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Draft EISs

ERP No. D–COE–D35057–MD Rating

EC2, Poplar Island Restoration Project,

Dredging, Construction and Placement

of Dredged Materials, Implementation,

Chesapeake Bay, Talbot County, MD.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding the

monitoring, maintenance, and remedial

action components of the project, as

well as the lack of information regarding

these issues.

ERP No. D–COE–K01074–CA Rating

EO2, Morrison Creek Mining Reach

Upstream North of Jackson Highway,

Implementation, Community Plan

Amendment, Rezoning, Use Permit

Amendment to Existing Use Permit and

COE Section 404 Permit, Sacramento

County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns over potential

impacts to wetlands resources,

including vernal pools, as well as

potential adverse impacts to air quality.

ERP No. D–COE–K39040–CA Rating

EC2, San Diego County Water Authority

Emergency Water Storage Project,

Construction and Operation, COE

Section 404 Permit and Permit

Application, San Diego County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns over potential

cumulative impacts to fish and wildlife

and riparian corridors due to

construction of new reservoirs proposed

under certain alternatives, and strongly

recommended that the Corps not select

an alternative that provides for

construction of new dams or reservoirs.

EPA also requested additional

information regarding pollution

measures and cumulative impacts.

ERP No. D–COE–K90029–CA Rating

EC2, Delta Wetlands Project,

Construction and Operation Water

Storage Project on Four Islands in the

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,

Approval of Permits, San Joaquin and

Contra Costa Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns because of the

potential for movement of optimum

salinity conditions upstream, which

represents a possible significant adverse

impact to key components of the Bay

Delta ecosystem. EPA is also concerned

that diversions onto the islands may

significantly attenuate pulse flows

associated with spring storms and that

Delta Wetlands operations are not

integrated with operation of the State

Water Project and Central Valley

Project.

ERP No. D–COE–L23001–WA Rating

EO2, Resource Investments Landfill

Facility Construction, COE Section 404

Permit Issuance, Pierce County, WA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

potential adverse impacts to surface

water, air quality, groundwater and

wetlands. Additional information is

needed regarding the definition of the

project’s purpose and need, as well as

the alternatives analysis.

ERP No. D–FRC–L05214–WA Rating

LO, Priest Rapids Project (FERC No.

2114–024), Evaluation of Downstream

Fish Passage Facilities, New License

Issuance with Conditions to Protect the

Migratory Juvenile Salmon (Smolts),

Columbia River Basin, Grant County,

WA.

Summary: EPA had no enviromental

concerns regarding the proposed

project.

ERP No. DA–COE–L39045–AK Rating

LO, Chignik Small Boat Harbor

Development and Construction,

Updated Information concerning

Alternatives, Anchorage Bay, Alaska

Peninsula, AK.

Summary: EPA’s review has revealed

no potential environmental concerns

that would require substantive changes

to the proposal.

ERP No. DS–COE–K32028–CA Rating

EC2, Richmond Harbor Deep Draft

Navigation Improvements, Updated and

Additional Information to Improve

Navigation Efficiency into the Potrero

Reach Channel, San Francisco Bay,

Contra Costa County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns over: (1) the

lack of an adequate economic analysis

on which to evaluate the practicability

of different disposal alternatives

presented in the DEIS, and (2) the need

to address potential mitigation for the

losses of shallow water habitat that

would be associated with widening of

the navigation channels and creating the

new turning circle.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–L65246–WA First

Creek Basin Restoration Project,

Implementation, Wenatchee National

Forest, Chelan Ranger District, Chelan

County, WA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–DOE–L09807–WA Hanford

Site K Basins Management of Spent

Nuclear Fuel, Storage and Disposal,

Application for Approval of

Construction and NPDES Permit

Issuance, Columbia River, Richland,

Benton County, WA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–GSA–L40195–WA Pacific

Highway Port of Entry (POE) Facility

Expansion, Construction of WA–543 in

Blaine, near the United States/Canada

Border in Blaine, Whatcom County,

WA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–IBR–K39037–CA Cachuma

Water Supply Project, Implementation,

Long-Term Contract Renewal, Santa

Ynez Valley, Bradbury Dam, Santa

Barbara County, CA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate 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 April 15, 1996

Through April 19, 1996 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 960177, Draft EIS, AFS, AK,

King George Timber Sale Project,

Timber Harvesting and Road

Construction, Implementation,

Tongass National Forest, Stikine Area,

Etolin Island, AK, Due: June 10, 1996,

Contact: Meg Mitchell (907) 874–

2323.

