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Morrow, Wheeler, Baker, Wallowa and

Union Counties, OR, Due: December 15,

1997, Contact: Dick Cosgriffe (541) 416–

6731.

EIS No. 970410, Final Supplement,

COE, NJ, Green Brook Sub-Basin

Flood Control Plan, Updated

Information Concerning a Revised

Recommended Plan and Mitigation

Plan, Implementation, Middlesex,

Union and Somerset Counties, NJ,

Due: December 01, 1997, Contact:

William A. Richardson (212) 264–

2199.

EIS No. 970411, Final EIS, TVA, AL,

Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Conversion

Project, Construction and Operation,

NPDES Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, Tennessee River near

Hollywood, AL, Due: December 01,

1997, Contact: Gregory L. Askew (423)

632–6418.

EIS No. 970412, Final EIS, GSA, OH,

Voice of America Bethany Relay

Station, Disposal and Reuse (VOA)

Property for Public and/or Private

Development, Union Township,

Butler County, OH, Due: December

01, 1997, Contact: William Costa (617)

565–5696.

EIS No. 970413, Final EIS, NRCS, TX,

Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties

Water Conservation Plan, Renovation

and Installation, Funding, Medina

Lake, Bexar, Medina and Atascosa

Counties, TX, Due: December 01,

1997, Contact: John P. Burt (254) 298–

1214.

EIS No. 970414, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,

Flathead National Forest,

Management Direction Plan Related to

Old Growth Forests, Forest Plan

Amendment No. 21, Implementation,

Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Missoula and

Lewis and Clark Counties, MT, Due:

December 19, 1997, Contact: Jim

Morrison (406) 758–5200.

EIS No. 970415, Final EIS, BLM, CA,

Interlakes Special Recreation

Management Area Plan,

Implementation, Federal and Private

Lands Issues, Shasta County, CA, Due:

December 01, 1997, Contact: Eric

Morgan (916) 224–2100. The US

Department of Interior’s, Bureau of

Reclamation and National Park

Service and the US Department of

Agriculture’s, Forest Service are CoLead Agencies for the above EIS.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970290, Final EIS, FHW, CO,

CO–82 Highway Transportation

Project, Improvements to ‘‘Entrance to

Aspen’’, Funding and COE Section

404 Permit, City of Aspen, Pitkin

County, CO, Due: November 05, 1997,

Contact: Ron Speral (303) 969–6737.

Published FR 08–01–97—Review

Period extended.

Dated: October 28, 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 September 22, 1997 Through

September 26, 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–DOE–L08053–00 Rating

LO, Lower Valley Transmission Project,

Construction of a New 115 kV

Transmission Line from Swan Valley

Substation near Swan Valley, SpecialUse-Permits, Bonneville and Teton

Counties, ID and Teton County, WY.

Summary: Review of the Draft EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory.

ERP No. D–FHW–K40221–CA Rating

EO2, C–84—Realignment Project,

Transportation Improvement between

CA–84 from I–880 to CA–2389/Mission

Blvd. Funding and COE Section 404

Permit, in the Cities of Fremont,

Hayward and Union, Alameda County,

CA.

Summary: EPA had environmental

objections to the build alternatives

based on concerns with the purpose and

need, alternative analysis, impacts to

water and air resources, and indirect

and cumulative effects of the project.

EPA suggested other alternatives be

examined which also meet the stated

purpose and need.

ERP No. D–FHW–K40226–CA Rating

EC2, CA–37 Highway Improvement,

Napa River Bridge to the existing

Freeway Section of CA–37 that begins

near Diablo Street, Funding and US

Army COE Section 404 Permit Issuance,

Vallejo, Solano County, CA.

Summary: EPA had environmental

concerns regarding the cumulative

impacts, mitigation for wetland impacts

and CO hotspot analysis presented in

the DEIS for the FHWA’s CA–37

Improvement Project.

ERP No. D–GSA–L80016–WA Rating

* LO, Seattle New Federal Courthouse,

Construction, King County, WA.

SUMMARY: EPA does not foresee

having any environmental objections to

the proposed project.

ERP No. D–JUS–K80035–CA Rating

EC2, Service Processing Center (SPC) for

Detainees, Construction and Operation,

Possible Sites, Stockton and Tracy Sites,

San Joaquin Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concern regarding the air

conformity analysis, potential water and

waste water impacts and cumulative

impact. EPA requested additional

information on these issues.

ERP No. D–UAF–G11033–NM Rating

EC2, Holloman Air Force Base,

Proposed Expansion of German Air

Force Operations, for the Beddown of 30

Aircrafts and Construction of Facilities

for 640 Personnel, NM.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns and requested

additional information in the areas of

environmental justice, and mitigation.

ERP No. D–UMC–K36048–CA Rating

EC2, Santa Margarita River Flood

Control Project (MILCON P–010) and

Basilone Road Bridge Replacement

Project (MILCON P–030), Construction

and Operation, COE Section 404 Permit,

Camp Pendleton, CA.

