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mitigation, SHPO coordination, and

hazardous waste site baseline data be

incorporated in the FEIS to strengthen

the document.

ERP No. D–FRC–E08021–00 Rating

EC2, Florida Gas Transmission (FGT)

Phase V Expansion Project, FGT Natural

Gas Pipeline and Associated Above

Ground Facilities, Construction and

Operation, Approvals and Permit

Issuance, several counties of FL, AL and

MS.

Summary: EPA has environmental

concerns about the proposed project. In

particular, air quality, wetlands impact,

water quality, noise, endangered species

and Environmental Justice issues

warrant further discussion as the project

progresses.

ERP No. D–NOA–L91012–WA Rating

EO2, Anadromous Fish Agreements and

Habitat Conservation Plans for the

Welss, Rocky Reach, and Rock Island

Hydroelectric Projects, Implementation,

Incidental Take Permits, Chelan and

Douglas Counties, WA.

Summary: EPA objects to selection of

Alternative 3 as the preferred

alternative. The proposed framework for

the HCPs fails to demonstrate that

salmon and fish species of concern

would be protected and restored during

the next 50 years. Specific problems

with the framework and accompanying

analyses include Columbia River bull

trout not being included in the HCP or

extensively analyzed, development of

biological information being deferred

until the writing of the Biological

Opinion, a lack of monitoring

methodology, and inadequate water

quality information. EPA recommends

that NMFS invite USF&WS to become a

cooperating agency to accommodate

inclusion of Columbia River bull trout

in the context of the HCP and that it

address concerns about inadequate

information and analyses described

above.

ERP No. D–NRS–D28013–WV Rating

EC2, Upper Tygart Valley River

Watershed Plan, Water Supply Project,

Approval and Funding, Randolph and

Pocahontas Counties, WV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding loss

of native trout habitat and wetlands and

suggested that more information be

provided on stream and wetland

mitigation.

ERP No. DA–FHW–F40347–IL Rating

EO2, FAP Route 340 (I–355 South

Extension), Interstate Route 55 to

Interstate Route 80, Additional

Information for the Tollroad/Freeway

Alternative, Funding, US Coast Guard

Permit and COE Section 404 Permit,

Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, IL.

Summary: EPA raised objections to

the selection of alternatives. EPA’s

objections would be resolved if an

additional Supplemental EIS were to be

issued with a full environmental impact

assessment of the Lemont Bypass

Alternative. Our Section 404 objections

would be resolved if sufficient wetlands

impacts information on the Lemont

Bypass Alternative is submitted to

permit a finding of compliance with the

Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–COE–K36107–CA Bolsa

Chica Project, Construction/Road

Construction, Restoration and Flood

Control Improvement, Section 10/404

Permits and Land Use Plan, City of

Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FHW–E40739–NC US 17

New Bern Bypass Construction, JonesCraven County Line to NC–1438 near

Vanceboro, Funding, Section 404 and

U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permit, Craven

County, NC.

Summary: EPA’s review indicates that

all earlier concerns have been addressed

satisfactorily. Adverse community,

cultural and natural environmental

resource impacts have been minimized

substantially. The 4-lane highway

improvement project on new alignment

includes commitments for good

mitigation of identified wetlands losses,

stormwater runoff control, and habitat

impacts.

ERP No. F–IBR–K39049–CA Coachella

Canal Lining Water Project, Revised and

Updated Information, Approval of the

Transfers and Exchanges of Conserved

Coachella Canal Water, Construction,

Operation and Funding, Riverside and

Imperial Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA recognized the

commitment to mitigation for biological

resources, cumulative impacts, safety,

and large mammals. We recommended

the ROD include additional information

on consultation with tribal governments

on cultural resources and local

socioeconomic effects from loss of canal

seepage water.

ERP No. FS–COE–K36083–CA

Guadalupe River Flood Control and

Adjacent Streams Investigation,

Proposed Modifications to the

Guadalupe River Project, Downtown

San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA.

