49222 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 182 / Friday, September 19, 1997 / Notices

FR—09–12–97—Review Period

Extended.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5484–5]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared August 18, 1997 Through

August 22, 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–AFS–J65269–MT Rating

EC2, Poorman Project, Implementation,

Harvesting and Road Construction,

Helena National Forest, Lincoln Ranger

District, Lewis and Clark County MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about

inadequate analysis and disclosure of

potential adverse impacts to air quality

and wetlands, and identified the need

for a project water monitoring program,

and for TMDL development for

Poorman Creek. Additional information

is needed to fully assess and mitigate all

potential environmental impacts of the

management actions.

ERP No. D–AFS–J65271–MT Rating

EC2, Jericho Salvage Timber Sale,

Implementation, Salvage Treatments

and Temporary Road Construction,

Helena National Forest, Helena Ranger

District, Powell County, MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about sediment

transport to area streams and the

proposed reduction of streamside buffer

zone widths below INFISH

recommended widths. EPA also

expressed concerns about the limited

range of alternatives analyzed in the

draft EIS, and about insufficient analysis

and disclosure of potential adverse

impacts to air quality and wetlands; and

identified the need for a project water

monitoring program, and for TMDL

development for Telegraph Creek.

Additional information is needed to

fully assess and mitigate all potential

environmental impacts of the

management actions.

ERP No. D–AFS–J65274–MT Rating

EC2, Beaver Creek Ecosystem

Management Project and Associate

Timber Sale, Implementation, Little and

Big Beaver Creek Drainage, Kootenai

National Forest, Cabinet Ranger District,

Sanders County, MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about potential

adverse water quality, fisheries,

wetlands, and wildlife impacts, and the

lack of analysis and disclosure of the

monitoring plan to evaluate impacts to

aquatic and air resources. Additional

information is needed to fully assess

and mitigate all potential environmental

impacts of the management actions.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65291–ID Rating

EC2, Paradise Integrated Resource

Management Project, Implementation,

To Commercial Thin and Timber

Salvage Harvest Boise National Forest,

Mountain Home Ranger District, Elmore

County, ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns on the potential

impacts to water quality, impacts to the

Rainbow Roadless Area, the need for

information to support modeling

methodologies, the lack of grazing

impact evaluation and monitoring

needs.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65266–MT, Tansy

Ragwort Control Project,

Implementation, Little Wolf Fire Area,

Flathead National Forest, Tally Lake

Ranger District, Flathead County, MT.

Summary: EPA supported control of

the tansy ragwort weed infestation, and

expressed lack of objections.

ERP No. F–AFS–K61141–CA,

Snowcreek Golf Course Expansion,

Construction and Operation, Special

Use Permit, Inyo National Forest System

Lands, Mono County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about the

approval of a special use permit to

expand a golf course onto Forest Service

land may result in impacts to wetlands

in violation of the Clean Water Act, and

requested that the Forest Service delay

issuing the special use permit pending

the completion of a federally-acceptable

jurisdiction delineation of ‘‘waters of

the United States.’’

ERP No. F–AFS–K65197–CA, Canyons

Analysis Area, Implementation, Tahoe

National Forest, Trucker Ranger District,

Sierra and Nevada Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding to

construction of 1 mile OHV trail

without appropriate NEPA analysis, and

requested that the Forest Service modify

the Canyons Record of Decision to

eliminate this new construction or

prepare an addendum to the Canyons

Final EIS disclosing the impacts

associated with this construction.

ERP No. F–AFS–K65270–CA, Damon

Fire Salvage and Restoration Project,

Implementation, Modoc National Forest,

Modoc County, CA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory. No formal comment

letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65137–AK, Tongass

Land Management Plan,

Implementation, Tongass National

Forest, AK.

Summary: EPA provided no formal

written comments. EPA had no

objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65282–OR,

Robinson-Scott Landscape Management

Project, Timber Harvest and other

Vegetation Management, Willamette

National Forest, McKenzie Ranger

District, Lane and Linn Counties, OR.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FTA–G54005–LA, Canal

Streetcar Line Reintroduction, Canal

Street from the Mississippi River to

the Cemeteries, with a Spur Line to City

Park, Funding, City of New Orleans,

Orleans Parish, LA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory. No formal comment

letter was sent to the preparing agency.

Other

ERP No. LF–AFS–L61187–WA,

Legislative EIS—Upper White Salmon

River Wild and Scenic River Study,

Possible Designation, National Wild and

Scenic Rivers System, Gifford Pinchot

National Forest, Yakima Indian Nation,

Klickitat County, WA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory. No formal comment

letter was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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