Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 97 / Friday, May 17, 1996 / Notices 24933

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1626.05 and

OMB No. 2060–0256 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96–12483 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[ER–FRL–5469–5]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability (NOA)

RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed May 06, 1996

Through May 10, 1996 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

*Due to a Power Failure Beyond our

Control The EPA NOA of EISs Filed

during the Week of April 29, 1996 and

May 3, 1996 Appeared in the May 13,

1996 Federal Register. The 45 Day

Comment Period and the 30 Day Wait

Period is Calculated from the Intended

May 10, 1996, Federal Register Date.

EIS No. 960223, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

AK, Helicopter Landings within

Wilderness, Implementation, Tongass

National Forest, Chatham, Stikine and

Ketchikan Area, AK, Due: July 15, 1996,

Contact: Bill Tremblay (907) 772–3841.

EIS No. 960224, DRAFT EIS, USN,

Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel Container

System Management, Loading, Handling

and Dry Storage, Transportation and

Storage, Handling and Transportation of

certain Associated Radioactive Waste,

Implementation, United States, Due:

July 03, 1996, Contact: William Knoll

(703) 602–8229.

EIS No. 960225, DRAFT EIS, NPS,

NY, Manhattan Sites General

Management Plans, Implementation,

Castle Clinton National Monument,

Federal Hall National Memorial,

General Grant National Memorial, Saint

Paul’s Church National Historic Site and

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National

Historic Site, New York and

Westchester Counties, NY, Due: July 01,

1996, Contact: Joseph Avery (212) 825–

1990.

EIS No. 960226, DRAFT EIS, MMS,

AL, TX, MS, LA, Central and Western

Planning Areas, Gulf of Mexico 1997

Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas

Sales 166 (March 1997) and 168 (August

1997) Lease Offering, Offshore Marine

Environment and coastal counties,

Parishes of Alabama, MS, TX and LA,

Due: August 09, 1996, Contact: Archie

Melancon (703) 787–5471.

EIS No. 960227, FINAL EIS, MMS,

AK, Beaufort Sea Planning Area

Proposed 1996 Oil and Gas Lease Sale

No. 144, Lease Offerings, Alaska Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS), AK, Due: June

17, 1996, Contact: George Valiulis (703)

787–1662.

EIS No. 960228, DRAFT EIS, FHW,

MT, US 93 Highway Transportation

Improvements, between Hamilton

(Milepost) 49.0 to Lolo (Milepost 83.2),

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

Ravalli and Missoula Counties, MT,

Due: July 19, 1996, Contact: Dale

Paulson (406) 441–1230.

EIS No. 960229, DRAFT EIS, USA,

AZ, Western Army National Guard

Aviation Training Site Expansion

Project, Designation of an Expanded

Tactical Flight Training Area (TFTA),

Development or use of a Helicopter

Gunnery Range and Construction and

Operation of various Facilities on the

Silver Bell Army Heliport (SBAH),

Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties, AZ,

Due: July 01, 1996, Contact: Ltc. Richard

Murphy (520) 682–4590. .

Amended Notices

EIS No. 960067, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

CO, Routt National Forest Land and

Resource Management Plan,

Implementation, Grand, Routt, Rio

Blanco, Jackson, Moffat and Garfield

Counties, CO, Due: July 01, 1996,

Contact: Jerry E. Schmidt (970) 879–

1722.

Published FR—02–16–96—Review

Period Extended.

EIS No. 960156, DRAFT EIS, NPS,

CA, Cabrillo National Monument,

General Management Plan/Development

Concept Plans, Implementation, San

Diego County, CA, Due: June 10, 1996,

Contact: Terry DiMattio (619) 557–5450.

Published FR—04–12–96—Due Date

Correction.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 96–12488 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[ER–FRL–5469–6]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared April 29, 1996 Through May 3,

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).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–BLM–K67033–NV Rating

EO2, Lone Tree Gold Mine Expansion

Project, Plan of Operations Approval

and Permit Issuance, Winnemucca

District, Humboldt County, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections due to

potential to degrade groundwater,

impacts to wildlife, and uncertainties

regarding acid generation. EPA

requested additional information on

impacts to water quality and habitat in

the lower Humboldt River basin and

local springs; geochemical

characterization; facility design;

reclamation, hydrogeologic and

geochemical modelling, monitoring; and

mitigation.

ERP No. D–DOE–A06178–00 Rating

EC2, Programmatic EIS-Stockpile

Stewardship and Management Project,

Reduced Nuclear Weapons Stockpile in

the Absence of Underground Testing,

Eight Sites: Oak Ridge Reservation

(ORR), Savannah River Site (SRS),

Kansas City Plant (KCP) Pantex Plant,

Los Alamos Nat’l Lab., Lawrence

Livermore Nat’l Lab., Sandia Nat’l and

Nevada Test.

Summary: EPA requested that DOE

provide additional information and

clarity concerning accident risk analysis

and environmental justice.

ERP No. D–FHW–J40138–UT Rating

EC2, Norman H. Bangerter Highway

(Previously Known as the West Valley

Highway) 12600 South Street to I–15,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

in the Cities of Bluffdale, Riverton and

Draper, Salt Lake County, UT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding the

extent of wetland impacts, hazardous

material spills and the location and

effects of borrow. EPA requested that

additional information on these issues

be included.