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Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–L65286–OR, Summit

Fire Recovery Forest Restoration Project,

Implementation, Malheur National

Forest, Long Creek Ranger District,

Grant County, OR.

Summary: Review of the final EIS was

not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FAA–B51025–NH,

Manchester (New Hampshire) Airport

Master Plan Update, Improvements to

Airside and Landside Facilities, Airport

Layout Plan, Permits and Approvals,

Manchester, NH.

Summary: EPA continues to have

concerns regarding wetlands, air

quality, and alternative modes of

transportation.

ERP No. F–FHW–C40136–NY,

Stutson Street BIN–3317120 Over

Genesee River (PIN 4751.05.121), from

the Interchange of the Lake Ontario

State Parkway and Latta Road to Lake

Shore Boulevard, COE Section 10 and

404 Permit, and Coast Guard Bridge

Permits, in the City of Rochester, Town

of Greece and Irondequoit, Monroe

County, NY.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the action as proposed.

ERP No. FS–FHW–B40029–VT,

Burlington Southern Connector, I–189

to Battery Street, Additional

Information, Funding, Burlington,

Chittenden County, VA.

Summary: EPA continues to express

concerns regarding wetland, water and

air quality and superfund issues. EPA

requested that these issues be clarified

in the Record of Decision.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

B. Katherine Biggs,

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 (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed January 12,

1998 Through January 16, 1998

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 980006, Draft Supplement, EPA,

CA, International Wastewater

Treatment Plant and Outfall Facilities,

Construction, Operation and

Maintenance, Construction Grants,

CA and Mexico, Due: March 09, 1998,

Contact: Elizabeth Borowiec (415)

744–1165.

EIS No. 980007, Draft EIS, FHW, AZ,

Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202)

Construction and Operation, between

AR 87 (County Club Drive) and US–

60 (Superstition Freeway), Funding,

NPDES Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, City of Mesa, Maricopa

County, AZ, Due: March 09, 1998,

Contact: Ken Davis (602) 379–3646.

EIS No. 980008, Draft Supplement, AFS,

AK, Control Lake Timber Sales,

Implementation, Updated

Information, Prince of Wales Island,

Tongass National Forest, AK, Due:

March 16, 1998, Contact: Dave

Arrasmith (907) 228–6304.

EIS No. 980009, Draft EIS, AFS, ID,

Frank Church—River of No Return

Wilderness (FC–RONRW),

Implementation for the Future

Management of Land and Water

Resource, Bitterroot, Boise, Nez Perce,

Payette and Salmon-Challis National

Forests, ID, Due: April 24, 1998,

Contact: Ken Wotring (208) 756–5131.

EIS No. 980010, Draft EIS, NOA, SC,

Marine Environmental Health

Research Laboratory (MEHRL),

Construction and Operation of

Premiere, High Technology and

Marine Research Center, Approval of

Permits, Charleston County, SC, Due:

March 09, 1998, Contact: Donna

Howard (803) 762–8604.

EIS No. 980011, Draft Supplement,

BLM, CO, NM, TransColorado Gas

Pipeline Transmission Project,

Updated Resource Information,

Construction, Operation and

Maintenance, COE Section 404 and 10

Permits, Right-of-Way Grants and

Special Use Permit, La Plata, Delta,

Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Montezuma,

Montrose, Rio Blanco, San Miguel

Counties, CO and San Juan County,

NM, Due: March 25, 1998, Contact:

Bill Bottomly (970) 240–5337.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970425, Draft EIS, SFW, MO,

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife

Refuge (Big Muddy Refuge) Expansion

and Land Acquisition, Missouri River

Basin, Several Counties, MO, Due:

February 17, 1998, Contact: Ms. Judy

McClendon (800) 686–8339.

Published FR 01–07–98—Review

period extended.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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Notice of Availability of FY 1998

Multimedia Environmental Justice

Through Pollution Prevention Grant

Funds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting grant

proposals under the Environmental

Justice Through Pollution Prevention

(EJP2) grant program. EPA anticipates

that as much as $4 million will be

available in Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. The

purpose of this program is to support

pollution prevention approaches that

address environmental justice concerns

in affected communities. The grant

funds will support: (1) Local

environmental, environmental justice,

and community grassroots

organizations, including religious and

civic organizations, as well as tribal

governments that promote

environmental justice using pollution

prevention as the preferred approach;

(2) national and regional organizations

working in partnership with local

organizations, or tribal governments to

promote environmental justice using

pollution prevention approaches; (3)

state and local governments; and (4)

academic institutions.

DATES: All applications must be

received by EPA’s contractor, Eastern

Research Group (ERG), located in

Arlington, VA, by April 20, 1998. No

applications will be accepted after this

date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain copies of the EJP2 grant program

guidance and application package, or to

obtain more information regarding the

EJP2 grant program, please contact

Louise Little at (703) 841–0483. A

complete electronic copy of the EJP2

grant program guidance and application

package is also available on the EPA

Home Page on the Internet. The Internet

address is: http:/www.epa.gov/opptintr/

ejp2.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Scope and Purpose of the EJP2 Grant

Program

The purpose of the FY 1998 EJP2

grant program is to support the use of

pollution prevention approaches to

address the environmental problems of

minority communities and/or lowincome communities and Federally

recognized tribes. This grant program is

designed to fund projects that have a
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1 As a result of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of

1995, EPA (and other Federal agencies) may not

award grants to nonprofit, section 501(c)(4)

organizations that engage in lobbying activities.

