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ERP No. DS–BLM–K67011–NV

Rating EC2, Betze-Post Project,

Updated Information, Dewatering

Operations and a Proposed Pipeline,

Elko and Eureka Counties, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

regarding the project’s direct and

cumulative impacts to biological

resources and recommended

consideration of an alternative to

mitigate impacts to springs and streams.

EPA also requested additional

information regarding ecological risk,

cumulative impacts and mitigation

measures.

ERP No. DS–COE–E36074–00

Rating EU3, Yazoo Basin

Reformulation Study, Supplement No: 1

To the 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project,

Flood Control, Mississippi River and

Tributaries, Yazoo Basin, MS and LA.

Summary: EPA raised significant

objections with the recommended

pumping plan based on the potential for

large-scale adverse impacts to wetlands

and non-compliance with Section 404 of

the Clean Water Act. EPA also raised

objections over the lack of adequate

assessment of the scope/significance of

environmental impacts, and the flawed

procedures/incorrect assumptions used

throughout the document.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65302–UT

South Manti Timber Salvage, To

address Ecological and Economic

Values affected by Spruce Beetle

Activity in the South Manti Project,

Manti-La National Forest, Ferron-Price

and Sanpete Ranger Districts, Sanpete

and Sevier Counties, UT.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65300–ID

Goose Creek Watershed Project,

Harvesting Timber and Improve

Watershed, Payette National Forest,

New Meadows Ranger District, Adams

County, ID.

Summary: EPA continues to have

concerns about potential impacts from

road activities and harvesting to 303(d)

listed Brundage Reservoir and Little

Salmon River. EPA recommend that the

Forest Service complete analyses

prescribed in the May 1999 ‘‘Forest

Service and Bureau of Land

Management Protocol for Addressing

303(d) ‘‘Listed Waters’’ for the two

impaired waters and make this

information available to the

decisionmaker.

ERP No. F–COE–K36051–AZ

Rio de Flag Flood Control Study,

Improvement Flood Protection, City of

Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ.

Summary: Nor formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–COE–K36131–CA

Lower Mission Creek Flood Control

Project, Proposed Plan for Flood

Control, City of Santa Barbara, Santa

Barbara County, CA.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–COE–L39056–WA

Programmatic EIS—Green/Duwamish

River Basin Restoration Program,

Capitol Improvement Type Program and

Ecological Health, King County, WA.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/oeca/

ofa. Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed November 13,

2000 Through November 17, 2000

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000391, DRAFT EIS, FTA,

MN, Northstar Transportation Corridor

Project, Improvements from downtown

Minneapolis to the St. Cloud area along

Trunk Highway (TH) 10/47 and the

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)

Railroad Transcontinental Route,

Connecting the Hiawatha Light Rail

Transit (LRT) Line at a Multi-Modal

Station, Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)

International, Due: January 08, 2001,

Contact: Paul Fish (312) 353–2865.

EIS No. 000392, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

OR, South Bend Weigh and Safety

Station Establishment, Special Use

Permit for Construction, Maintenance

and Operation, Deschute National

Forest Lands along US 97 near the

Newberry National Volcanic Monument,

Deschutes County, OR, Due: January 08,

2001, Contact: Chris Mickle (541) 383–

4769.

EIS No. 000393, DRAFT EIS, BLM,

OR, Rogue National Wild and Scenic

River Hellgate Recreation Area

(Applegate River to Grave Creek)

Management Plan, Implementation,

Badford District, Ephine County, OR,

Due: February 24, 2001, Contact: Cori

Cooper (541) 618–2428.

EIS No. 000394, FINAL

SUPPLEMENT, NPS, CA, Yosemite

National Park General Management

Plan, Implementation, Tuolumne

County, CA, Due: December 26, 2000,

Contact: Alan Schmierer (415) 427–

1441.

