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the submitted Rate of Progress SIP for

future conformity determinations. These

budgets also apply to the Atlantic City

moderate ozone nonattainment area.

DATES: This finding is effective June 18,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melanie A. Zeman, Mobile Source

Team, Air Programs Branch,

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New

York 10007–1866, (212) 637–4022, email address: zeman.melanie@epa.gov.

The finding and the response to

comments will be available at EPA’s

conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter

to the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection on May 23,

2001 stating that the motor vehicle

emissions budgets in the submitted rate

of progress plan (dated April 11, 2001)

for the New Jersey portions of the New

York-New Jersey-Connecticut and

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

severe nonattainment areas are adequate

for conformity purposes. This finding

will also be announced on EPA’s

conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans (SIPs) and

establishes the criteria and procedures

for determining whether or not they do.

Conformity to a SIP means that

transportation activities will not

produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: May 23, 2001.

Kathleen C. Callahan,

Acting Regional Administrator Region 2.

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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) 564–

7167. 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–AFS–G36152–NM Rating

LO, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe

Municipal Watershed Project, Servere

Crown Fire Reduction and Sustainable

Forest and Watershed Conditions

Restoration, Implementation, Pecos

Wilderness to Cochitti Lake, Santa Fe

National Forest, Santa Fe County, NM.

Summary

EPA has no objections to the selection

of the preferred alternative.

ERP No. D–BIA–K60031–NV Rating

EC2, Moapa Paiute Energy Center/

Associated Facilities Construction,

Operation and Maintenance of a 760-

Megawatt (MW) Baseload Natural GasFired Combined Cycle Power Plant,

Land Lease and Water Use Approval, R–

O–W Grants, Temporary Use, COE

Section 10/404 and EPA NPDES

Permits, Moapa River Indian

Reservation and BLM Lands, Clark

County, NY.

Summary

EPA expressed concerns, and

requested additional information

regarding: lack of evaluation for

ressonable alternatives, impacts to

groundwater resources, air quality

impacts, and endangered species act

compliance.

ERP No. D–BOP–G81010–LA Rating

LO, Pollock Federal Correctional

Institution, Construction and Operation,

near Town of Pollock, Grant Parish, LA.

Summary

EPA expressed no objection to the

project proposal.

ERP No. D–BOP–K80043–AZ Rating

EC2, Southern Arizona Federal

Correctional Facility, Construction and

Operation, Pima and Yuma Counties,

AZ.

Summary

EPA expressed concerns regarding the

lack of detail relating to specific site

location information and potential

impacts of the prison industry

component of the project. EPA

requested additional information on

those areas, and also requested

additional analysis of the ‘‘no action’

alternative.

ERP No. D–IBR–J39029–SD Rating

EC2, Angostura Unit—(Dam, Reservoir

and Irrigation Facilities) Renewal of a

Long-Term Water Service Contract,

Cheyenne River Basin, Pine Ridge

Reservation, Bismarck County, SD.

Summary

EPA expressed environmental

concerns over the level of analysis of

direct and indirect impacts, and the lack

of information regarding the cumulative

effects of the Angostura project and the

means to mitigate the significant

impacts of each alternative.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–K61145–CA

Programmatic EIS—Ansel Adams, John

Muir and Dinkey Lakes Wildernesses,

Proposed New Management Direction,

Amending the Land and Resource

Management Plans for the Inyo and

Sierra National Forests, Implementation,

Inyo, Madera, Mono and Fresno

Counties, CA.

Summary

No formal comment letter was sent to

the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–IBR–L28008–ID Arrowrock

Dam Outlet Works Rehabilitation,

Construction and Operation, To Remove

10 Lower Level Ensign Valves and

Replace with 10 Clamshell Gates, Boise

River, City of Boise, ID.

Summary

EPA is pleased that the final EIS

includes a modification from the draft

EIS which reduces the likelihood of

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significant impacts to water quality and

fish. However, EPA continues to have

objections because the final EIS does not

clearly state how much the modification

would reduce the potential for turbidity

and lacks a quantitative estimate of

suspended solids, new information

about monitoring and mitigation, and a

greater description of environmental

impacts and alternatives analyses.

ERP No. F–JUS–K81010–AZ Pinal

County Private Detention Facility, To

Develop and Operate a Pre-Trail

Detention Facility, Pinal County, CA.

Summary

No formal comment letter was sent to

the preparing agency.

Regulations

ERP No. R–BLM–A99217–00 43 CFR

Subpart 3809—Surface Management

Regulations for Locatable Mineral

Operations; Proposed Suspension.