EIS No. 960178, Final EIS, COE, CA,

Morrison Creek Mining Reach

Upstream North of Jackson Highway,

Implementation, Community Plan

Amendment, Rezoning, Use Permit

Amendment to Existing Use Permit

and COE Section 404 Permit,

Sacramento County, CA, Due: May 28,

1996, Contact: Larry Vinzant (916)

557–5263.

EIS No. 960179, Draft EIS, FHW, TN,

TN–385 (Collierville-Arlington

Parkway) Improvement Project,

Construction from Mt. Pleasant Road

to South of Interstate 40, Funding,

Shelby and Fayette Counties, TN,

Due: June 10, 1996, Contact: Dennis C.

Cook (615) 736–5394.

EIS No. 960180, Final EIS, FHW, WV,

VA, Appalachian Corridor H

Construction, Funding, Eklins, WV to
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1 For purposes of this policy statement,

‘‘available treatment technology and disposal

capacity’’ means that a facility is commercially

available to treat or dispose of a particular waste

and the facility has either (1) a RCRA permit or

interim status; (2) a research, development, and

demonstration permit under 40 CFR 270.65; or (3)

a land treatment permit under 40 CFR 270.63.

I–81, VA, Due: May 28, 1996, Contact:

Ben Hark (304) 558–2885.

EIS No. 960181, Draft EIS, AFS, WA,

North Sherman and Fritz Timber

Sales, Implementation, Colville

National Forest, Kettle Falls Ranger

District, Ferry County, WA, Due: June

10, 1996, Contact: Meredith Webster

(509) 738–6111.

EIS No. 960182, Draft EIS, NPS, WA,

Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration

Project, Implementation, Olympic

National Park, Clallam County, WA,

Due: June 25, 1996, Contact: Brian

Winter (360) 452–0302.

EIS No. 960183, Final EIS, GSA, GA,

Savannah Federal Building—United

States Courthouse, Site Selection and

Construction of Annex within the

existing Federal Building Courthouse,

Savannah, GA, Due: May 28, 1996,

Contact: Phil Youngberg (404) 331–

1831.

EIS No. 960184, Final EIS, FHW, WI,

WI–100 and US 45 Interchange

Roadway Improvements and

Construction, Funding and COE

Section 404 Permit, Milwaukee and

Waukesha Counties, WI, Due: May 28,

1996, Contact: Richard C. Madrzak

(608) 829–7510.

EIS No. 960185, Draft EIS, AFS, CA,

Rock Creek Recreational Trails

Management Plan, Implementation,

Eldorado National Forest, Georgetown

Ranger District, Eldorado County, CA,

Due: June 10, 1996, Contact: Linda

Earley (916) 333–4312.

EIS No. 960186, Draft Supplement, AFS,

AK, Tongass Land Management Plan

Revision (1996 DSEIS) New

Information concerning Changes to

the Management Plan,

Implementation, Tongass National

Forest, AK, Due: July 26, 1996,

Contact: Beth Pendleton (907) 586–

8700.

EIS No. 960187, Draft EIS, NOA, NJ,

Mullica River—Great Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve

Establishment, Site Designation and

Plan Implementation, Ocean, Atlantic

and Burlington Counties, NJ, Due:

June 10, 1996, Contact: Dolores

Washington (301) 713–3132 Ext. 113.

