Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices 59835

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements

Filed September 25, 2000 Through

September 29, 2000

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000335, Final EIS, FHW, WI,

WI–113 Wisconsin River Crossing at

Merrimac, Improvements, US Coast

Guard and COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, Columbia and Sauk Counties,

WI, Due: November 06, 2000, Contact:

Peter Garcia (608) 829–7513.

EIS No. 000336, Draft EIS, BLM, MA,

New Bedford Whaling National

Historical Park, General Management

Plan, Implementation, Bristol County,

MA , Due: December 01, 2000,

Contact: John Piltzecker (508) 996–

4095.

EIS No. 000337, Draft Supplement, IBR,

CA, East Bay Municipal Utility

District Supplemental Water Supply

Project and Water Service Contract

Amendment, New and Additional

Information on Alternatives,

American River Division of the

Central Valley Project (CVP),

Sacramento County, CA, Due:

November 20, 2000, Contact: Rob

Schroeder (916) 988–1707.

EIS No. 000338, Draft EIS, STB, SD, WY,

MN, Powder River Basin Expansion

Project, Construction of New Rail

Facilities, Finance Docket No. 33407

Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern

Railroad, SD, WY and MN, Due:

November 20, 2000, Contact: Victoria

Rutson (202) 565–1545.

EIS No. 000339, Final EIS, AFS, KY,

Daniel Boone National Forest,

Implementation, Salvage Harvest Due

to 1998 Storm Damage Timber,

McCreary and Pulaske County, KY,

Due: November 06, 2000, Contact:

Benjamin T. Washington (606) 679–

2018.

EIS No. 000340, Final EIS, AFS, ID,

Warm Springs Ridge Vegetation

Management Project, Improve Forest

Condition, Boise National Forest,

Cascade Resource Area, Boise County,

ID, Due: November 06, 2000, Contact:

Kathy Ramirez (208) 392–6681.

EIS No. 000341, Final Supplement,

COE, CA, Port of Los Angeles Channel

Deepening Project, To Improve

Navigation and Disposal of Dredge

Material for the Inner Harbor

Channels, Los Angeles County, CA,

Due: November 06, 2000, Contact:

Larry Smith (213) 452–3846.

EIS No. 000342, Draft EIS, NOA, AK,

Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Stock,

Federal Actions Associated with the

Management and Recovery,

Implementation, Cook Inlet, AK, Due:

November 20, 2000, Contact: P.

Michael Payne (907) 586–2735.

EIS No. 000343, Draft EIS, UAF, TX,

Brooks City Base Project, To Improve

Mission Effectiveness and Reduce

Cost of Quality Installation Support,

Implementation, Brooks Air Force

Base, Bexar County, TX, Due:

November 20, 2000, Contact: Jonathan

D. Farthing (210) 536–3668.

EIS No. 000344, Draft EIS, BLM, UT, 3R

Minerals Coal Bed Canyon Mine Plan,

Approval, Grand Staircase-Escalante

National Monument, Garfield County,

UT, Due: December 04, 2000, Contact:

Paul Chapman (435) 644–4309.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 000196, Draft EIS, NPS, MN,

Voyageurs National Park General

Management, Visitor Use and

Facilities Plans, Implementation,

Koochiching and St. Louis Counties,

MN, Due: October 23, 2000, Contact:

Kathleen Przybylski (218) 283–9821.

Revision of FR notice published on

06/23/2000: CEQ Comment Date has

been Extended from 09–22–2000 to

10/23/2000.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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AGENCY

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared 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 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–K65359–00 Rating

EC2, Northern Sierra Amendment to the

Toiyabe Land and Resource

Management, To Unify and Revise

Management Direction, HumboldtToiyabe National Forest, Carson Ranger

District, Stanislaus National Forest,

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,

Douglas and Washoe Counties, NV and

Alpine and Toulomne Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

related to purpose and need and the

timing of the plan amendment in

advance of the 15 year deadline for

Forest Plan revision set for June 23,

2001. Specific concerns were expressed

regarding the lack of standards and

guidelines promoting road

decommissioning pursuant to the

Chief’s Natural Resource Agenda and

the Clean Water Action Plan.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65362–ID Rating

EC2, West Mountain North Project,

Timber Harvest, Road Construction and

Reconstruction), Boise National Forest,

Cascade Ranger District, Valley County,

ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns over water and

air quality. EPA requested that further

information on these concerns be

provided in the final EIS.

ERP No. D–COE–E30041–NC Rating

EC2, Dare County Beaches (Bodie Island

Portion) Hurricane Wave Protection and

Beach Erosion Control, The towns of

Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk,

Dare County, NC.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns due to the

open-ended loss of biotic stability along

the project shoreline which was not

mitigated by the incremental gain in sea

turtle nesting habitat.

ERP No. D–FRC–F03008–00 Rating

EO2, Guardian Pipeline Project,

Proposal to Construct and Operate an

Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline that

would extend from Joliet (Will County),

IL and Ixonia (Jefferson County), WI.

Summary: EIS raised objections and

identified several issues that were not

adequately addressed in the Draft EIS,

including the cumulative impacts

analysis, mitigation measures, and the

definition of the project purpose and

need.

ERP No. D–IBR–K29000–AZ Rating

EC2, Central Arizona Project (CAP),

Allocation of Water Supply and LongTerm Contract Execution, Maricopa,

Pinal and Pima Counties, AZ.

Summary: EPA expressed concern

that there was minimal discussion and

commitment to available tools for

enhancing water management

flexibility/reliability and providing

long-term sustainable use of the

allocated water. EPA also had concerns

regarding the potential impacts to soil

salinity, land subsidence, sustainable

groundwater yields, and the specifics of

the long-term water supply contracts.

