[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18586-18587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10390]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5415-9]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared April 08, 1996 Through April 
12, 1996 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 05, 1996 (61 
FR 15251).

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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.
[FR Doc. 96-10390 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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