Summary

EPA expressed concern that the

bonding and financial assurance

requirements be adequate to ensure that

states and the federal government are

not required to pay reclamation and

clean up costs for abandoned mine sites.

EPA recommends that the financial

assurance requirements in the current

regulation not be suspended but be

contined.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, 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 www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements

Filed May 21, 2001 Through May 25,

2001

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 010175, DRAFT EIS, AFS, ID,

Hidden Cedar Project, Road

Construction and Watershed

Restoration, Idaho Panhandle

National Forest, St. Joe Ranger

District, Benewah, Shoshone,

Clearwater and Latah Counties, ID,

Comment Period Ending: July 16,

2001, Contact: Kimberly Johnson

(208) 245–6072.

EIS No. 010186, FINAL EIS, AFS, MT,

Maudlow-Toston Post-Fire Salvage

Sale, Harvesting Burnt Timber,

Implementation, Helena National

Forest, Townsend Ranger District,

Broadway County, MT, Wait Period

Ending: July 02, 2001, Contact: Jerry

Meyer (406) 449–5201.

EIS No. 010187, DRAFT EIS, USA, TX,

Programmatic EIS—Fort Sam

Houston, Camp Bullis, and Canyon

Lake Recreation Area Master Plan,

Implementing Revisions to the

Existing 1988 Land Use Plan, City of

San Antonio, TX, Comment Period

Ending: July 16, 2001, Contact: Greg

Brewer (793) 692–9220.

EIS No. 010188, DRAFT EIS, AFS, MT,

Burned Area Recovery, Proposal to

Reduce Fuels, Improve Watershed

Conditions and Reforest Burned

Lands, Sula, Darby, West Fork and

Stevensville Ranger Districts,

Bitterroot National Forest, Ravalli

County, MT, Comment Period Ending:

July 16, 2001, Contact: Craig Bobzien

(406) 363–7100.

EIS No. 010189, FINAL 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, Wait Period

Ending: July 02, 2001, Contact: Chris

Mickle (541) 383–4769.

EIS No. 010190, FINAL EIS, BLM, UT,

CO, NM, Williams, Questar, Kern

River Pipeline Project, To Approve a

Petroleum Products Pipeline, and one

or two Natural Gas Pipelines and To

Amend Forest Plan, UT, NM, and CO,

Wait Period Ending: July 02, 2001,

Contact: LaVerne Steah (801) 539–

4114.

EIS No. 010191, FINAL EIS, AFS, MN,

Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Wilderness Fuel Treatment,

Implementation, Superior National

Forest, Cook, Lake and St. Louis, MN,

Wait Period Ending: July 02, 2001,

Contact: Joyce Thompson (218) 626–

4317.

EIS No. 010192, DRAFT EIS, BPA, OR,

Condon Wind Project, To Execute

One or More Power Purchase and

Transmission Services Agreements To

Acquire and Transmit up to the Full

Electrical Output, NPDES Permits and

Right-of-Way Permit for Public Land,

Gilliam County, OR, Comment Period

Ending: July 16, 2001, Contact: Sarah

T. Branum (503) 230–5115.

EIS No. 010193, FINAL EIS, FAA,

Programmatic EIS-Licensing Launch

Vehicles, Implementation, Issuing a

Launch License, Wait Period Ending:

July 20, 2001, Contact: Michon

Washington (202) 267–9305.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Meeting on Consumer Awareness

Program for Chromated Copper

Arsenicals--Treated Wood; Notice of

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a June 7th

meeting which will focus on the

Consumer Awareness Program and a

new proposed action plan developed by

the Chromated Copper Arsenicals

(CCA)-treated wood industry to

strengthen dissemination of information

regarding proper consumer use and

handling precautions to all purchasers

and users of CCA-treated wood

products. This meeting is a follow-up to

two meetings held on May 9, 2001,

concerning the consumer awareness

program for dissemination of

information to consumers on the proper

use and handling of CCA-treated wood

products. The first meeting was between

the Agency and public interest groups

(Beyond Pesticides and Environmental

Working Group), while representatives

of the American Wood Preservers

Institute, Home Depot, Lowe’s, the

National Lumber and Building Materials

Dealers Association, and the

manufacturers of CCA attended the

second meeting. A representative from

the University of Florida and the Florida

Department of Agriculture were also in

attendance at both meetings. The

purpose of the May 9th meetings was to

evaluate current efforts for informing

the public about the safe use and

handling of CCA-treated wood.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, June 7, 2001, from 9 a.m. to

11 a.m.

Requests to participate in the meeting

must be received by EPA on or before

June 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

Requests to participate in this meeting

may be submitted by mail,

electronically, or in person. Please