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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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 [Federal Register: January 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 13)]
[Notices]
[Page 5513-5514]
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) 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-AFS-L65367-AK Rating EC2, Chugach National Forest,
Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation,
Glacier, Seward and Cordora Ranger Districts, Kenai Peninsula Borough,
AK.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with the lack of
clarity in the direction and protections in the proposed Standards and
Guidelines and the lack of detail in the proposed monitoring and
evaluation plan. EPA recommended that the FEIS be revised clarifying
how the new plan would conform with the new planning rule, clarify and
strengthen the standards and guidelines, revise and refine the
monitoring plan, and provide information to support conclusions of the
predicted effects.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65327-WA Stimson Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (ANILCA) Access Easement Project, Easement
Authorization Grant for Construction, Reconstruction and Use of Seven
Road Segments for Hauling Logs and Resource Management, Colville
National Forest, Sullivan Ranger District, Pend Oreille County, WA.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65353-ID Lakeface-Lamb Fuel Reduction Project, To
Reduce the Risk of Lethal Fires within a Wildland/Urban Interface,
Implementation, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Priest Lake Ranger
District, Bonner County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65365-ID Swan Flat Timber Sale, Proposal to Cut and
Haul Sawtimber, Caribou National Forest, Land Resource Management Plan
(LRMP), Montpelier Ranger District, Bear Lake County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-BLM-K67040-CA Imperial Project, Open-Pit Precious Metal
Mining Operation Utilizing Heap Leach Processes, Updated Information
concerning ``Endangered, Rare or Threatened'' Biological Resources,
Plan of Operations and Reclamation Plan Approvals, Right-of-Way Grants,
Conditional Use/U.S. COE Permits, El Centro Resource Area, Desert
District.
    Summary: EPA commended BLM on its consideration of the unique
characteristics of the project area within the California Desert
Conservation Area, and the proposed project's potential irreparable
degradation of sacred and historic values of the Indian Pass-Running
Man Area of Traditional Cultural Concern, in identifying its preference
for the No Action Alternative.

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    ERP No. F-COE-H36110-NB Western Sarpy/Clear Creek Flood Reduction
Study Including Environmental Restoration Component, Lower Platte River
and Tributaries, Saunders and Sarpy Counties, NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed its continuing objections to this levee
project, as proposed, citing two significant environmental issues: (1)
Project need and alternatives; and (2) economic analysis.
    ERP No. F-SFW-K99029-CA San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat
Conservation and Open Space Plan, Issuance of Incidental Take Permit,
San Joaquin County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed continued concern with the proposed SJMSCP's
compliance with EPA's CWA Section 404(b)(1) guidelines. The Record of
Decision (ROD) should state that CWA Section 404 coverage is not
provided by the SJMSCP, describe Section 404(b)(1) requirements, and
describe the measures that will be taken to ensure full compensation
for temporal, spacial, and functional losses of open-space and multi-
species habitat. EPA requested early notification and participation in
the project's Regional General 404 Permit process.
    ERP No. FS-FHW-A42026-NB US Highway 75 Roadway Improvement, Murray,
Nebraska (Highway N-1) to Bellevue, Nebraska (Fairview Road), Updated
Information concerning Project Changes and Changes to the Existing
Environmental Setting, Funding, Cass and Sarpy Counties, NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed no objections to the project as proposed.

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-1688 Filed 1-18-01; 8:45 am]
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