[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3562-3563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1655]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5488-3]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared January 5, 1998 through 
January 9, 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) 260-5076. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft 
environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 
11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-B59000-RI Rating EC2, Newport Marine Facilities 
Project, To Develop the Marine Mode of the Intermodal Gateway 
Transportation Center, Selected siting in various locations within the 
City of Newport, Towns of Middletown and Portsmouth, Funding, COE 
Section 404 Permit and US Coast Guard Permit, Aquidreck Island, RI.
    Summary: EPA requested that additional information be provided with 
respect to water quality, contaminated sediments and eelgrass to fully 
disclose the environmental impacts of the proposed project.
    ERP No. D-NOA-B39035-MA Rating LO, New Bedford Harbor Environment 
Restoration Plan, Implementation, Acushnet River, Buzzards Bay, MA.
    Summary: EPA endorsed the 12 alternatives selected for near term 
implementation toward restoration of the New Bedford Harbor. EPA also 
explained that it does not support activities that would increase or 
alter the spacial extent of PCB contamination as a result of 
resuspension and that the agency will continue to work to ensure that 
none of the restoration work will interfere with or delay the ongoing 
Superfund work in the harbor.

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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.
[FR Doc. 98-1655 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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