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be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed October 06,

1997 Through October 10, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970390, Draft Supplement,

USA, MS, Camp Shelby Continued

Military Training Activities, Use of

National Forest Lands, Updated

Information, Final Site Selection

Authorization for Implementation of

the Proposed G.V. (Sonny)

Montgomery Ranges, Special Use

Permit, DeSoto National Forest,

Forrest, George and Perry Counties,

MS, Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

Col. Parker Hills (601) 973–6349.

EIS No. 970391, Draft EIS, FHW, NY,

US–20/Broadway (Transit Road to

Lancaster East Village Line)

Reconstruction, Funding, COE

Section 10 and 404 Permit, in the

Villages of Depew and Lancaster, Erie

County, NY, Due: December 12, 1997,

Contact: Harold J. Brown) (518) 472–

3616.

EIS No. 970392, Final EIS, BOP, KY,

United States Penitentiary Martin

County, Construction and Operation,

Possible Sites, Bizwell and Honey

Branch Sites, located in Martin and

Johnson Counties, KY, Due:

November 17, 1997, Contact: David J.

Dorworth (202) 514–6470.

EIS No. 970393, Final EIS, IBR, ND,

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge,

Implementation, Water Management

Capability to Mitigate for Past, Present

and Future Impacts of Jamestown

Reservoir, Stutsman and Foster

Counties, ND, Due: November 17,

1997, Contact: Greg Hiemenz (701)

250–4242 Ext. 361.

EIS No. 970394, Draft EIS, AFS, CA,

Liberty Forest Health Improvement

Project, Implementation, Tahoe

National Forests, Sierraville Ranger

District, Sierra and Nevada Counties,

CA, Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

Phil Horning (916) 478–6210.

EIS No. 970395, Final EIS, NPS, AZ,

Organ Pipe Cactus National

Monument General Management Plan

and Development Concept Plan

Implementation, Portion of the

Sonoran Desert, Pima County, AZ,

Due: November 17, 1997, Contact:

Dan Olson (415) 744–3968.

EIS No. 970396, Final EIS, COE, MD,

WV, Jennings Randolph Lake 1997

Master Plan Update and Integrated

Programmatic EIS—Use and

Development of Natural and

Constructed Resource, Garrett County,

MD and Mineral County, WV, Due:

November 18, 1997, Contact: Ms.

Heather Wells (410) 962–5174.

EIS No. 970397, Final EIS, AFS, NH,

Waterville Valley Ski Resort Project,

Development of Snowmaking Water

Impoundments Project, Special-UsePermits, Dredge and Fill Permit and

COE Section 404 Permit, White

Mountain National Forest,

Pemigewasset Ranger District, Town

of Waterville Valley, Grafton County,

NH, Due: November 17, 1997,

Contact: Beth LeClair (802) 767–4261.

EIS No. 970398, Final Supplement,

EPA, TX, South Hallsville Surface

Lignite No. 1 Mine Expansion,

Referred to Herein as South Marshall

Project Area, (Previously Known as

Henry W. Pirkey Power Plant and

South Hallsville No. 1 Mine Project),

Updated Information NPDES and COE

Section 404 Permits, Sabine River,

Harrison County, TX, Due: November

17, 1997, Contact: Joe Swick (214)

665–7456.

EIS No. 970399, Final EIS, AFS, UT,

High Uintas Wilderness Forest Plan

Amendment, Implementation, Ashley

and Wasatch-Cache National Forests,

Duchesne and Summit Counties, UT,

Due: November 17, 1997, Contact:

Laura Jo West (801) 789–1181.

EIS No. 970400, Draft EIS, COE, CA,

South Sacramento County Streams

Investigation, Proposed to Increase

Flood Protection, Non-Federal

Sponsor, Sacramento Waste Water

Treatment Plant and along portions of

Morrison, Elder, Unionhouse and

Florin Creeks, Sacramento County,

CA, Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

Jane Rinck (916) 557–6715.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate 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 September 15, 1997 through

September 20, 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 11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–J65276–CO Rating

EC2, Dome Peak Timber Sale, Timber

Harvesting and Road Construction,

White River National Forest, Eagle

Ranger District, Glenwood Spring, Eagle

and Garfield Counties, CO.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerned about

potential sedimentation and water

quality impacts. EPA requested data

clarifying potential for impacts and

information related to helicopter

yarding and wildlife impacts.

ERP No. D–AFS–K65272–CA Rating

EC2, Chico Genetic Resource Center for

Pest Management Program,

Implementation, Mendocino National

Forest, Willow, Butte County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concern about data gaps

in the DEIS’s analysis of water quality

impacts.

ERP No. D–AFS–K65273–AZ Rating

LO, Grand Canyon/Tusayan Growth

Area Improvements, General

Management Plan (GMP), Special-UsePermit, Approvals and Licenses

Issuance, Coconino County, AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed a lack of

objections and commended the Forest

Service for its excellent analysis of

issues related to the expansion of

lodging and related services.

ERP No. D-BLM-K67045-NV Rating

EC2, Florida Canyon Mine Expansion

Project and Comprehensive Reclamation

Plan, Construction and Operation of

New Facilities and Expansion of

Existing Gold Mining Operations in

Imlay Mining District, Plan-of-Operation

Approval and Right-of-Way Permit

Issuance, Pershing County, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns because the

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acres more than another alternative

assessed in the DEIS, and the DEIS did

not clearly indicate which action

alternative is the least environmentally

damaging to aquatic resources under

Clean Water Act Section 404. EPA also

expressed concerns regarding how the

site was geochemically characterized

and offered recommendations for

facility design and additional

monitoring.