Summary: EPA found the FGRER/

FSEIS adequately addresses most of the

issues raised in our comment letter on

the DSEIS. We reiterated our support for

additional measures to control mercury

impacts through sediment control traps

and mitigation measures which would

remove ‘‘hard’’ engineered flood control

structures in other parts of the basin.

EPA expressed continued concern with

the use of invert stabilization

mechanisms.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

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 www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements

Filed May 29, 2001 Through June 01,

2001

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 010194, Draft EIS, FHW, AL,

Memphis to Atlanta Corridor Study

(DPS–A002(002)), Proposal to Build

Highway from the Mississippi/

Alabama State Line to Interstate 65,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale,

Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan

Counties, AL, Comment Period Ends:

July 30, 2001, Contact: Joe D.

Wilkerson (334) 223–7370.

EIS No. 010195, Draft EIS, FHW, LA, I–

49 Connector, Construction from

Evangeline Thruway US–90 and US–

197 in Urbanized Lafayette, Funding,

COE Section 10 and 404 Permits,

Parish of Lafayette, LA, Comment

Period Ends: July 23, 2001, Contact:

Bill Farr (225) 757–7615.

EIS No. 010196, Draft EIS, FHW, FL, I–

4 Corridor Improvements, Upgrading

the Safety and Mobility of the existing

I–4, from west of FL–528 (Bee Line

Expressway) interchange in Orange

County to east of FL–472 interchange

in Volusia County, Funding, COE

Section 10 and 404 Permits, NPDES

Permit, Orange, Seminole, and

Volusia Counties, FL, Comment

Period Ends: July 23, 2001, Contact:

Donald Davis (850) 942–9650.

EIS No. 010197, Draft EIS, BOP, FL, GA,

MS, AL, Criminal Alien Requirement

(CAR) II, To Contract for a Private

Contractor-Owned/ContractorOperated Correctional Facility in

Florida, Mississippi, Georgia and

Alabama to House Adult-Male and

Non-US Citizen, AL, FL, GA and/or

MS, Comment Period Ends Due: July

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23, 2001, Contact: David J. Dorworth

(202) 514–6470.

EIS No. 010198, Draft EIS, GSA, NY,

U.S. Mission to the United Nations

(USUN), Demolition of Current USUN

and the Construction of New Facility

on the Same Site, Located at 799

United Nations Plaza, New York, NY,

Comment Period Ends: July 23, 2001,

Contact: Peter Sneed (212) 264–3581.

EIS No. 010199, Final EIS, RUS, KY,

Jackson County Lake Project,

Implementation, To Provide Adequate

Water Supplies for the Projected

Residential, Commercial and

Industrial Needs, Funding and

Possible COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, Jackson County, KY, Wait

Period Ends: July 09, 2001, Contact:

Mark S. Plank (202) 720–1649.

EIS No. 010200, Final EIS, IBR, CA,

Grassland Bypass Project (2001 Use

Agreement), To Implement the New

Use Agreement for the period from

October 1, 2001 through December 21,

2009, San Joaquin River and Merced

River, Fresno, Merced and Stanislaus

Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: July

09, 2001, Contact: Michael Delamore

(559) 487–5039.

EIS No. 010201, Final EIS, AFS, NV, CA,

Northern Sierra Amendment to the

Toiyabe Land and Resource

Management, To Unify and Revise

Management Direction, HumboldtToiyabe National Forest, Carson

Ranger District, Stanislaus National

Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management

Unit, Douglas and Washoe Counties,

NV and Alpine and Toulomne

Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: July

09, 2001, Contact: Dave Loomis (775)

882–2766.

EIS No. 010202, Final Supplement,

COE, KY, Lower Cumberland and

Tennessee Rivers Navigation

Improvements, Kentucky Lock

Addition, Implementation, Nashville

District, Marshall and Livingston

Counties, KY, Wait Period Ends: July

09, 2001, Contact: Tim Higgs (615)

736–7863.

