternative and
whether this was the best means to achieve project objectives.
ERP No. D-FHW-E40791-SC Rating EO2, James E. Clyburn Connector
Project, Construction of a Two-Lane Rural Roadway Northeast of
Orangeburg and Southwest of Sumter, Funding and US Army COE Section 404
Permit Issuance, Calhoun, Claredon and Sumter Counties, SC.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections to the project as
proposed because of the potential impacts to waters of the U.S., noise,
and habitat; and requested additional information regarding these
potential impacts.
ERP No. D-NPS-E65058-GA Rating LO, Fort Frederica National Monument
General Management Plan, Implementation, Saint Simons Island, Glynn
County, GA.
Summary: EPA review did not identify any potential environmental
impacts requiring substantive changes to the proposal.
ERP No. D-NPS-G61041-AR Rating LO, Little Rock Central High School
National Historic Site General Management Plan, Future Management and
Use, Implementation, Little Rock, AR.
Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the preferred
alternative.
ERP No. D-UAF-G11041-OK Rating EC2, Altus Air Force Base (AFB),
Proposed Airfield Repairs, Improvements, Adjustments to Aircrew
Training, and Installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) and a
Microwave Landing System (MLS), Jackson County, OK.
Summary: EPA has identified environmental concerns regarding the
need to provide more balance in the impact analysis and mitigation
measures.
ERP No. DS-FHW-H40088-IA Rating EC2, IA-100 Extension Around Cedar
Rapids, Edgewood Road to US 30, Reevaluation of the Project Corridor
and Changes in Environmental Requirements, Funding and US Army COE
Section 404 Permit Issuance, Linn County, IA.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns that the project as
proposed will affect the Rock Island Preserve both as a park and as
habitat for the Byssus Skipper, a state threatened species of
butterfly. EPA requested additional information regarding the design of
the preferred alternative so impacts to the Preserve, the butterfly,
wetlands and floodplains may be minimized.
Final EISs
ERP No. F-COE-G39033-LA West Bay Sediment Diversion Channel
Construction Project, Funding, Plaquemines Parish, LA.
Summary: EPA has no further comments to offer on the Final EIS and
has no objections to the selection of the lead agency's preferred
alternative.
ERP No. F-FHW-F40223-MN I-494 Reconstruction Corridor Study, I-394
on the west to the Minnesota River, Funding and US Army COE Section 404
Permit Issuance, Hennepin County, MN.
Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections that the final EIS
does not present an adequate wetland mitigation plan and that wetland
impacts have increased substantially. Until an adequate wetland
mitigation plan is developed, EPA would object to the issuance of a
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Permit for the Preferred Alternative
identified in the FEIS.
ERP No. F-FHW-K40239-CA Interstate 215 (I-215) Transportation
Improvements, from the short segments of CA-60 and CA-91 in the Cities
of Riverside andMoreno Valley, Funding, Riverside County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed continuing environmental concerns that the
project will provide only marginal relief to congestion while
compounding the poor air quality in the region. EPA requested
additional air quality information be included in the ROD.
ERP No. F-NPS-K61151-CA Lassen Volcanic National Park General
Management Plan, Implementation, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama
Counties, CA.
Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
Dated: December 20, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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