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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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 [Federal Register: June 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 116)]
[Notices]
[Page 32616]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15jn01-57]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-6619-1]
 
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 the Federal Register dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-L65379-ID Rating EC2, Little Weiser Landscape 
Vegetation ManagementProject, Implementation, Council Ranger 
District,Payette National Forest, Adams County, ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about the range of alternatives and 
requested further information on environmental consequences related to 
water and air quality.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40164-TX Rating EC2, President George Bush Turnpike 
(PGBT) Segment IV,Improvement from Interstate Highway 35E to Interstate 
Highway 635, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, Dallas County, TX.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested 
additional information in the Final EIS regarding floodplain and 
wetland mitigation, borrow pit construction and buffering.
    ERP No. D-NPS-K61153-CA Rating EC2, Alcatraz Island Historic 
Preservation and SafetyConstruction Program, Protection and 
Implementation, San Francisco County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns regarding impacts due to lead based 
paint, asbestos, and polychlorinated biphenyls and recommended 
additional information regarding releases of these materials and 
mitigation measures. EPA also requested additional information and 
mitigation of impacts to water quality and habitat from dock repairs 
and mitigation measures to reduce PM10 emissions.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FTA-C54008-NY East Side Access Project, Improve Access to 
Manhattan's East Side for Commuters in the LongIsland Transportation 
Corridor (LITC), MTA LongIsland Rail Road (LIRR), Funding, Nassau, 
Suffolk,New York, Queens and Bronx Counties, NY.
    Summary: All of EPA's concerns from the draft have been addressed 
in the final EIS.
    ERP No. F-JUS-G81009-TX Immigration and Naturalization Service 
(INS) Detention Facility Construction in the Houston Area, TX.
    Summary: EPA has no objections to the action as proposed.
    ERP No. F-USN-K11085-HI Fort Kamehameha Outfall Replacement for 
Wastewater Treatment Plant, Navy Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, HI.
    Summary: EPA remains concerned due to project impacts related to 
turbidity, coral heath and ocean disposal of dredged material. EPA 
requested that the Navy address these issues in the Record of Decision.

    Dated: June 12, 2001.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-15168 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
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