This restriction applies to any lobbying activities of

a secton 501(c)(4) organization without

distinguishing between lobbying funded by Federal

money and lobbying funded by other sources.

direct impact on affected communities.

Funds awarded must be used to support

pollution prevention programs in

minority and/or low-income

communities. The Agency strongly

encourages cooperative efforts between

communities, businesses, industry, and

government to address common

pollution prevention goals. Projects

funded under this grant may involve

public education, training,

demonstration projects, collaborative

public-private partnerships, or

innovative approaches to develop,

evaluate, and demonstrate nonregulatory strategies and technologies.

Grants will be awarded to national

organizations for projects to assess the

results of previous and ongoing EJP2

grants and related information and to

develop tools for bringing pollution

prevention approaches to bear on the

problems of environmental justice

communities.

II. Definition of Environmental Justice

and Pollution Prevention

Environmental justice is defined by

EPA as the fair treatment of people of all

races, cultures, and incomes with

respect to the development,

implementation, and enforcement of

environmental laws, regulations,

programs, and policies. Fair treatment

means that no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group should bear a

disproportionate share of the negative

environmental consequences resulting

from the operation of industrial,

municipal, and commercial enterprises,

and from the execution of Federal, state,

local, and tribal programs and policies.

The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

establishes a hierarchy of environmental

preferences. These practices include, in

order of preference:

• Pollution prevention/source

reduction

• Recycling

• Treatment

• Disposal

Pollution prevention means source

reduction; it includes any practice that

reduces or eliminates any pollutant at

the source of generation prior to

recycling, treatment, or disposal.

Pollution prevention also includes

practices that reduce or eliminate the

creation of pollutants through:

• Increased efficiency in the use of

raw materials, energy, water, or other

resources

• Protection of natural resources by

conservation

This grant program is focused on

implementing practices at the top of the

hierarchy—pollution prevention/source

reduction—to bring about better

environmental protection.

III. Eligibility

Any affected, nonprofit community

organizations with section 501(c)(3) or

section 501(c)(4)1 Internal Revenue

Service tax status or Federally

recognized tribal organizations may

submit an application upon the

publication of this solicitation. A

nonprofit organization is defined as any

corporation, trust, association,

cooperative, or other organizations that:

(1) Is operated primarily for scientific,

educational, service, charitable, or

similar purposes in the public interest.

(2) Is not organized primarily for

profit.

(3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain,

improve, and/or expand its operations.

State and local governments and

academic institutions are also eligible.

Organizations must be incorporated by

April 20, 1998, to be eligible to receive

funds. Private businesses, Federal

agencies, and individuals are ineligible

for this grant. Organizations excluded

from applying directly, as well as those

inexperienced in grant writing, are

encouraged to develop partnerships and

prepare joint proposals with eligible

national, regional, or local

organizations.

No applicant can receive two grants

for the same project at one time. EPA

will consider only one proposal for a

given project. Applicants may submit

more than one application; however,

applications must be for separate and

distinct projects.

Organizations seeking funds from the

EJP2 grant program can request up to

$100,000 for local projects, and up to

$250,000 for projects that involve

multiple communities located in more

than one of the 10 EPA Regions, or

projects that are national in scope. In

accordance with 40 CFR parts 23 and

30, EPA no longer requires cost sharing

or matching under this grant program.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

William H. Sanders,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee:

Accident Prevention Subcommittee

Conference Call Meeting—February 3,

1998, 2–4 p.m.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section

112(r) required EPA to publish

regulations to prevent accidental

releases of chemicals and to reduce the

severity of those releases that do occur.

On June 20, 1996, EPA published the

final rule for risk management programs

to address prevention of accidental

releases.

The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee was created in September

1996 to advise EPA’s Chemical

Emergency Preparedness and

Prevention Office (CEPPO) on these

chemical accident prevention issues.

DATES: The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee will hold a public

meeting on February 3, 1998 from 2

p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Washington Information Center #12

South, in EPA Headquarters, 401 M St.,

NW, Washington DC 20460. Members of

the public are welcome to attend in

person. The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee will call into the meeting

by teleconference. Due to the limited

teleconference lines, there will not be

additional lines for the public to call in.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public desiring

additional information about this

meeting, should contact Karen

Shanahan, Designated Federal Official,

US EPA (5101), 401 M. St., SW,

Washington DC 20460, via the Internet

at: shanahan.karen@epamail.epa.gov.,

by telephone at (202) 260–2711 or FAX

at (202) 260–1686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks—Jim Makris

II. Discussion of options for making RMP

data available through RMP*Info TM

(Security Study)

III. Comments from the public

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation in person

in Washington DC to the Subcommittee

at the February 3 meeting, must contact

Karen Shanahan in writing (by letter,

fax, or email—see previously stated

information) no later than 12 noon,