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under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on 12/16/99;

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this collection of information is

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Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

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and

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Dated: April 17, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

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Availability of EPA Comments

Prepared April 3, 2000 Through April 7,

2000 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 09, 1999 (63 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–L65345–WA Rating

NR, Deadman Creek Ecosystem

Management Projects, Implementation,

Kettle Falls Ranger District, Colville

National Forest, Ferry County, WA.

Summary: EPA Region X used a

screening tool to conduct a limited

review of this action. Based upon this

screen, EPA does not foresee having any

environmental objections to the

proposed project. Therefore, EPA will

not be conducting a detailed review.

ERP No. D–BLM–K67051–NV Rating

EO2, Marigold Mine Expansion Project,

Implementation, COE Section 404

Permit, Special-Use-Permit, Humboldt

County, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed objections

with the project’s potential impacts to

surface and ground water quality from

mine facilities, including the postclosure pit lake; and to air quality,

especially from mercury emissions.

Additional information was requested

regarding impacts to water and air

quality, ecological risks, bonding and

closure, mitigation measures, and

geochemical characterization.

ERP No. D–BLM–L65338–OR Rating

EC2, John Day River Management Plan,

Implementation, John Day River Basin,

Gilliam, Grant, Wheeler, Crook, Harney,

Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla,

Union and Wasco Counties, OR.

Summary: EPA expressed concern

about the degraded environmental

conditions in the wild and scenic

corridor and the relatively minor

adjustments being proposed for land

management, which may not be

sufficient to protect/enhance the

resource values, or comply with state

water quality standards. EPA requested

that the plan include both

implementation and effectiveness

monitoring to measure progress in

meeting goals/objectives, and to enable

BLM and partners to make needed

adjustments.

ERP No. D–FHW–G40156–TX Rating

EC2, TX–130 Construction, I–35 of

Georgetown to I–10 near Seguin,

Funding, COE Section 404 Permit,

Williamson, Travis, Caldwell,

Guadalupe Counties, TX.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

impacts relating to farmlands,

relocation/displacement, air quality,

wetlands, and cultural resources. EPA

requested that additional information on

these issues be included in the final

document.

ERP No. D–FHW–G40157–TX Rating

EC2, Tyler Loop 49 West, Construction

from the TX–155 Highway to I–20

Highway, Funding, NPDES and COE

Section 404 Permits, Smith County, TX.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

farmland impacts, air quality impacts,

and noise impacts. EPA requested that

additional information on these issues

be incorporated in the final EIS.

ERP No. D–NPS–K65325–CA Rating

LO, Merced Wild and Scenic River

Comprehensive Management Plan,

Implementation, Yosemite National

Park and the EL Portal Administrative

Site, Tuolumne, Merced, Mono,

Mariposa and Madera Counties, CA.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to

the over all management plan, future

concerns might exist for specific tiered

projects.

ERP No. DA–AFS–L65155–00 Rating

EC2, Northern Spotted Owl

Management Plan, Updated Information

for Amendment to the Survey and

Manage, Protection Buffer and Other

Mitigating Measures, Standards and

Guidelines (to the Northwest Forest

Plan), Late-Successional and Old

Growth Forest Related Species Within

the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl,

OR, WA and CA.

Summary: EPA expressed concern

regarding project impacts for those

species removed from protection and/or

provided less protection than in the

original plan. EPA also expressed

concern about certain aspects of the

proposed management direction for

those species that will continue to be

covered by these Standards and

Guidelines and about the social/

economic implications of the plan.

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ERP No. DS–COE–H36012–MO Rating

EU3, St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid

Floodway, Channel Enlargement and

Improvement, Flood Control, National

Economic Development (NED)

Mississippi River & Tributaries, MO.

Summary:EPA expressed significant

objections regarding the lack of

information regarding potential impacts

to over 36,000 acres of wetlands in the

Mississippi River floodplain. EPA

requested that the Corps formally revise

the Draft Supplemental EIS to include

further development of alternatives,

improved wetlands determinations,

cumulative impact analysis, water

quality impacts, and appropriate

mitigation measures.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–FHW–K40216–AZ, AZ–260

Transportation Improvements, between

Payson and Heber, Funding, NPDES and

COE Section 404 Permits, Gila,

Coconino and Navajo Counties, AZ.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–NPS–H61020–00, Missouri

National Recreational River, General

Management Plan, Implementation,

Cedar and Dixon Counties, NB and

Yakton, Clay and Union Counties, SD.

Summary: EPA has no objections with

the General Management Plan described

in the FEIS.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa.

Weekly Receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements

Filed April 10, 2000 Through April 14,

2000

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9

EIS No. 200108, Draft EIS, AFS, 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, Due:

June 05, 2000, Contact: David Asleson

(208)

443–2512.

