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Approval and Implementation, GA,

Due: October 20, 1997, Contact:

Joshua Lott Ext. 178 (301) 713–3117.

EIS No. 970349, Final EIS, UAF, OH,

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

(WPAFB) Demolition of Multiple

Historic Facilities, Implementation,

Greene, Montgomery and Clark

Counties, OH, Due: October 06, 1997,

Contact: Thomas J. Perdue (937) 257–

5535.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970286, Draft EIS, USA, MD,

PA, Fort Ritchie Disposal and Reuse

for BRAC of 638 Acres,

Implementation, Frederick and

Washington Counties, MD and Adams

and Franklin Counties, PA, Due:

September 26, 1997, Contact: Clifford

Kidd (410) 962–3100. Published FR

08–01–97—Review Period Extended.

EIS No. 970305, Final EIS, AFS, ID,

White Pine Creek Timber Sale,

Implementation, Clearwater National

Forest, Palouse Ranger District,

Benewah and Latah Counties, ID, Due:

September 25, 1997, Contact: Suzanne

Lay (208) 875–1131. Published FR 08–

15–97—Review Period Extended and

Title Change.

EIS No. 970311, Final EIS, FTA, NY,

Wassaic Extension Project, Expand

Metro-North, Funding and Right-ofWay, Dutchess and Litchfield

Counties, NY, Due: September 19,

1997, Contact: Anthony G. Carr (212)

264–8973. Published FR 08–15–97—

Review Period extended.

Dated: September 2, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

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 August 4, 1997 through

August 8, 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 04, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–FHW–G40145–00 Rating

LO, US 71 Highway Improvement

Project, between Texarkana, (US71)

Arkansas and DeQueen, Funding, Rightof-Way Approval and COE Section 404

Permit, Little River, Miller and Sevier

Counties, AR and Bowie County, TX.

Summary: EPA had no objections to

the conceptual relocation project. For

the most part, EPA finds the DEIS to be

comprehensive, thorough, and to

adequately address the impacts

associated with the alternative

considered. The preferred action must

be identified with appropriate

mitigation in the Final Statement.

ERP No. D–FTA–K40223–CA Rating

LO, Mission Valley East Corridor

Transit Improvement Project, between

I–15 in Mission Valley and the East

County community of La Mesa,

Funding, COE Section 404 Permit,

Metropolitan Transit Development

Board (MTDB) and Light Rail Transit

(LRT), San Diego County, CA.

Summary: EPA lacked objections to

the FTA’s proposed Mission Valley East

Transit Improvement project.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–FHW–E40345–NC, NC–16,

Upgrading and Relocating Project,

Construction, Lucia to North of NC–150,

Funding, COE Section 404 Permit and

NPDES Permit, Gaston, Lincoln and

Catawba Counties, NC.

Summary: EPA generally concurred

with the corridor selected, but continues

to question providing greater highway

capacity in a water supply watershed.

ERP No. F–FHW–G40140–TX, Grand

Parkway Segment (TX–99)

Improvements Project, from TX–225 to

I–10, Funding, COE Section 404 Permit

and Right-of-Way Grant, Harris and

Chambers Counties, TX.

Summary: the Final EIS has

adequately responded to EPA’s

comments offered on the DEIS and

therefore EPA has no objection to the

selection of the preferred alternative as

now described in the Final EIS.

Dated: September 2, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division Office

of Federal Activities.

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Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Effluent Guidelines Task

Force, an EPA advisory committee, will

hold a meeting to discuss the Agency’s

Effluent Guidelines Program. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Wednesday, September 10, 1997 from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, September

11, 1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Madison Hotel, 15th & M Streets,

NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Randolph, Office of Water

(4303), 401 M Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone (202) 260–5373;

fax (202) 260–7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Environmental

Protection Agency gives notice of a

meeting of the Effluent Guidelines Task

Force (EGTF). The EGTF is a

subcommittee of the National Advisory

Council for Environmental Policy and

Technology (NACEPT), the external

policy advisory board to the

Administrator of EPA.

The EGTF was established in July of

1992 to advise EPA on the Effluent

Guidelines Program, which develops

regulations for dischargers of industrial

wastewater pursuant to Title III of the

Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

The Task Force consists of members

appointed by EPA from industry, citizen

groups, state and local government, the

academic and scientific communities,

and EPA regional offices. The Task

Force was created to offer advice to the

Administrator on the long-term strategy

for the effluent guidelines program, and

particularly to provide

recommendations on a process for

expediting the promulgation of effluent

guidelines. The Task Force generally

does not discuss specific effluent

guideline regulations currently under

development.

The meeting is open to the public,

and limited seating for the public is

available on a first-come, first-served

basis. The public may submit written

comments to the Task Force regarding

improvements to the Effluent

Guidelines program. Comments should

be sent to Beverly Randolph at the