EIS No. 000395, FINAL EIS, AFS, MT,

ID, Yellowstone Pipeline Proposed

Changes to Existing Pipeline between

Thompson Fall and Kingston, Sanders

County, MT and Shoshone County, ID,

Due: December 26, 2000, Contact: Terry

Egenhoff (406) 329–3601.

EIS No. 000396, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

OR, Mill Creek Timber Sales and

Related Activities, To Implement

Ecosystem Management Activities,

Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River

National Forest, Jackson County, OR,

Due: January 16, 2001, Contact: Joel T.

King (541) 560–3400.

EIS No. 000397, DRAFT

SUPPLEMENT, COE, IL, Sugar Creek

Municipal Water Supply, Updated

Information, Proposed New 1172 Acre

Water Supply Reservoir, Construction,

COE Section 404 Permit Issuance, City

of Marion, Williamson and Johnson

Counties, IL, Due: January 08, 2001,

Contact: Ronny Sadri (502) 315–6681.

EIS No. 000398, DRAFT EIS, AFS, ID,

UT, OR, Boise National Forest, Payette

National Forest and Sawtooth National

Forest, Forest Plan Revision,

Implementation, Southwest Idaho

Ecogroup several counties, ID, Malhaur

County, OR and Box Elder County, UT,

Due: March 15, 2001, Contact: David

Rittenhouse (208) 373–4100.

EIS No. 000399, DRAFT EIS, FAA, IL,

WI, IN, Chicago Terminal Airspace

Project (CTAP), For Proposed Air Traffic

Control Procedures and Airspace

Modification for Aircraft Operating To/

From the Chicago Region, Including

Chicago O’Hare International Airport,

Chicago Midway Airport, Milwaukee

Mitchell International Airport, IL, IN

and WI, Due: January 08, 2001, Contact:

Annette Davis (847) 294–8091.

EIS No. 000400, DRAFT

SUPPLEMENT, NOA, ME, VT, CT, NH,

MA, RI, Federal Lobster Management in

the Exclusive Economic Service,

Implementation, American Lobster

Fishery Management Plan, NY, NH and

MA, Due: January 08, 2001, Contact:

Penelope D. Dalton (301) 713–2239.

EIS No. 000401, DRAFT EIS, DOE, SC,

Savannah River Site, High-Level Waste

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Tank Closure (DOE/EIS–0303D),

Implementation, Industrial Wastewater

Closure Plan for the F and H-Area HighLevel Waste Tank Systems, Aiken

County, SC, Due: January 23, 2001,

Contact: Andrew R. Grainger (800) 881–

7292.

EIS No. 000402, FINAL EIS, COE, IL,

Hunter Lake New Supplemental Water

Supply Reservoir, Construction, City of

Springfield Application for Permit,

Sangamon County, IL, Due: December

26, 2000, Contact: Charlene Carmack

(309) 794–5570.

EIS No. 000403, FINAL EIS, COE, NE,

Western Sarpy/Clear Creek Flood

Reduction Study Including

Environmental Restoration Component,

Lower Platte River and Tributaries,

Saunders and Sarpy Counties, NE, Due:

December 26, 2000, Contact: Nelson S.

Carpenter (402) 221–4450.

EIS No. 000404, FINAL

SUPPLEMENT, AFS, CA, WA, OR,

Northern Spotted Owl Management

Plan, Updated Information for

Amendment to the Survey and Manage,

Protection Buffer and Other Mitigating

Measures, Standards and Guidelines (to

the Northwest Forest Plan), LateSuccessional and Old Growth Forest

Related Species Within the Range of the

Northern Spotted Owl, OR, WA and CA,

Due: December 26, 2000, Contact: Dick

Prather (503) 808–2165.

EIS No. 000405, FINAL EIS, COE, CA,

Whitewater River Basin (Thousand

Palms) Flood Control Project,

Construction of Facilities to Provide

Flood Protection, Coachella Valley,

Riverside County, CA, Due: December

26, 2000, Contact: Hayley Lovan (213)

452–3863.

