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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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 [Federal Register: January 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 9)]
[Notices]
[Page 2902-2903]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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) 260-5076. 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-D36118-DE Rating LO, Fenwick Island Feasibility
Study, Storm Damage Reduction, Delaware Coast from Cape Henlopen to
Fenwick Island, Protective Berm and Dune Construction, Community of
Fenwick Island, Sussex County, DE.
    Summary: EPA did not have any objections regarding this proposed
project.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L60104-WA Rating EC2, Huckleberry Land Exchange
Consolidate Ownership and Enhance Future Conservation and Management,
Updated Information, Proposal to Exchange Land and Mineral Estates,
Federal Land and Non Federal Land, Mt. Baker--Snoqualmie National
Forest, Skagit Snohomish, King, Pierce, Kittitas, and Lewis Counties,
WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the condition
of Weyerhaeuser's commercial timberland parcels, especially high road
density, composition and structure which are being reviewed for
inclusion in the Mt. Baker--Snoqualmie National Forest. EPA also raised
concerns that the current resource allocations are not adequate to
restore water quality, aquatic habitat, habitat connectivity, and
critical endangered species habitat as proposed in the DEIS.
    ERP No. DS-BLM-K39058-CA Rating EC2, Cadiz Groundwater Storage and
Dry-Year Supply Program, Amendment

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of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, Additional
Information, Groundwater Monitoring and Management Program, Issuance of
Right-of-Way Grants and Permits, San Bernardino County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns based on potential impacts to
groundwater quality and quantity and uncertainties in the proposed
Groundwater Monitoring and Management Plan. EPA recommended that the
FEIS provide additional information regarding groundwater monitoring
and impacts, as well as crucial information on the Management Plan,
including protocols and criteria for selecting members for the
scientific and decisionmaking work groups, and for making
recommendations, independent review, and decisionmaking.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-COE-K36134-CA Murrieta Creek Flood Control and
Protection, Implementation, Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed objections that the Corps continues to
propose Alternative 6, which EPA believes is not economically or
environmentally feasible. EPA also noted that the Final EIS continues
to be inadequate. EPA is particularly concerned over impacts to
wetlands.
    ERP No. F-FHW-D40267-WV WV-9 Improvements, from Charles Town Bypass
(U.S. 340) to the Virginia Line, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,
Shenandoah River, Jefferson Co., WV and Loudoun Co., VA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern over the level of information
provided for a causeway construction, construction-related traffic; and
impacts from and to an adjacent quarry.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40233-CA US-7 Expressway Project, Construction
between CA-98 to Interstate 8, Improve Access to the new Calexico East
Port of Entry, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, Imperial County, CA.
    Summary: EPA is generally satisfied with the information
supplemented in the FEIS which disclose potential indirect and
cumulative project impacts, and with the steps that will be taken to
reduce adverse impacts to water quality.

    Dated: January 9, 2001.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal
Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-1117 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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