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position is: (1) There are significant

deficiencies in the environmental

analysis, (2) the DEIS does not

demonstrate that the project alternatives

are feasible or sustainable or that they

will achieve project objectives, (3)

Salton Sea restoration should be

evaluated within the context of the

Lower Colorado River watershed, and

(4) the project scope is too narrow.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–BLM–J02037–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.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–DOE–E06018–SC,

Savannah River Site Spent Nuclear Fuel

Management Plan, Implementation,

Aiken County, SC.

Summary: EPA noted that the EIS

provided a good explanation of the

complex issues associated with this

project, but the Agency has concerns

about the project’s cumulative

environmental impacts.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office

of Federal Activities.

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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 May 22, 2000

Through May 26, 2000 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000157, DRAFT EIS, AFS, MT,

Rocky Mountain Front Mineral

Withdrawal, Implementation, Helena

and Lewis and Clark National Forests,

Great Falls, MT, Due: July 17, 2000,

Contact: Rick Prausa (406) 791–7720.

EIS No. 000158, FINAL EIS, HUD, CA,

City of Monterey Park Project,

Construction and Operation of the

Monterey Park Towne Plaza, North of

the Pomona Freeway and west of

Paramount Boulevard, Los Angeles

County, CA, Due: July 03, 2000,

Contact: Ray Hanada (626) 307–1463.

EIS No. 000159, FINAL EIS, BLM, WY,

Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas

Exploration and Development Natural

Gas Wells Project, Implementation,

Sublette County, WY, Due: July 05,

2000, Contact: Joe Patti (307) 775–6101.

EIS No. 000160, DRAFT EIS, FHW, WV,

Shawnee Highway Project,

Construction between the Ghent

Interchange of I–787 in the North and

McDowell County 14 or McDowell

County 17 in the South, Funding,

McDowell, Raleigh and Wyoming

Counties, WV, Due: July 28, 2000,

Contact: Thomas J. Smith (304) 347–

5928.

EIS No. 000161, DRAFT EIS, NPS, MA,

Boston Harbor Islands National

Recreation Area, Implementation,

General Management Plan, Boston,

MA, Due: August 01, 2000, Contact:

George Price (617) 223–8666.

EIS No. 000162, FINAL EIS, BLM, CA,

Soledad Canyon Sand and Gravel

Mining Project, Proposal to Mine,

Produce and Sell, ‘‘Split Estate’’

Private Owned and Federally Owned

Lands, Transit Mixed Concrete, Los

Angeles County, CA, Due: July 03,

2000, Contact: Elena Misquez (460)

251–4810.

EIS No. 000163, DRAFT EIS, COE, MS,

Destination Broadwater Project,

Proposed Redevelopment and

Construction of a large-scale Casino

Destination Resort in Biloxi, Approval

of Permits for Section 10 of the River

and Harbor Act and Section 404 of the

CWA, Harrison County, MS, Due: July

17, 2000, Contact: Susan Ivester Rees

(334) 694–4141.

EIS No. 000164, FINAL EIS, FAA, CT,

Tweed-New Haven Airport Runway

Safety Area and Taxiway

Improvements, Safety Improvements

to Runway 2/20 and Taxiways ‘B’ and

‘E’, Funding, COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, New Haven County, CT, Due:

July 03, 2000, Contact: John Silva

(781) 238–7602.

EIS No. 000165, DRAFT EIS, USN, HI,

North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory

Project, Reuse of Low Frequency

Sound Source and Cable for Use in

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean

Climate (ATOC) Research, Kauai, HI,

Due: July 17, 2000, Contact: Dr. Jeff

Simmen (703) 696–4204.

EIS No. 000166, DRAFT EIS, FTA, PA,

North Shore Connector, Extending

existing Light Rail Transit (LRT)

System from Golden Triangle of

downtown Pittsburgh to the North

Shore, Funding, USCG Bridge Permit,

NPDES Permit, and COE Section 10

and 404 Permits, Allegheny County,

PA, Due: July 17, 2000, Contact: Robin

Mayhew (215) 656–7100.

EIS No. 000167, FINAL EIS, FHW, NY,

Albany Shaker Road and Watervliet

Shakey Road Improvement Project,

Construction and Reconstruction,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

Town of Colonie, Albany County, NY,

Due: July 03, 2000, Contact: Harold J.

Brown (518) 431–4127.

EIS No. 000168, DRAFT EIS, AFS, ID,

Starbucky Restoration Project,

Implementation of Vegetative

Treatment, Road Construction and

Watershed Improvements, Nez Perce

National Forest, Red River Ranger

District, Idaho County, ID, Due: July 17,

2000, Contact: Kevin Martin (202) 842–

2245.

EIS No. 000169, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

NV, CA, Northern Sierra Amendment to

the Toiyabe Land and Resource

Management, To Unify and Revise

Management Direction, HumboldtToiyabe National Forest, Carson Ranger

District, Stanislaus National Forest,

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,

Douglas and Washoe Counties, NV and

Alpine and Toulomne Counties, CA,

Due: August 31, 2000, Contact: Dave

Loomis (775) 882–2766.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request

for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for

applications.

