[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26176-26177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13183]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5469-8]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared May 06, 1996 Through May 10, 
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-DOE-A09827-00

    Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Storage and Disposition of Weapon-
Usable Fissile Materials, Implementation, Storage of all Plutonium and 
Highly Enriched Uranium and the Disposition of Surplus Plutonium, Sites 
Considered: Hanford Site, Idaho National Engineering Lab., Nevada Test 
Site, Oak Ridge Reservation, Pantex Plant and Savannah River Site.
    Summary: EPA requested that DOE provide additional information and 
clarity concerning several issues common to all the alternatives 
including accident risk analysis, cumulative impacts, and environmental 
justice.

ERP No. D-MMS-A02239-00

    Rating EC2, Gulf of Mexico and Offshore Alaska Outer Continental 
Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 1997 to 2002 for 16 Lease Sales 
on Five-Year Leasing Program.
    Summary: EPA's review identified potentially signifcant 
environmental impacts that should be avoided in order to adequately 
protect the environment, in particular related to the need to include 
commitments in the EIS to situations to ensure the protection by 
mitigation for important resources, i.e., live bottom, topographic 
features, archaeological resources and military areas. EPA also found 
that the draft does not contain sufficient information to fully assess 
environmental impacts in such areas as impacts to Canada, environmental 
justice concerns, and leasing proposals included in one alternative.

ERP No. D-MMS-L02010-AK

    Rating LO, 1997 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 158, 
Yakutat Planning Area, Implementation, Gulf of Alaska, AK.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the preferred alternative as 
described in the EIS. No formal comment letter was sent to the 
preparing agency.

Final EISs

No. F-AFS-K65175-CA

    Pilot Creek Watershed Land Management Plan, Implementation, Hayfork 
Adaptive Management Area, Six Rivers National Forest, Mad River Ranger 
District, Humboldt and Trinty Counties, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-BLM-L60102-OR

    Tucker Hill Perlite Quarry Project, Implementation, Mining Plan of 
Operation, Approval, Town of Lakeview, Lake County, OR.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-BLM-L61205-OR

    Bal'diyaka Interpretive Center Construction and Operation to 
Present the Natural History of Oregon's Southern Coast; the Cultural 
Heritage of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians and Local U.S. 
Coast Guard History, Implementation, Coos Bay District, Gregory Point, 
Coos County, OR.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-DOE-L05210-00

    Resource Contingency Program, Construction and Operation, Site 
Specific, Hermiston Power Project, Umattilla County, OR.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-DOE-L09804-00

    Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement by the United States Entity of 
Power Benefits, Implementation, WA, OR, ID, MI, WY, CA, NV, AZ and 
British Columbia.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-GSA-K80037-CA

    San Diego--United States Courthouse, Site Selection and 
Construction within a portion of the Central Business District (CBD), 
City of San Diego, San Diego County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the final EIS was not deemed necessry. No formal 
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-MMS-L02024-AK

    Cook Inlet Planning Area, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 
Gas Sale 149, Leasing Offering, AK.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F-SFW-K99027-CA

    Stephens' Kangaroo Rat (SKR) Authorization for Incidental Take and 
Implementation of a Long-Term Habitat Conservation Plan, Western 
Riverside County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: May 21, 1996
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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