EIS No. 200109, Draft Supplement, AFS,

UT, Rhyohite Fuel Ecosystem

Rehabilitation Project to the South

Spruce Ecosystem Rehabilitation

Project, Implementation, Dixie

National Forest, Cedar City Ranger

District, Iron County, UT, Due: June

05, 2000, Contact: Philip G.

Eisenhauer (435) 865–3200.

EIS No. 200110, Final EIS, BLM, WY,

South Baggs Natural Gas Development

Area, Proposal to Drill and Develop

50 Natural Gas Wells, Application for

Permit to Drill and COE Section 404

Permit, Carbon County, WY, Due:

May 22, 2000, Contact: Larry Jackson

(307) 328–4231.

EIS No. 200111, Draft EIS, SFW, NV,

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

Complex Comprehensive

Conservation Plan and Boundary

Revision, Implementation, Churchill

and Washoe Counties, NV, Due: June

12, 2000, Contact: Don Delong (916)

414–6500.

EIS No. 200112, Revised Final EIS, COE,

FL, Lake Okeechobee Regulation

Schedule Study, To Maintain or

Improve Existing Water Storage,

Revised Information, St. Lucie and

Caloosahatchee River Estuaries, FL,

Due: May 22, 2000, Contact: Elmar

Kurzbach (904) 232–2325.

EIS No. 200113, Final EIS, BOP, SC,

South Carolina—Federal Correctional

Institution, Construct and Operate,

Possible Sites: Andrew, Bennettsville,

Oliver and Salters, SC, Due: May 22,

2000, Contact: David J. Dorworth

(202) 514–6470.

EIS No. 200114, Draft EIS, AFS, PA, East

Side Project, Improvements to Timber

Management, Transportation System

Development and Wildlife Habitat,

From Existing Condition (EC) to

Desired Future Condition (DFC),

Allegheny National Forest, Bradford

and Marienville District, Elk, Forest,

McKean and Warren Counties, PA,

Due: June 05, 2000, Contact: Carl

Leland (814) 776–6172.

EIS No. 200115, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, Iron

Honey Resource Area Project,

Aquatic, Vegetative and Wildlife

Habitat Improvement Activities,

Implementation, Coeur d’Alene River

Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle

National Forests, Kootenai and

Shoshone Counties, ID, Due: June 05,

2000, Contact: Kerry Arneson (208)

769–3000.

EIS No. 200116, Final EIS, FHW, HI,

Puainako Street Extension and

Widening, Traffic Circulation

Improvements, Funding, South Hilo,

Hawaii County, HI, Due: May 22,

2000, Contact: Abraham Wong (808)

541–2700.

EIS No. 200117, Final EIS, SFW, AK,

Wolf Lake Area Natural Gas Pipeline

Project, Construction, Approval Rightof-Way Grant and COE Section 404

Permit, Kenai National Wildlife

Refuge, AK, Due: May 22, 2000,

Contact: Brian Anderson (907) 786–

3379.

EIS No. 200118, Final EIS, AFS, OR,

WA, Pacific Northwest Region

Douglas-fir Tussock Moth (orgvia

pseudotsugata) Project, To Partially

Control an Anticipated Outbreak of

Douglas-fir tussock moth, To be

Implemented in Nine National Forests

in WA and OH, Due: May 22, 2000,

Contact: Bill Funk (503) 808–2984.

EIS No. 200119, Draft EIS, AFS, WA,

Upper Charley Subwatershed

Ecosystem Restoration Projects,

Implementation, Pomeroy Ranger

District, Umatilla National Forest,

Garfield County, WA, Due: June 12,

2000, Contact: Monte Fujishin (509)

843–1891.

EIS No. 200120, Draft EIS, AFS, ID,

Brownlee Vegetation and Access

Management Project, Implementation,

Weiser Ranger District, Payette

National Forest, Washington County,

ID, Due: June 21, 2000, Contact: John

Baglien (208) 549–4200.

EIS No. 200121, Draft EIS, COE, DE,

Fenwick Island Feasibility Study,

Storm Damage Reduction, In the

Community of Fenwick Island, Sussex

County, DE, Due: June 05, 2000,

Contact: Robert L. Callegari (215) 656–

6555.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 200003, Draft EIS, COE, WA,

Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon

Migration Feasibility Study,

Implementation, To Increase the

Survival of Juvenile Anadromous

Fish, Snake River, Walla Walla, WA,

Due: May 01, 2000, Contact: Lonnie

Mettler (509) 527–7268. Published FR

on 1–14–2000: CEQ Comment Date

has been extended from 03/31/2000 to

05/01/2000.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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