EPA did express strong support for the

underlying goal of a long-term

sustainable water supply by achieving a

balance between water use/demand and

available water resources EPA also

urged Reclamation to take a role beyond

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just mere allocation of CAP water and

to promote efficient, equitable and

sustainable use of the allocated water as

part of this Federal action.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65315–UT, Monroe

Mountain Ecosystem Restoration

Project, Implementation, Fishlake

National Forest, Richfield Ranger

District, Sevier and Piute Counties, UT.

Summary: EPA has no objection to the

proposed action, as this document

adequately responded to EPA’s previous

comments on the draft EIS.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65322–AK, Luck

Lake Timber Sales Project,

Implementation, Tongass National

Forest, Thorne Bay Ranger District,

Prince of Wales Island, AK.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65356–ID, Box

Canyon Timber Sale, Vegetative

Management, Implementation, Palisades

Ranger District, Caribou-Targhee

National Forest, Bonneville County, ID.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FHW–G40155–TX, TX–45

Highway Project, Extending from

Anderson Mill Road just west of US 183

to Farm-to-Market Road 685 (FM–685)

east of IH–35, Funding, Williamson and

Travis Counties, TX.

Summary: EPA has no objection to the

action as proposed.

ERP No. F–NPS–J26002–MT, Lake

McDonald/Park Headquarters

Wastewater Treatment System

Rehabilitation, Implementation, COE

Section 404 Permit, Glacier National

Park, A Portion of Waterton-Glacier

International Peace Park, Flathead and

Glacier Counties, MT.

Summary: EPA supports the preferred

alternatives, but recommends that the

site location of the ultimate wastewater

treatment plant sludge disposal be

evaluated and established. The

information is needed to fully assess

and mitigate all potential environmental

impacts of the management actions.

ERP No. F–SFW–L65334–WA,

Simpson Washington Timberlands

Forest Management and Timber

Harvesting Project, Proposed Issuing of

a Multiple Species Incidental Take

Permit, Mason, Thurston and Gray

Harbor Counties, WA.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: October 3, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA, Office of Federal Activities.

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Open Meeting of the Industrial NonHazardous Waste Stakeholders Focus

Group

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting of the

Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste

Stakeholders Focus Group.

SUMMARY: As required by section 10

(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),

EPA is giving notice of the seventh

meeting of the Industrial NonHazardous Waste Policy Dialogue

Committee, also known as the Industrial

Non-Hazardous Waste Stakeholders

Focus Group. The purpose of this

Committee is to advise EPA and

ASTSWMO (the Association of State

and Territorial Solid Waste Management

Officials) in developing voluntary

guidance for the management of

industrial non-hazardous waste in new

landfills, waste piles, surface

impoundments, and land application

units. The Focus Group facilitates the

exchange of information and ideas

among the interested parties relating to

the development of the final ‘‘Guide for

Industrial Waste Management.’’ The

purpose of the seventh meeting will be

to review and discuss issues associated

with the public comments received on

the ‘‘Draft Guide for Industrial Waste

Management.’’ Major areas of discussion

will include the public comments on

the draft air tool (IWAIR) and the draft

ground-water tool (IWEM), as well as

suggested changes to the individual

chapters of the Guide. In addition, there

will be an opportunity for limited

public comment at the end of each day

of the meeting.

DATES: The committee will meet on

November 1 and 2, 2000, from 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. on November 1, and from

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on November 2.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting

is the Governor’s House, 1615 Rhode

Island Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

20001. The phone number is 202–296–

2100. The seating capacity of the room

is approximately 75 people, and seating

will be on a first-come basis. Supporting

materials are available for viewing at

Docket F–1999–IDWA–FFFFF in the

RCRA Information Center (RIC), located

at Crystal Gateway One, 1235 Jefferson

Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington,

VA. The RIC is open from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays. To review

docket materials, the public must make

an appointment by calling (703) 603–

9230. The public may copy a maximum

of 100 pages from any regulatory docket

at no charge. Additional copies cost

$.15/page. Most of the material to be

discussed at the November Focus Group

meeting will be available for viewing in

the above docket on and after October

17, 2000. For general information,

contact the RCRA Hotline at 1–800–

424–9346 or TDD 1–800–553–7672

(hearing impaired). In the Washington

metropolitan area, call 703–412–9610 or

TDD 703–412–3323.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information on

the committee should contact John

Sager, Municipal and Industrial Solid

Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, at

(703) 308–7256.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

EPA and ASTSWMO formed a State/

EPA Steering Committee in 1996 to

jointly develop voluntary facility

guidance regarding the management of

industrial nonhazardous waste in new

land-based disposal units. The purpose

of the guidance document is to provide

a guide to facility managers, State and

Tribal environmental staff, and

members of the general public so that

safe industrial waste management can

be achieved. The current draft Guide

addresses such topics as appropriate

controls for ground-water protection,

liner designs, air emissions, run-on/runoff, public participation, daily operating

practices, monitoring and corrective

action, and closure and post-closure

considerations. In addition, the draft

Guide addresses such topics as waste

characterization, pollution prevention,

and building partnerships.

The draft Guide and the CD–ROM, on

which the Guide and modeling tools

were placed, were noticed in the FR in

June 1999. The public comment period

ended in January 2000. The State/EPA

Steering Committee will continue to

convene this Stakeholders Focus Group

in order to obtain recommendations

from those individuals who represent a

broad spectrum of public interest groups

and affected industries. All

recommendations from Focus Group

participants are forwarded to the State/

EPA Steering Committee for

consideration, as the Stakeholders

Focus Group does not strive for a

consensus.

Copies of the minutes of the past six

Stakeholder Focus Group meetings have

previously been made available through

the original docket for this project (F–

96–INHA–FFFFF) at the RCRA