[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2902-2903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1117]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6614-6]


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) 260-5076. 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-COE-D36118-DE Rating LO, Fenwick Island Feasibility 
Study, Storm Damage Reduction, Delaware Coast from Cape Henlopen to 
Fenwick Island, Protective Berm and Dune Construction, Community of 
Fenwick Island, Sussex County, DE.
    Summary: EPA did not have any objections regarding this proposed 
project.
    ERP No. DS-AFS-L60104-WA Rating EC2, 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.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the condition 
of Weyerhaeuser's commercial timberland parcels, especially high road 
density, composition and structure which are being reviewed for 
inclusion in the Mt. Baker--Snoqualmie National Forest. EPA also raised 
concerns that the current resource allocations are not adequate to 
restore water quality, aquatic habitat, habitat connectivity, and 
critical endangered species habitat as proposed in the DEIS.
    ERP No. DS-BLM-K39058-CA Rating EC2, Cadiz Groundwater Storage and 
Dry-Year Supply Program, Amendment

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of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, Additional 
Information, Groundwater Monitoring and Management Program, Issuance of 
Right-of-Way Grants and Permits, San Bernardino County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concerns based on potential impacts to 
groundwater quality and quantity and uncertainties in the proposed 
Groundwater Monitoring and Management Plan. EPA recommended that the 
FEIS provide additional information regarding groundwater monitoring 
and impacts, as well as crucial information on the Management Plan, 
including protocols and criteria for selecting members for the 
scientific and decisionmaking work groups, and for making 
recommendations, independent review, and decisionmaking.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-COE-K36134-CA Murrieta Creek Flood Control and 
Protection, Implementation, Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed objections that the Corps continues to 
propose Alternative 6, which EPA believes is not economically or 
environmentally feasible. EPA also noted that the Final EIS continues 
to be inadequate. EPA is particularly concerned over impacts to 
wetlands.
    ERP No. F-FHW-D40267-WV WV-9 Improvements, from Charles Town Bypass 
(U.S. 340) to the Virginia Line, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, 
Shenandoah River, Jefferson Co., WV and Loudoun Co., VA.
    Summary: EPA expressed concern over the level of information 
provided for a causeway construction, construction-related traffic; and 
impacts from and to an adjacent quarry.
    ERP No. F-FHW-K40233-CA US-7 Expressway Project, Construction 
between CA-98 to Interstate 8, Improve Access to the new Calexico East 
Port of Entry, Funding and COE Section 404 Permit, Imperial County, CA.
    Summary: EPA is generally satisfied with the information 
supplemented in the FEIS which disclose potential indirect and 
cumulative project impacts, and with the steps that will be taken to 
reduce adverse impacts to water quality.

    Dated: January 9, 2001.
B. Katherine Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 01-1117 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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