[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 103 (Friday, May 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 34175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13304]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6607-6]


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 Wallowa-Whitman 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.
[FR Doc. 00-13304 Filed 5-25-00; 8:45 am]
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