[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42781-42782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21002]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5483-1]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared July 14, 1997 through July 
18, 1997, 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 4, 1997 (62 FR 
16154).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-COE-K38006-AZ Rating EC2, Tucson Drainage Area Arizona, 
Implementation, Reduce Flooding, City of Tucson, Pima County, AZ.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding a lack of 
discussion on means to avoid or reduce impacts to waters of the U.S., 
indirect and cumulative impacts to waters of the U.S., the potential 
need for an air quality conformity determination for carbon monoxide, 
and the need to address the Executive Order on Environmental Justice.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-K61105-CA Lake of the Sky Interpretive Center, Site 
Selection with the Sixty-Four Acres Tract, Tahoe City, Lake Tahoe, 
Placer County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-COE-C36074-NJ Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet 
Feasibility Study, New Jersey Shore Protection Study, Storm Damage 
Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration, within the Communities of Avalon, 
Stone Harbor and North Wildwood, Cape May County, NJ.
    Summary: EPA reviewed the Final EIS and concluded that the project 
would not result in significant adverse environmental impacts.
    ERP No. F-DOA-E39040-KY City of Albany's Cagle Water Expansion 
Project, To expand its Potable Water Treatment Plant, Funding and COE 
Section 404 Permit, Clinton and Wayne Counties, KY.
    Summary: EPA's review concluded that the project will not result in

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significant and/or long-term adverse impacts to the natural environment 
provided prudent management practices are conscientiously employed.
    ERP No. F-FRC-E03006-00 North Alabama Natural Gas Pipeline 
Facilities, Construction and Operation, COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, 
Right-of-Way and NPDES Permits, AL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objection to the proposed 
issuance of a license to construct a new 118-mile pipeline given the 
apparent availability of a less environmentally damaging alternative, 
i.e., upgrading the existing infrastructure. EPA noted that the 
proposed license would likely result in adverse impacts to wetlands and 
other habitats, and require crossing a National Wildlife Refuge, while 
the alternative of upgrading the existing infrastructure would have 
minimal, if any, adverse environmental impacts.
    ERP No. F-FRC-L05217-WA Upriver FERC No. 3074 Hydroelectric 
Project, Amendment of the Existing License, Spokane River, Spokane 
County, WA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern over the decrease in 
water quality that is likely to occur as a result of the increase to 
the impoundment levels given the current exceedances of water quality 
standards on this portion of the Spokane River.
    ERP No. FB-COE-E30032-FL Palm Beach County Beach Erosion Project, 
Updated Information concerning Shore Protection for the Ocean Ridge 
Segment from the Martin County Line to Lake Worth Inlet and from the 
South Lake Worth Inlet to the Broward County Line, Palm Beach, Martin 
and Broward Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over the potential 
effectiveness of the proposed mitigation of adverse impacts to the near 
shore marine habitat, as well as the use of groins/training structures 
to stabilize eroding shorelines.
    ERP No. FS-NOA-A91062-00 Regulatory EIS--Atlantic Coast Weakfish 
Fishery, Fishery Management Plan, Implementation, Updated Information 
concerning Weakfish Harvest Control in the Atlantic Ocean Exclusive 
Economic Zone (EEZ), off the New England, Mid-Atlantic and South 
Atlantic Coasts.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the regulations.

    Dated: August 5, 1997.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 97-21002 Filed 8-7-97; 8:45 am]
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