EIS No. 000406, FINAL EIS, FHW,

WA, NE 8TH/I–405 Interchange Project,

Construction, Funding, Right-of-Way

Use Permit and NPDES Stormwater

Permit, City of Bellevue, King County,

WA, Due: December 26, 2000, Contact:

Gene Fong (360) 753–9413.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 000331, DRAFT

SUPPLEMENT, AFS, WA, Huckleberry

Land Exchange Consolidate Ownership

and Enhance Future Conservation and

Management, Updated Information,

Proposal to Exchange Land and Mineral

Estates, Federal Land and Non Federal

Land, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National

Forest, Skagit Snohomish, King, Pierce,

Kittitas, and Lewis Counties, WA

Revision of FR notice published on 09/

22/2000: CEQ Comment Date Extended

from 11/13/2000 to 11/27/2000.

Dated: November 20, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Standards (FIPS); Extension of Waiver

ACTION: Notice of FIPS waiver.

SUMMARY: The Chief Information Officer

for the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) has granted an extension

to the waiver (published October 1,

1998, at 63 FR 52693) authorizing the

Agency to continue to use the

cryptographic features in the

commercial software application, Travel

Manager Plus. The software’s

cryptographic features do not comply

with Federal Information Processing

Standards: 46–3 Data Encryption

Standard (DES); 140–1, Security

Requirements for Cryptographic

Modules; 180–1, Secure Hash Standard;

and 186–2, Digital Signature Standard.

This waiver is being issued pursuant to

the Federal Property and Administrative

Services Act of 1949, as amended, 40

U.S.C. 1441.

DATES: This waiver extension takes

effect on November 24, 2000 and

expires on January 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Day, Director, Office of

Technology, Operations, and Planning,

Office of Environmental Information,

401 M Street SW, Mail Code 2831,

Washington, DC 20460, 202–260–4465.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal

Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

46–3 Data Encryption Standard (DES);

140–1, Security Requirements for

Cryptographic Modules; 180–1, Secure

Hash Standard; and 186–2, Digital

Signature Standard publications

establish standards for generating digital

signatures (which can be used to verify

authenticity) and for the encryption of

sensitive information transmitted and

stored electronically. As authorized by

40 U.S.C. 1441(c), these FIPS

publications permit Federal agencies to

waive them under certain

circumstances: A waiver may be granted

if (1) compliance with a standard would

adversely affect the accomplishment of

the mission of an operator of a Federal

computer system; or (2) compliance

with a standard would cause a major

adverse financial impact on the operator

which is not offset by Governmentwide

savings.

Travel Manager Plus is commercial off

the shelf (COTS) software that is on the

General Services Administration (GSA)

schedule. The application complies

with a broad range of governmentwide

requirements including Travel System

Requirements issued by the Joint

Financial Management Improvement

Program.

EPA plans to deploy Travel Manager

Plus agency-wide so that the process of

reimbursing EPA employees can be fully

automated. In addition to gaining

efficiencies, by dramatically shortening

the reimbursement process cycle, the

Travel Manager Plus software will help

ensure that the Agency complies with

new legal requirements that travelers be

reimbursed promptly.

The EPA Chief Information Officer

has granted a waiver from the four FIPS

cited above to enable EPA to continue

to use the built-in cryptographic

features in Travel Manager Plus. EPA

determined that the cryptographic

protection embedded in Travel Manager

Plus provides an appropriate level of

security to protect the unclassified

information used, communicated, and

stored on the system.

If the Agency were to purchase and

maintain FIPS-compliant applications

for its automated travel reimbursement

system, the additional costs would be

prohibitive. By relying on the FIPS noncompliant cryptographic features

embedded in Travel Manager Plus, EPA

will be able to achieve a fully automated

travel reimbursement system that has

adequate and cost-effective security.

In accordance with FIPS

requirements, notice of this waiver has

been sent to the National Institute of

Standards and Technology, the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight of the House of

Representatives, and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Edwin A. Levine,

Interim Chief Information Officer.

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