EIS No. 010203, Final EIS, AFS, CA,

Fuels Reduction for Community

Protection Phase 1 Project on the Six

Rivers National Forest, Proposes to

Reduce Fuels High Severity Burned

Stands, Lower Trinity Ranger District,

Humboldt and Trinity Counties, CA,

Wait Period Ends: July 09, 2001,

Contact: David Webb (707) 457–3131.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 010128, Draft EIS, FHW, MT,

Montana State Primary Route 78 (P–

78), Reconstruction, Widening and

Realignment, from the junction with

State Secondary Route 419 (S–419)

which is just South of Abarokee, to

the Southern end of the Yellowstone

River Bridge which is just south of

Columbus, MT, Due: June 25, 2001,

Contact: Dale W. Paulson (406) 449–

5302. Revision of FR Notice Published

on 04/27/2001: CEQ Review Period

Ending 06/11/2001 has been Extended

to 06/25/2001.

EIS No. 010172, Draft EIS, FHW, MD,

MD–210 (Indian Head Highway)

Multi-Modal Study, MD–210

Improvements between I–95/I–495

(Capitol Beltway) and MD–228

Funding and US COE Section 404

Permit Issuance, Prince George’s

County, MD, Due: July 23, 2001,

Contact: Nelson Castellanos (410)

962–4342. Revision of FR notice

published on 05/18/2001: CEQ Due

Date Corrected from 09/23/2001 to 07/

23/2001.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities

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Notice to Existing Assistance

Agreement Recipients Funded With

Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 or 2001

Appropriations: New Requirements

Regarding Litigation and Lobbying

Certification

ACTION: Notice.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

SUMMARY: The Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) Circulars A–21, A–

87, and A–122, which establish the

principles for determining allowable

costs under Federal assistance

agreements, prohibit the use of Federal

assistance funds for certain lobbying

and litigation costs.

In addition, Section 424 of the

Departments of Veterans Affairs and

Housing and Urban Development, and

Independent Agencies Appropriations

Act, 2001, Public Law 106–277, requires

that: ‘‘A chief executive officer of any

entity receiving funds under this Act

shall certify that none of the funds have

been used to engage in the lobbying of

the Federal Government or in litigation

against the United States unless

authorized under existing law.’’ Section

426 of the Department of Veterans

Affairs and Housing and Urban

Development, and Independent

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,

Public Law 106–74, contains a similar

provision. This requirement applies to

not-for-profit institutions, educational

institutions, state, local or tribal

governments and other entities

receiving assistance awards under EPA’s

FY 2000 and 2001 Appropriations Acts.

The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA),

44 U.S.C.A. 3500 et seq., requires that a

Federal agency intending to request

information from ten or more persons

must obtain OMB approval before

requesting that information. The

appropriations act provisions described

above impose additional information

collection requirements on EPA

assistance agreements. Therefore, EPA is

currently seeking OMB approval of an

information collection request for a

certification document to be distributed

and signed by a chief executive officer

representing each entity. The

certification document will not be

disseminated until it has been approved

by OMB.

Even though OMB has not yet

approved the information collection

request for the certification document,

the mandates in the appropriations acts

remain in effect because they are

imposed directly by statute. Thus,

recipients with assistance agreements

funded with FY 2000 or FY 2001

appropriations must comply with this

certification requirement. However, a

particular format is not required until

that form is approved by OMB. Until

that time, each entity may provide this

certification in any reasonable manner

of choice. The certification must be

submitted to EPA after the funds

received under those appropriations

have been expended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Hedling, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Grants and

Debarment, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460, phone:

(202) 564–5377, FAX: (202) 565–2470,

or e-mail at

www.hedling.william@epa.gov.

Howard F. Corcoran,

Director Office of Grants & Debarment.

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of Public Advisory Committee

Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of four meetings