Summary: EPA had environmental

concerns and requested additional

information on the projects description,

practicable least-damaging alternatives

pursuant to the Clean Water Act

404(b)(1) Guidelines and biological

resources, including wetlands

mitigation.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–COE–L36110–WA, Cedar

River Section 205 Flood Damage

Reduction Plan, Implementation,

Renton, King County, WA.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the preferred minimum dredging

alternative. The final EIS is consistent

with the draft.

ERP No. F–FHW–K40210–AZ, Pima

Freeway—Loop 101, Construction, I–17

and Scottsdale Road, Funding, NPDES

and COE Section 404 Permits, Maricopa

County, AZ.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–NRC–K01008–00,

Crownpoint Uranium Solution Mining
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Project, Construction and Operation,

Leasing and Licensing, McKinley

County, NM.

Summary: EPA continuous to express

concern regarding pressure control of

groundwater in old mine workings,

hydrogeologic monitoring and aquifer

testing and analysis, baseline water

quality, injection well design, aquifer

restoration, wildlife and mitigation,

waste management and emergency

response, and indemnification to the

federal government by the project

proponent.

ERP No. FS–AFS–L67028–AK,

Kensington Venture Underground Gold

Mine Project, Development,

Construction and Operation, Operating

Plan Approval, NPDES, Section 10 and

404 Permits, Tongass National Forest,

Sherman Creek, City of Juneau, AK.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division Office

of Federal Activities.

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Notice of Public Meeting on Notices of

Data Availability for the Interim

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment

Rule and Stage 1 Disinfectants/

Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is holding two public education

meetings to provide information related

to forthcoming Notices of Data

Availability on the Interim Enhanced

Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR)

and Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection

Byproducts Rule (D/DBPR) to be

published in early November. The

purpose of the meetings will be to

discuss the content of these Notices,

which includes the following: new data

and information that the Agency has

obtained and analyses that have been

developed since the 1994 proposals of

the IESWTR (59 FR 38832, July, 1994)

and Stage 1 D/DBPR (59 FR 38668, July

29, 1994); information concerning

recommendations of the MicrobialDisinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts

(M–DBP) Advisory Committee

(chartered in February 1997 under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act) on

key issues related to the proposal; and

regulatory implications that flow from

the new data and information. These

meetings are not public hearings and

EPA will not be accepting comments on

the Notices of Data Availability at these

meetings. Interested persons who wish

to submit comments may do so during

the 90 day public comment period

described in the Notices.

The first public meeting will take

place on November 14, 1997, from 8:30

a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Region VIII

Environmental Protection Agency

Conference Center, 999 18th Street,

Second Floor, Denver, CO 80202–2466.

The second meeting will take place on

November 17, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. until

4:00 p.m. at the Environmental

Protection Agency Auditorium, 401 M

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

EPA is inviting interested members of

the public to attend the information

sessions.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

William R. Diamond,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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Proposed Agreement and Covenant

Not To Sue Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (CERCLA),

42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby

given that a proposed Agreement and

Covenant not to Sue associated with the

College of the Canyons Smelter Site in

Can ̃ on City, Colorado, was executed by

the Agency on October 2, 1997 and by

the Department of Justice on August 3,

1997. The Agreement and Covenant not

to Sue would resolve certain potential

EPA claims under sections 106 and 107

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607

against the Purchaser, Rocky Acres, a

common law trust. The settlement

would require the Purchaser to fill and

level an excavation on the property, to

route rainfall runoff so as to prevent

erosion, and to provide access to its

property to allow EPA and any other

parties to conduct cleanup and/or

monitoring activities. The Purchaser

would receive contribution protection

as provided under section 113(f)(2) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2).

DATES: The Agency will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

settlement on or before December 1,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement

and additional background information

relating to the settlement are available

for public inspection at the Superfund

Record Center, 999 18th Street, 5th

Floor, North Tower, Denver, Colorado,

during normal business hours. A copy

of the proposed agreement may be

obtained by contacting Andrew Lensink

at (303) 312–6908. Comments should

reference the ‘‘College of the Canyons

Smelter Site’’ and ‘‘EPA Docket No.

CERCLA VIII–97–69’’ and should be

addressed to Andrew Lensink, Senior

Enforcement Attorney, (8ENF-L), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado, 80202–2405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew Lensink, Senior Enforcement

Attorney, at (303) 312–6908.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Carol Rushin,

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of

Enforcement, Compliance, and

Environmental Justice, Region VIII.

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Notice of Telecommunications Relay

Services (TRS) Applications for State

Certification Accepted

Released: October 27, 1997.

Notice is hereby given that the states

listed below have applied to the

Commission for State

Telecommunications Relay Service

(TRS) Certification. Current state

certifications expire July 25, 1998.

Applications for certification, covering

the five year period of July 26, 1998 to

July 25, 2003, must demonstrate that the

state TRS program complies with the

Commission’s rules for the provision of

TRS, pursuant to Title IV of the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),

47 U.S.C. § 225. These rules are codified

at 47 CFR 64.601–605.

Copies of applications for certification

are available for public inspection at the