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[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27346-27347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13715]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-5470-1]

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared May 13, 1996 Through May 17, 
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 (EIS) was published in F.R. dated April 05, 1996 (61 
F.R. 15251).

Draft EIS

    ERP No. D-COE-E32076-NC Rating EC2, Cape Fear-Northeast Cape Fear 
Rivers Feasibility Study for Deepening of the Wilmington Harbor Ship 
Channel, Navigation Improvement, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, 
NC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
adverse impacts associated with use of explosives to excavate the 
enlarged channel and awaits the results of on-going studies to 
determine the significance of this dredging technique.
    ERP No. D-COE-K36116-CA Rating EC2, San Pedro Creek Section 205 
Flood Control Project, Construction, Flood Protection, COME Section 10 
and 404 Permits and Permits Approval, San Mateo County, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns over potential 
impacts to riverain habitat, impacts to air quality, and potential 
cumulative impacts of the project, including possible increased runoff 
and siltation.
    ERP No. D-FRC-L05215-OR Rating EO2, Leaburg-Walterville 
Hydroelectric (FERC. No. 2496) Project, Issuance of New License 
(Relicense), Funding and Land Trust Acquisition, McKenzie River, Lane 
County, OR.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental objections over continued 
impacts on fish and other aquatic life in the McKenzie River due to 
project operation. In addition, EPA commented that the draft EIS did 
not provide a comprehensive analysis of cumulative impacts, nor was the 
no-action alternative appropriately characterize.
    ERP No. D-USN-K11067-AZ Rating EC2, Yuma Training Range Complex 
Management, Operation and Development, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, 
Goldwater Range, Yuma and La Paz Cos; and Chocolate Mountain Range, 
Imperial and Riverside Counties, CA.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding 
alternatives analysis, cumulative impacts issues, and biological 
impacts.
    ERP No. D-USN-K11069-CA Rating EC2, Port Hueneme Naval Civil 
Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) Disposal and Reuse, Implementation, 
Ventura County, CA.
    Summary: EPA requested further information on air quality and 
wetlands NEPA issues.
    ERP No. DB-COE-E30032-FL Rating EC2, Palm Beach County Beach 
Erosion Project, Updated Information concerning Shore Protection for 
the Ocean Ridge Segment from the Martin County line to Lake Worth Inlet 
and from the South Lake Worth Inlet to the Broward County Line, Palm 
Beach, Martin and Broward Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding the long-
term consequences of this action and other beach nourishment projects 
planned for the county's shoreline. The additional information derived 
from the mitigation and subsequent monitoring plan will be necessary to 
determine how this project fits into the larger issue of the 
environmental consequences of proposed shoreline protection.
    ERP No. DS-COE-E32192-NC Rating EC2, Wilmington Harbor Channel 
Widening and Navigation Improvement, Updated Information, Cape Fear 
River, Port of Wilmington, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, NC.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential 
adverse impacts associated with use of explosives to excavate the 
enlarged channel and seeks additional data on the long-term 
consequences of these excavation techniques.
    ERP No. DS-COE-E36169-FL Rating LO, Central and Southern Florida 
Flood Control Project, Restoration of the Upper Kissimmee River Basin 
through the Headwater Revitalization Project and the Lower Kissimmee 
River Basin through the Level II Backfilling Plan, Implementation, 
Updated Information, Glades, Osceda Highlands, Polk, Okeechobee and 
Orange Counties, FL.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to this proposal.

Final EIS

    ERP No. F-COE-C36071-PR Rio Fajardo Flood Control Feasibility Study 
for Flood Protection, Implementation, PR.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed action.

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    ERP No. F-USA-K11059-CA Hamilton Army Airfield Disposal and Reuse, 
Implementation, City of Novato, Marin County, CA.
    Summary: EPA environmental concerns were mostly answered 
satisfactorily in the Final EIS. One minor biological resources issue 
remains unresolved.

    Dated: May 28, 1996.
Katherine B. Biggs,
Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal 
Activities.
[FR Doc. 96-13715 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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