Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices 28381

Dated: May 18, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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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 May 11, 1998 Through May 15,

1998

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 980178, Final EIS, NOA, MA,

New Bedford Harbor Environment

Restoration Plan, Implementation,

Acushnet River, Buzzards Bay, MA,

Due: June 22, 1998, Contact: Rolland

A. Schmitten (301) 713–2239.

EIS No. 980179, Final EIS, AFS, MT,

Meadow Timber Sales,

Implementation, Timber Harvesting,

Road Construction and Prescribed

Burning, Fortine Ranger District,

Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln

County, MT, Due: June 22, 1998,

Contact: Joleen Durham (406) 882–

4451.

EIS No. 980180, Draft EIS, FHW, MO,

US 60 Highway Project, Improvement

from East of Willow Springs to West

of Van Buren, Funding, NPDES

Permit and COE 404 Permit, Howell,

Shannon and Carter Counties, MO,

Due: July 6, 1998, Contact: Don

Neumann (573) 636–7104.

EIS No. 980181, Final EIS, USA, MD,

PA, MD, PA, Fort Ritchie Disposal

and Reuse for BRAC of 638 Acres,

Implementation, Frederick and

Washington Counties, MD and Adams

and Franklin Counties, PA, Due: June

22, 1998, Contact: Clifford Kidd (410)

962–3100.

EIS No. 980182, Draft EIS, BLM, CA,

Telephone Flat Geothermal Power

Plant within the Glass Mountain

Known Geothermal Resource Area,

Construction, Operation and

Decommissioning of a 48 megawatt

(MW) Geothermal Plant, Modoc

National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA,

Due: July 22, 1998, Contact: Randall

Sharp (520) 233–8848.

EIS No. 980183, Final Supplement EIS,

FHW, NC, Smith Creek Parkway,

Updated and Supplemental

Information, Construction from Third

Street to Kornegay Avenue, U.S. Coast

Guard Permit, COE Section 10 and

404 Permits, Wilmington, Hanover

County, NC, Due: June 22, 1998,

Contact: Nicholas L. Graf (919) 856–

4346.

EIS No. 980184, Final EIS, SCS, NB, KS,

Turkey Creek Watershed Plan,

Watershed Protection and Flood

Protection, Johnson and Pawnee

Counties, NB and Marshall and

Nemaha Counties, KS, Due: June 22,

1998, Contact: Craig Derickson (402)

437–4112.

EIS No. 980185, Final EIS, BLM, CA,

NV, Rangeland Health Standards and

Guidelines for Livestock Grazing on

Public Rangelands in California and

Northwestern Nevada, CA and NV,

Due: June 22, 1998, Contact: James

Morrison (916) 978–4642.

EIS No. 980186, Draft EIS, UAF, ND,

Minuteman III Missile System

Dismantlement, Intercontinental

Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch

Facilities (LFs) and Missile Alert

Facilities (MAFs), Deployment Areas,

Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND, Due:

July 6, 1998, Contact: Jonathan D.

Farthing (210) 536–3069.

EIS No. 980187, Final EIS, AFS, AK,

Chasina Timber Sale, Harvesting

Timber and Road Construction,

Tongass National Forest, Craig Ranger

District, Ketchikan Administrative

Area, AK, Due: June 22, 1998,

Contact: Norm Matson (907) 228–

6273.

EIS No. 980188, Final EIS, COE, NY,

Atlantic Coast of Long Island Jones

Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet Storm

Damage Reduction Project,

Construction, Long Beach Island,

Nassau County, NY, Due: June 22,

1998, Contact: Steven Sinkevich (212)

264–2198.

EIS No. 980189, Draft Supplement EIS,

HI Ma’aLaea Harbor Improvements for

Light-Draft-Vessels, Entrance Channel

Realignment and Breakwater

Modification, Additional Information,

Island of Maui, Maui County, HI, Due:

July 6, 1998, Contact: Benton Ching

(808) 438–1157.

Dated: May 19, 1998.

Anne Norton Miller,

Deputy Director, Office of Federal Activities.

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Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared May 4, 1998 Through May 8,

1998 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 10, 1998 (63 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–B61023–NH

Rating EC2, Waterville Valley Ski

Resort Project, Development of

Snowmaking Water Impoundments

Project, Special-Use-Permits, Dredge

and Fill Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, White Mountain National

Forest, Pemigewasset Ranger District,

Town of Waterville Valley, Grafton

County, NH.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns and suggested

that the impact to water quality from

alternatives two and four be further

developed in the FEIS. EPA

recommended mitigation option two to

offset unavoidable wetland impacts

associated with the project.

ERP No. D–COE–K32050–CA

Rating EO2, Oakland Harbor Inner

and Outer Deep Navigation (–50 Foot)

Improvement Project, Implementation,

Feasibility Study, Port of Oakland,

Alameda and San Francisco Counties,

CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections due to

potential air quality impacts, especially

emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx)

associated with dredging, dredged

material transport/disposal and related

construction work. Despite these

significant NOx emissions, there is no

indication from the DEIS that NOx

mitigation measures proposed by the

Corps would suffice for purposes of

making a positive conformity finding.

