[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58527-58528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25056]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6611-4]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental 
Review Process (ERP), under Section

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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 14, 2000 (65 
FR 20157).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-D40306-WV Rating EC2, King Coal Highway Project 
Construction, from the vicinity of Williamson to the vicinity of 
Bluefield, COE Section 404 Permit, Mingo, McDowell Mercer, and Wyoming 
Counties, WV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern with the potential impacts to 
streams, wetlands, and community resources.
    ERP No. D-FHW-D40309-WV Rating EC1, Shawnee Highway Project, 
Construction between the Ghent Interchange of I-787 in the North and 
McDowell County 14 or McDowell County 17 in the South, Funding, 
McDowell, Raleigh and Wyoming Counties, WV.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns of about the potential impacts to 
residential, business, community, and forest resources.
    ERP No. D-FHW-G40159-TX Rating EC2, US Highway 183 Alternate 
Project, Improvements from RM-620 to Approximately Three Miles North of 
the City of Leander, Williamson County, TX.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns about impacts to air quality; water 
quality; and cumulative impacts. EPA requests that additional 
information regarding the preferred alternative and these potential 
impacts be provided in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-FHW-H59000-NB Rating LO, Antelope Valley Study, 
Implementation of Stormwater Management, Transportation Improvements 
and Community Revitalization, Major Investment Study, City of Lincoln, 
Lancaster County, NB.
    Summary: EPA expressed a lack of objections to the proposal.
    ERP No. DB-FHW-D50004-00 Rating EO2, Woodrow Wilson Bridge 
Improvements, Updated Information concerning the Changes and Discusses 
in differences between Alternative 4A of the September 1997 FEIS and 
Current Design Alternative 4A, I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway), Telegraph 
Road to MD-210, Funding, COE Section 10 and 404 Permits and CGD Bridge 
Permit Issuance, City of.
    Summary: EPA expressed objections due to significant impacts to 
terrestrial and aquatic resources. EPA requested that critical issues 
regarding compensatory mitigation, forest impacts, dredged material 
disposal, remediation of temporary impacts, and secondary and 
cumulative impacts be resolved prior to the final supplemental EIS.
    ERP No. RD-APH-A82126-00 Rating EO2, Regulation--Importation of 
Unmanufactured Wood Articles from Mexico, With Consideration for 
Cumulative Impacts of Methyl Bromide Use, Proposed Rule.
    Summary: EPA had environmental objections to the proposed 
regulation based on concerns about the unnecessary use of methyl 
bromide, how the increases in methyl bromide use are described in 
comparison to current uses, the cumulative impact analysis, the 
adequacy of the alternatives considered, the efficacies and costs of 
treatments, and the lack of identification of target pests of the 
program.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-BLM-J01010-WY Horse Creek Coal Lease Application (Federal 
Coal Lease Application WYW-141435), Implementation, Campbell and 
Converse Counties, WY.
    Summary: While most of EPA's concerns were addressed, EPA continues 
to be concerned about mitigation of potentially harmful levels of 
nitrogen oxides resulting from the blasting of coal and overburden.

    Dated: September 26, 2000.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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