EIS No. 960188, Draft EIS, FRC, CA,

New Don Pedro Reservoir Project

(NDPP) (FERC. No. 2299–024),

Reservoir Release Requirements for

Fish, Continuation and Maintenance,

Issuance of Licenses, Tuolumne River

and San Joaquin River Turlock and

Malesto Irrigation Districts, Stanislaus

County, CA, Due: June 10, 1996,

Contact: Monica A. Maynard (202)

219–2652.

EIS No. 960189, Final EIS, FRC, PR, Eco

Ele’ctrica Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Import Terminal and Electric

Cogeneration Project, Construction

and Operation, Permits and

Approvals, Guayanilla Bay, PR, Due:

May 28, 1996, Contact: Chris Zerby

(202) 208–0111.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 960135, Draft EIS, APH,

Programmatic EIS—Veterinary

Services (VS) Programs,

Implementation, to Detect, Prevent,

Control, and Eradicate Domestic and

Foreign Animal Diseases and Pests,

All 50 States and the United States

Territories, Due: June 25, 1996,

Contact: Dr. William E. Ketter (301)

734–8565.

Published FR 04–26–96—Review

Period Extended.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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Extension of the Policy on

Enforcement of RCRA Sec. 3004(j)

Storage Prohibition at Facilities

Generating Mixed Radioactive/

Hazardous Waste

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Policy statement.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a limited

extension of its policy (56 FR 42730,

August 29, 1991) on the civil

enforcement of the storage prohibition

in sec. 3004(j) of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

at facilities which generate ‘‘mixed

waste’’ regulated under both the RCRA

subtitle C hazardous waste program and

the Atomic Energy Act (AEA). The

policy affects only mixed wastes that are

prohibited from land disposal under the

RCRA land disposal restrictions (LDR)

and for which there are no available

options for treatment or disposal. This

action renews the August 1991 policy

for an additional two year period for

some mixed wastes, based on EPA’s

determination that treatment technology

and disposal capacity 1 for these mixed

wastes are still not available.

Pursuant to the terms of this policy,

EPA will treat violations of section

3004(j) involving relatively small

volumes of waste as reduced priorities

among EPA’s potential civil

enforcement actions. EPA’s primary

concern is with (1) mixed waste

facilities that are not pursuing

environmentally responsible

management of their stored mixed

wastes, especially those storing large

quantities of mixed waste, and (2) those

that are storing wastes for which

treatment technology is commercially

available. Generators must explore all

viable treatment and disposal

alternatives during the next two years

since new technologies may come on

line at any time. If treatment technology

and disposal capacity are available, it is

incumbent upon the generator to use

them. EPA anticipates employing RCRA

§ 3007 authority to ensure that this

policy is not abused, with particular

focus on ensuring that emerging

treatment technologies are fully utilized

and on confirming that those wastes for

which no treatment exists are stored

safely.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Hunt, Federal, State and Tribal

Programs Branch, Office of Solid Waste;

Telephone (703) 308–8762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

A. Mixed Waste and the LDR Storage

Prohibition

‘‘Mixed wastes’’ are wastes that

contain both a hazardous waste

component regulated under Subtitle C

of RCRA and a radioactive component

consisting of source, special nuclear, or

byproduct material regulated under the

AEA. EPA clarified that RCRA applies

to wastes which contain both types of

components on July 3, 1986 (51 FR

24504). The definition of mixed waste

was added to the RCRA statute by the

Federal Facility Compliance Act (FFCA)

of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 6912, 6939, and 6961.

Mixed wastes are a subset of hazardous

wastes, and as such, are subject to the

land disposal restrictions in 40 CFR Part

268. Currently, most mixed wastes are

subject to the LDRs, except for some

newly listed or identified hazardous

wastes that are mixed with AEA

radioactive materials and do not yet

have EPA treatment standards. Certain

newly listed wastes that are mixed with

radioactive materials, and soil and

debris contaminated with certain

hazardous wastes (which also may be

radioactive) are currently subject to

variances from the LDR treatment

standards (See 40 CFR 268.38).