ERP No. D-DOA-G31002-TX Rating

LO, Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties

Water Conservation Plan, Renovation

and Installation, Funding, Medina Lake,

Bexar, Medina and Atascosa Counties,

TX.

Sumary: EPA had no objection to the

selection of the lead agency’s preferred

alternative as described in the draft EIS.

ERP No. D-DOE-C06013-NY Rating

LO, Disposal of the Defueled S3G and

D1G Prototype Reactor Plants,

Implementation, Located at the Knolls

Atomic Power Laboratory Kesselring

Site near West Milton, Saratoga County,

NY.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the action as proposed.

ERP No. D–IBR–K28018–CA Rating

EC2, Central Valley Project, Municipal

and Industrial Water Supply Contracts,

Sacramento County Water Agency and

San Juan Water District, City of Folsom,

Sacramento County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns with the

identified additional adverse

cumulative impacts of the proposed

new water supply diversions, and urged

selection of diversion points on the

Sacramento River below the confluence

with the American River or as far

downstream on the American River as

feasible.

EPA expressed support for water

conservation, water pricing strategies,

water reclamation, conjunctive use, and

other demand reduction measures as

means to achieving additional water

supply. EPA suggested a more

aggressive water conservation approach

as part of the proposed action,

integration of other demand reduction

measures, and continued pursuit of

conservation alternatives (e.g. metering,

water reclamation), whether or not new

contract water is provided.

ERP No. D–ICC–G53007–LA Rating

EC2, Kansas City Southern Railway

(KCS) Construction and Operation to

Connect the Geismar Industrial Area to

KCS’ Mainline near Sorrento,

Construction Exemption Approval,

Ascension Parish, LA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns for the lead

agency’s preferred alternative and

requests additional information,

environmental justice alternatives

analysis, and cumulative impacts

assessment.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–FHW–E40759–AL

Birmingham Northern Beltline Project,

Construction, I–59/20 west to I–59

northeast in the City of Birmingham,

Funding and Possible COE Section 404

Permit, Jefferson County, AL.

Summary: EPA’s review revealed that

all alternatives will have major impacts

on environmental resources in the

highway corridor. EPA recommends

that the shortest alternative, ‘‘D’’, be

reconsidered with modification.

ERP No. F–FHW–J40212–CO CO–82

Highway Transportation Project,

Improvements to ‘‘Entrance to Aspen’’,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

City of Aspen, Pitkin County, CO.

Summary: EPA’s review has not

identified any potential environmental

impacts requiring substantive changes

to the Preferred Alternative.

ERP No. F–FTA–C40137–NY Wassaic

Extension Project, Expand Metro-North,

Funding and Right-of-Way, Dutchess

and Litchfield Counties, NY.

Summary: EPA believed that the

proposed project would not result in

significant adverse environmental

impacts, and therefore, has no

objections to its implementation.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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Common Sense Initiative Council

(CSIC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory

CSI Council Meeting, and the CSI

Petroleum Refining and Printing Sector

Subcommittee Meetings; open meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–

463, notice is hereby given that the CSI

Council Meeting and the CSI Petroleum

Refining and Printing Sector

Subcommittees of the Common Sense

Initiative Council will meet on the dates

and times described below. All meetings

are open to the public. Seating at all

three meetings will be on a first-come

basis and limited time will be provided

for public comment. For further

information concerning specific

meetings, please contact the individuals

listed with the three announcements

below.

(1) Common Sense Initiative Council

Meeting—November 3 and 4, 1997

The Common Sense Initiative Council

will hold an open meeting on Monday,

November 3, 1997 from 1:00 p.m. EST

to 6:00 p.m. EST, and on Tuesday,

November 4, 1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. EST. The meeting will be held at

the George Washington University Club

and Conference Center, 800 21st Street,

N. W., Washington, D.C. 20062,

telephone (202) 994–6611.

The Council Agenda will focus on a

variety of topics including: A report

from the Reinventing Environment

Information (REI) Council workgroup on

the Agency’s draft Implementation Plan;

an update on the Center for

Environmental Information and

Statistics; a request for approval of the

Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee’s

Strategic Goals 2000 Program;

presentation of the Print Sector

Subcommittee’s Comprehensive

Strategy for an Alternative Multi-Media

Flexible Permit System; an Agency

report on the status of the Iron and

Steel, Auto, and Metal Finishing Sector

Subcommittees’ recommendations that

were approved and forwarded to EPA at

the July Council meeting; Sector

Guidance and a strategic approach and

work plan for the Council; as well as

documentation of the Computer and

Electronics Sector Subcommittee’s

Consolidated Uniform Report on the

Environment (CURE) Stakeholder Needs

Assessment, and the final white paper

on Consensus Decision-making

Principles and Applications in CSI.

For further information concerning

this Common Sense Initiative Council

meeting, contact Kathleen Bailey, DFO

on (202) 260–7417, or E-mail:

bailey.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov.

(2) Petroleum Refining Sector

Subcommittee Meeting—November 4–5,

1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency will

hold an open meeting of the Common

Sense Initiative (CSI) Petroleum

Refining Sector Subcommittee on

November 4 and 5, 1997. Work Group

meetings will be held from 9:00 a.m.

EST to 12:00 noon EST on Tuesday,

November 4. The full Subcommittee

will meet from approximately 2:00 p.m.

EST until 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday,

November 4, and from approximately

8:00 a.m. EST until 4:00 p.m. EST on

Wednesday, November 5. The meeting