EPA expressed serious concerns that the

EIS may have unnecessarily constrained

the range of reasonable action

alternatives by eliminating a detailed

analysis of dredge depths less than –50

feet. EPA asked the Corps to determine
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if other dredging alternatives that

provide less depth overall, less depth

over portions of the project and/or

phasing in –50 foot depths at key areas

first may constitute reasonable

alternatives for purposes of NEPA

analysis.

ERP No. D–COE–K36124–CA

Rating EC2, Yuba River Basin

Investigation Study, Flood Protection,

also portions of the Feather River Basin

below Oroville Dam, City of Maryville,

Yuba County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns over potential

adverse impacts to water quality due to

stormwater runoff during construction

activities. EPA also recommended that

the Corps conduct the necessary

hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste

site investigations during the current

feasibility phase in order to achieve full

public disclosure. EPA also

recommended that the FEIS analyze the

indirect/cumulative effects of induced

growth in the floodplain.

ERP No. D–COE–K36125–CA

Rating EC2, Hansen Dam Water

Conservation and Supply Study, Flood

Protection, Implementation, Los

Angeles County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns that the DEIS

did not specifically analyze an ‘‘end of

pipe’’ water conservation alternative as

an alternative to increasing water

supply, or as a means of augmenting

water conservation, at Hansen Dam.

EPA believed that an actual ‘‘end of

pipe’’ water conservation alternative

may constitute a reasonable alternative

for purposes of the Corps’ NEPA

analysis. EPA noted that the three action

alternatives analyzed in detail in the

DEIS are not true ‘‘water conservation’’

alternatives but are actually alternatives

to ‘‘increase storage capacity’’ at Hansen

Dam for release during peak summer

use periods. Implementation and/or

expansion of water conservation

programs and efforts in the dam’s

service area should be an integral

element of the project.

ERP No. D–COE–K39047–CA

Rating EO2, Santa Clara River and

Major Tributaries Project, Approval of

404 Permit and 1603 Streambed

Alteration Agreement, In portions of the

City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles

County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objection because of the

project’s potential to adversely impact

the physical and biological qualities of

the Santa Clara River System and

because the measures to avoid and/or

mitigate such impacts were not fully

developed and presented in the DEIS.

EPA also expressed concern that the

DEIS did not address the full scope of

the anticipated (development-related)

actions and impacts directly and

indirectly associated with the proposed

project.

ERP No. D–FAA–E51045–FL

Rating EC2, Miami International

Airport Master Plan Update for the

Proposed New Runway, Funding and

COE Section 404 Permit, Miami-Dade

County, FL.

Summary: EPA continued to have

environmental concerns; though noise

impacts will be reduced by the year

2000 and 2005, significant noiseimpacts to the adjacent community

remain. The need for additional noise

mitigation was stated.

ERP No. D–FRC–L05219–WA

Rating LO, Sullivan Creek

Hydroelectric (FERC No. 2225) Project,

An Application for Amendment of

License, Public Utility District No. 1,

Sullivan Creek, Pend Oreille County,

WA.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the project as proposed. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. DS–COE–C32030–00

Rating LO, Arthur Kill ChannelHowland Hook Marine Terminal,

Deepening and Realignment, Limited

Reevaluation Report (LRR) Port of New

York and New Jersey, NY and NJ.

Summary: EPA believed that there has

not been a significant change in the

environmental conditions of the project

area since the issuance of the FEIS. EPA

does not anticipate that the proposed

project would result in significant

adverse environmental impacts.

Therefore, EPA has no objection to the

project’s implementation.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–L65292–ID

Caribou National Forest,

Implementation, Federal Phosphate

Leasing Proposal for the Manning Creek

and Dairy Syncline Tracts, Caribou

County, ID.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–USN–C11013–NY

Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve

Plant Calverton Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, Towns of Riverhead

and Brookhaven on Long Island, Suffolk

County, NY.

Summary: EPA continued to express

environmental concern regarding

wetland avoidance and requested that

the Record of Decision include

additional information on contaminant

remediation, endangered/threatened

species, historic/cultural resources and

environmental justice.

Dated: May 19, 1998.

Anne Norton Miller,

Deputy Director, Office of Federal Activities.

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Underground Injection Control

Program; Hazardous Waste Injection

Restrictions; Petition for Exemption—

Class I Hazardous Waste Injection;

Great Lakes Chemical Corporation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final decision on

injection well no migration petition.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

exemption to the land disposal

restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous

and Solid Waste Amendments to the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act has been granted to Great Lakes

Chemical Corporation (GLCC), for two

Class I injection wells located at El

Dorado, Arkansas. As required by 40

CFR part 148, the company has

adequately demonstrated to the

satisfaction of the Environmental

Protection Agency by petition and

supporting documentation that, to a

reasonable degree of certainty, there will

be no migration of hazardous

constituents from the injection zone for

as long as the waste remains hazardous.

This final decision allows the

underground injection by GLCC, of the

specific restricted hazardous wastes

identified in the exemption, into two

Class I hazardous waste injection wells

(WDW–5 and WDW–6) at the El Dorado,

Arkansas facility, until July 1, 2005,

unless EPA moves to terminate the

exemption under provisions of 40 CFR

148.24. As required by 40 CFR 148.22(b)

and 124.10, a public notice was issued

March 6, 1998. The public comment

period closed on April 20, 1998. No

comments were received. This decision

constitutes final Agency action and

there is no Administrative appeal.

DATES: This action is effective as of May

13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition and

all pertinent information relating thereto