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Clark, Fremont and Madison

Counties, ID and Teton County, WY,

Due: June 26, 2000, Contact: Wally

Bunnell (208) 624–3151.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 000141, Draft EIS, AFS, Forest

Service Roadless Area Conservation,

Implementation, Proposal to Protect

Roadless Areas, In addition, the

Agency is proposing special

consideration for the Tongass

National Forest, Due: July 17, 2000,

Contact: Scott Conroy (703) 605–5299.

Revision of FR notice published on

05/19/2000: CEQ Comment Date

corrected from 07/03/2000 to 07/17/

2000.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared May 08, 2000 Through May

12, 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) 574–7167. 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–F65026–MN

Rating EC2, Gunflint Corridor Fuel

Reduction, Implementation, Superior

National Forest, Gunflint Ranger

District, Cook County, MN.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

potential adverse impacts to air and

water quality.

ERP No. D-AFS-J65313–CO

Rating EC2, White River National

Forest, Revised Land and Resource

Management Plan, Implementation,

Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat

and Pitkin Counties, CO.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns that the

impacts of unplanned, user-created

travelways on the Forest were not fully

evaluated and disclosed and the

analysis of ski-based resorts and aerial

travel corridors contained conflicting

and misleading information. EPA

suggests that the watershed analysis

include information from the most

recent watershed assessments. EPA

supports the preferred alternative as

best meeting the purpose and need for

both the Forest and Travel Management

Plans.

ERP No. D-AFS-L65346–OR

Rating LO, Triangle Land Exchange

Project, Between Clearwater Land

Exchange Oregon (Clearwater) an

Oregon Partnership, Implementation,

Malheur, Umatilla and WallowaWhitman National Forests, Baker, Grant,

Harney and Wallowa Counties, OR.

Summary: EPA expressed lack of

objections.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65351–ID

Rating EC2, East Slate Project,

Harvesting Timber, Implementation,

Idaho Panhandle National Forests, St.

Joe Ranger District, Shoshone County,

ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

impacts to water quality from roads and

proposed harvest activities. EPA

suggests that the EIS describe whether

restoration efforts contingent on funding

are incorporated into the effects analysis

and that a monitoring plan to determine

extent of temperature impacts to

salmonid be included.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65295–MT

Clancy-Unionville Vegetation

Manipulation and Travel Management

Project, Implementation, Helena

National Forest, Helena Ranger District,

Lewis and Clark and Jefferson Counties,

MT.

Summary: EPA did not object to the

preferred alternative, but expressed

environmental concerns regarding the

level of aquatic and hydrologic

monitoring proposed by the BLM and

Forest Service. EPA suggests that

quantitative emissions for PM10 from

prescribed burning be disclosed for each

alternative.

ERP No. F–OSM–E61047–TN

Fall Creek Falls Petition Evaluation

Document, Implementation, Designate

the Land as Unsuitable for Surface Coal

Mining Operation, Van Buren and

Bledsoe Counties, TN.

Summary: EPA supports the less

damaging alternative that ensures

protection of Park land viewsheds and

protects three of the five watersheds that

were threatened by mine expansion

while permitting mining in previously

degraded Piney Creek and Dry Fork.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Gulf of Mexico Program Focus Team

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Gulf of

Mexico Program (GMP) focus teams.

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory

Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice

of a comprehensive meeting of GMP

Focus Teams (Public Health, Nutrient

Enrichment, Habitat, and

Nonindigenous Species).

DATES: The Comprehensive Meeting will

be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2000, from

10 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday,

June 21, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton New Orleans Riverside,

Poydras at the Mississippi River, New

Orleans, LA (504) 561–0500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gloria D. Car, Designated Federal

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Program Office,

Building 1103, Room 202, Stennis Space

Center, MS 39529–6000 at (228) 688–

2421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed

agenda items will include: Focus Team

Development of FY2001 Performance

Goal Recommendations and Supporting

Strategies, Overview of FY2000

Workplan Process and

Accomplishments, Briefing on FY2001

Workplan Schedule, and Review of

Focus Team Roles and Responsibilities.

The meeting is open to the public.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

Gloria D. Car,

Designated Federal Officer.

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