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• water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands

• vegetation and wildlife

• endangered and threatened species

• public safety

• land use

• cultural resources

• air quality and noise

• hazardous waste

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

affected landowners, newspapers,

libraries, and the Commission’s official

service list for this proceeding. A

comment period will be allotted for

review if the EA is published. We will

consider all comments on the EA before

we make our recommendations to the

Commission.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

Columbia. This preliminary list of

issues may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• The project follows the course of

Saltlick Creek, a high quality

warmwater fishery, and crosses it

numerous times.

• A total of 13 wetlands (.92 acre)

would be affected by the project.

• A number of residences are in the

vicinity and two residences are within

50 feet of the proposed construction

area.

• Construction of related pig

launching and receiving facilities may

have visual impacts.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal, and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please follow the

instructions below to ensure that your

comments are received and properly

recorded:

• Address your letter to: Lois Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., N.E.,

Washington, DC 204265:

• Reference Docket No. CP97–176–

000;

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before March 6, 1997.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

You do not need intervenor status to

have your comments considered.

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 January 27,

1997 Through January 31, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970035, Draft EIS, USN, GU,

AK, AS, HI, Marianas Islands Military

Training, Implementation, Marianas

Training Plan, Guam, Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands, Asia,

Hawaii and Alaska, Due: March 24,

1997, Contact: Fred Minato (808) 471–

9338.

EIS No. 970036, Draft EIS, FHW, CA,

Carquinez Bridge Project, Replace/

Retrofit the westbound I–80 between

Cummings Skyway and CA–29, US

Coast Guard and COE Section 10 and

404 Permits, Contra Costa and Solano

Counties, CA, Due: March 28, 1997,

Contact: John R. Schultz (916) 498–

5041.

EIS No. 970037, Final EIS, USN, CA, Las

Pulgas and San Mateo Basin, Cease

and Desist Order, Sewage Effluent

Compliance Project, NPDES Permit,

Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton,

San Diego County, CA, Due: March

10, 1997, Contact: David Walls (703)

696–2138.

EIS No. 970038, Final EIS, AFS, WA,

Crown Jewel Mine and Mill Project,

Construction and Operation, Gold and

Silver Mining and Milling Project,

Plan of Operations Approval, SpecialUse-Permits and COE Section 404

Permit, Chesaw, Okanogan County,

WA, Due: March 10, 1997, Contact:

Phil Christy (509) 486–5137.

EIS No. 970039, Final EIS, FHW, PA, US

222 Relocation/Reconstruction

Project, Construction of the Warren

Street Extension, Funding, Berks

County, PA, Due: March 10, 1997,

Contact: Manuel A. Marks (717) 782–

3461.

EIS No. 970040, Draft EIS, FHW, PA,

Tunkhannock Transportation

Improvement Project, Improvement

along US–6 (S.R.0006 Section E12)

through the Borough of Tunkhannock

and Tunkhannock Township, Possible

COE Section 404 Permit, Wyoming

County, PA, Due: March 24, 1997,

Contact: Manuel Marks (717) 782–

3461.

EIS No. 970041, Draft EIS, AFS, FL,

Florida National Forests, Revised

Land and Resource Management Plan,

Implementation, Apalachicola,

Choctowhatchee, Ocala and Osceola

National Forests, Several Counties,

FL, Due: May 10, 1997, Contact: Karl

P. Siderits (904) 942–9300.

EIS No. 970042, Draft EIS, UAF, TX,

Programmatic EIS—Kelly Air Force

Base (AFB), Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, San Antonio County,

TX, Due: March 26, 1997, Contact:

Ted Shieck (210) 536–3807.

EIS No. 970043, Draft EIS, COE, IL,

Savanna Army Depot Activity

(SVADA), Disposal and Reuse for

BRAC–95, Implementation, Jo Daviess

and Carroll County, IL, Due: March

24, 1997, Contact: Rob Dow (703)

693–9217.

EIS No. 970044, Final EIS, AFS, CA,

Dinkey Allotment Livestock Grazing

Strategies, Implementation, Sierra

National Forest, Fresno County, CA,

Due: March 10, 1997, Contact: Terry

Elliott (202) 297–0706.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 960576, Final EIS, AFS, WA,

Huckleberry Land Exchange

Consolidate Ownership and Enhance

Future Conservation and

Management, Federal Land and Non

Federal Land, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie

National Forest, Skagit, Snohomish,

King, Pierce, Kittitas and Lewis

Counties, WA, Due: March 21, 1997,

Contact: Doug Schrenk (206) 888–
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1421. Published FR 12–13–96—

Review Period extended.

EIS No. 960596, Draft EIS, NPS, AS,

National Park of American Samoa,

Implementation, General Management

Plan, Islands of Tutulla, Ta’u and Ofu,

Territory of American Samoa, Due:

February 18, 1997, Contact: Alan

Schmierer (415) 744–3968. Published

FR 01–03–97 Correction to Telephone

Number.

EIS No. 970015, Final EIS, COE, VA,

Lower Virginia Peninsula Regional

Raw Water Supply Plan, Permit

Approval, Cohoke Mill Creek, King

William County, VA, Due: March 26,

1997, Contact: Pamela K. Painter (757)

441–7654. Published FR 12–13–96—

Review Period Extended.