SUMMARY: This notice provides

information on the availability of fiscal

year 2000 investigator-initiated grants

program announcements, in which the

areas of research interest, eligibility and

submission requirements, evaluation

criteria, and implementation schedules

are set forth. Grants will be

competitively awarded following peer

review.

DATES: Receipt dates vary depending on

the specific research area within the

solicitation and are listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Center for Environmental

Research (8703R), 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20460,

telephone (800) 490–9194. The

complete announcement can be

accessed on the Internet from the EPA

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home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa

under ‘‘announcements.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

Requests for Applications (RFA) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) invites research grant

applications in the following areas of

special interest to its mission: (1)

Corporate Environmental Performance

and the Effectiveness of Government

Interventions; (2) Complex Chemical

Mixtures (joint with NIOSH and

NIEHS); and (3) Drinking Water.

Applications must be received as

follows: July 24, 2000, for topic (1); July

10, 2000, for topic (2); and July 31, 2000,

for topic (3).

The RFAs provide relevant

background information, summarize

EPA’s interest in the topic areas, and

describe the application and review

process.

Contact persons for the Corporate

Environmental Performance RFA are

Matthew Clark

(clark.matthew@epa.gov), telephone

202–564–6842, and Robert Menzer

(menzer.robert@epa.gov), telephone

202–564–6849. Contact persons for the

Complex Chemical Mixtures RFA are

Chris Saint (saint.chris@epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6909, Thomas Veirs

(veirs.thomas@epa.gov), telephone 202–

564–6831, Michael Galvin

(mtg3@cdc.gov), telephone 404–639–

1533, and Claudia Thompson

(thompso1@niehs.nih.gov), telephone

919–541–4638. Contact person for the

Drinking Water RFA is Cynthia NoltHelms (nolt-helms.cynthia@epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6763.

Dated: May 19, 2000.

Peter Durant,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

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Meeting of the Small Community

Advisory Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Small Community

Advisory Subcommittee will meet on

June 19—20, 2000, in Washington, DC.

The Small Community Advisory

Subcommittee was established by the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

as a standing subcommittee of the Local

Government Advisory Committee. The

June meeting will focus on Community

Based Environmental Protection,

Drinking Water Regulations and EPA’s

Regional Offices.

The Committee will hear comments

from the public between 9:00 a.m. and

9:15 a.m. on June 19, 2000. Each

individual or organization wishing to

address the Committee will be allowed

a minimum of three minutes. Please

contact the Designated Federal Officer

(DFO) at the number listed below to

schedule agenda time. Time will be

allotted on a first come, first serve basis.

This is an open meeting and all

interested persons are invited to attend.

Meeting minutes will be available after

the meeting and can be obtained by

written request from the DFO. Members

of the public are requested to call the

DFO at the number listed below if

planning to attend so that arrangements

can be made to comfortably

accommodate attendees as much as

possible. However, seating will be on a

first come, first serve basis.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. on Monday, June 19th and

conclude at 5:00 p.m. on the 20th.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the EPA Office located at 1200

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,

DC in room 5530 Ariel Rios North.

Requests for Minutes and other

information can be obtained by writing

the DFO at 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW. (1306A), Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

DFO for this Subcommittee is Steven

Wilson. He is the point of contact for

information concerning any

Subcommittee matters and can be

reached by calling (202) 564–3646.

Dated: May 18, 2000.

Steven Wilson,

Designated Federal Officer, Small Community

Advisory Subcommittee.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that a committee

of the US EPA Science Advisory Board

(SAB) will meet on the dates and times

noted. All times noted are Eastern

Standard Time. The meeting is open to

the public, however, seating is limited

and available on a first come basis.

Environmental Engineering Committee

(EEC)—June 28, 2000

The Environmental Engineering

Committee of the US EPA Science

Advisory Board (SAB), will hold a

consultative Workshop on the Diffusion

and Adoption of Innovations in

Environmental Protection on June 28,

2000 in conference room 5530, USEPA,

Ariel Rios Building North, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20004. The meeting

will begin by 9:00 a.m. and adjourn no

later than 5:30 p.m.. The purpose of the

meeting and availability of review

materials were described in the Federal

Register on May 22, 2000 (65 FR 32089–

32090) when a public teleconference

call to plan the workshop was

announced.

For Further Information

Any member of the public wishing

further information concerning this

meeting or wishing to submit brief oral

comments (10 minutes or less) must

contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated

Federal Officer, Science Advisory Board

(1400A), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone

(202) 564–4562; FAX (202) 501–0582; or

via e-mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov.

Requests for oral comments must be in

writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and

received by Dr. Nugent by noon Eastern

Standard Time on Wednesday, June 21,

2000.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

It is the policy of the Science

Advisory Board to accept written public

comments of any length, and to

accommodate oral public comments

whenever possible. The Science

Advisory Board expects that public

statements presented at its meetings will

not be repetitive of previously

submitted oral or written statements.

Oral Comments: In general, each

individual or group requesting an oral

presentation at a face-to-face meeting

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For teleconference meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than three

minutes per speaker and no more than

fifteen minutes total. Deadlines for

getting on the public speaker list for a

meeting are given above. Speakers

should bring at least 35 copies of their

comments and presentation slides for

distribution to the reviewers and public

at the meeting. Written Comments:

Although the SAB accepts written

comments until the date of the meeting

(unless otherwise stated), written