Dated: February 4, 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 January 20, 1997 through

January 24, 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 05, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–K65190–AZ Rating

EC2, Eastern Roosevelt Lake Watershed

Analysis Area Grazing Strategy and

Associated Range Improvements

Management Plan, Development and

Implementation, Tonto National Forest,

Tonto Basin Ranger District, Gila

County, AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concern regarding

potential air and water quality impacts

and cumulative impacts. EPA requested

that these issues be clarified in the FEIS.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65276–ID Rating

EC2, Prince John Timber Sale Project,

Implementation, Boise National Forest,

Cascade Ranger District, Valley County,

ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about water

quality impacts and requested that the

FEIS discuss alternatives that do not

enter roadless areas.

ERP No. D–AFS–L82015–ID Rating

EC2, St. Joe Noxious Weed Control

Project, Implementation, St. Maries

River, St. Joe River and Little North Fork

Clearwater River, Benewah, Shoshone

and Latah Counties, ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concern regarding

potential misuse and over-application of

herbicides. EPA requested that the

alternative analysis be expanded.

ERP No. D–BLM–J01075–WY Rating

EC2, North Rochelle Mine, Application

for Federal Coal Lease (WYW127221),

Special-Use-Permits and NPDES Permit,

Campbell County, WY.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns related to the

need for additional information, data

and discussion of air quality impacts.

Additional information is requested in

the FEIS to address theses concerns.

ERP No. D–BLM–J60018–UT Rating

EO2, Price Coalbed Methane Gas

Resources Project, Construction, Federal

and Non-Federal Lands, Permit-to-Drill

Application, Right-of-Way Grants and

COE Section 404 Permits, Carbon and

Emery Counties, UT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objection to the proposed

action due to potential air quality, water

quality (including groundwater and

wetlands) impacts and the lack of

adequate habitat preservation and

protection measures. EPA requested that

the above issues be clarified in the FEIS.

ERP No. D–DOE–K08052–00 Rating

EC2, Navajo Transmission Project

(NTP), Construction, Operation and

Maintenance, Right-of-Way Grants, EPA

NPDES, COE, FAA, FWS and FHW

Permits Issuance, NV, NM and AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

potential wetland impacts, pollution

prevention issues and Native American

sacred sites. EPA requested that the

FEIS clarify these issues.

ERP No. D–DOE–L09812–WA Rating

EO2, Hanford Remedial Action,

Implementation, Comprehensive LandUse Plan, Hanford Site lies in the Pasco

Basin of the Columbia Plateau, WA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections particularly

with regard to contaminated soil issues,

inconsistent risk assessments,

inaccurate cost information and the

failure to properly describe the

relationship between agreements

reached under CERCLA and RCRA and

those described in the NEPA process.

EPA requested that these and other

issues be fully clarified in the FEIS.

ERP No. D–FAA–K51037–CA Rating

EO2, Metropolitan Oakland

International Airport (MOIA), Airport

Development Program (ADP), Airport

Layout Plan Approval, Funding and

COE Section 404 and 10 Permits

Issuance, Port of Oakland, Alameda

County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objection due to

potential inconsistency with the general

conformity (air quality), section 404

requirements (wetlands) and the lack of

a hazardous waste minimization

program. EPA requested clarification

and or mitigation of these issues.

ERP No. D–NOA–L39054–WA Rating

LO, Programmatic EIS—Commencement

Bay Restoration Plan, Implementation,

COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, CZMA

and NPDES Applications, Puget Sound,

Pierce County, WA.

Summary: EPA has no objection to the

action as proposed.

ERP No. D–NOA–L91001–AK Rating

EC2, Juneau Consolidated Facility,

Implementation, Fisheries Management

Operation, ‘‘Vision for 2005’’, Juneau,

AK.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concern regarding

potential impacts to hydrology,

wetlands, air quality and fish/wildlife

services. EPA requested that additional

clarification information be included in

the FEIS and that appropriate mitigation

be provided.

ERP No. D–NPS–L61213–00 Rating

LO, Nez Perce National Historical Park

and Big Hole National Battefield

General Management Plan,

Implementation, Asotin and Okanogan

Counties, WA; Wallowa County, OR;

Idaho, Lewis, Nez Perce, Clearwater and

Clank Counties, ID; and Blaine,

Yellowstone and Beaverhead Counties,

MT.

Summary: EPA has no objection to the

action as proposed.

ERP No. D–USN–K11075–CA Rating

EC2, Naval Medical Center Oakland,

Disposal and Reuse, Implementation, in

the City of Oakland, Alameda County,

CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

impacts to biological resources

particularly riparian and wetland

resources and other water quality issues.

ERP No. D–USN–L11031–WA Rating

LO, Puget Sound Naval Station, Sand

Point, Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, King County, WA.

Summary: Following EPA’s

preliminary review, EPA found no

significant statutory or jurisdictional

issues from its perspective.

ERP No. DS–FTA–K40208–CA Rating

LO, South Sacramento Corridor