29094 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 111 / Friday, June 7, 1996 / Notices

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National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology;

Notice of Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

The Charter for the Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA) National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology (NACEPT) will

be renewed for an additional two-year

period, as a necessary committee which

is in the public interest, in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5

U.S.C. appl.2 section 9(c). The purpose

of NACEPT is to provide advice and

counsel to the Administrator of EPA on

issues associated with environmental

management and policy. It is

determined that NACEPT is in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Agency by law.

Inquiries may be directed to Gordon

Schisler, Designated Federal Official,

NACEPT, U.S. EPA, Acting Director of

the Office of Cooperative Environmental

Management (1601), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Gordon Schisler,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 96–14456 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared May 20, 1996 Through May

24, 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–G67002–NM Rating

LO, Copper Flat Mining Project,

Construction and Operation of New Ore

Facilities, Hillsboro Mining District,

Sierra County, NM.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objection to

BLM’s preferred alternative as described

in the draft EIS.

ERP No. D–FHW–E40359–SC Rating

EO2, Carolina Bays Parkway (better

known as Grand Strand), Funding,

NPDES Permit, COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, Horry and Georgetown

Counties, SC.

SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental

objections to both proposed highway

alternatives due to the severity of

impacts to wetland and upland

resources.

EPA requested that the final EIS

include additional wetland avoidance

methods and provide more information

on upland resources. ERP No. D–GSA–

E81036–GA Rating EC2, Savannah

Federal Building—United States

Courthouse, Site Selection and

Construction of Annex within the

existing Federal Building Courthouse,

Savannah, GA.

SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental

concern regarding solid waste and

economic impacts and requested that

additional analysis of these issues be

included in the FEIS. EPA also

requested that information be provided

on the adaptive reuse of the building.

ERP No. D–NOA–E91000–NC Rating

LO, Black Sea Bass (Centropristis

striata) Fishery Management Plan

(FMP), Implementation, in the western

Altantic Ocean, from Cape Hatteras, NC

northward to the US-Canadian Border.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to the

proposed action.

ERP No. D–NPS–K61142–CA Rating

EC2, Manzanar National Historic Site

(NHS), General Management Plan,

Implementation, Inyo County, CA.

SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental

concerns and requested NPS to provide

additional information on air quality

modeling, emissions, and conformity,

impacts to wetlands and groundwater

resources, and an inventory of

endangered species, along with

potential impacts analysis.

ERP No. DR–NPS–L61196–AK Rating

LO, Denali (South Slope) National Park

and Preserve Development Concept

Plan, Implementation, Additional

Information, Mantanuska-Susitna

Borough, AK.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objection to the

action as proposed.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–DOE–L39052–OR,

Columbia River System Operation

Review (SOR), Multiple Use

Management, Long-Term System

Planning By Interested Parties Other

than Management Agencies, Canadian

Entitlement Allocation Agreement

Renewal or Modification and Pacific

NW Coordination Agreement Renewal

or Renegotiation, OR.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to have

concerns regarding water temperature,

total dissolved gas levels the lack of

baseline data and the need for

additional monitoring.

ERP No. F–FAA–L51016–WA,

Seattle—Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International

Airport Master Plan Update for

Development Actions, Funding, Airport

Layout Plan Approval and COE Section

404 Permit, King County, WA.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to have

concerns regarding noise and air issues.

EPA’s air quality comments will be sent

in a subsequent letter, due to the

extension of the air quality comment

period by the FAA.

ERP No. F–FHW–E40325–NC,

Winston-Salem Northern Beltway

(Western Section), Construction, from

US 158 Northward to US 52, Funding

and COE Section 404 Permit, Forsyth

County, NC.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to express

concern regarding floodplain wildlife

habitat impacts of the preferred

alternative, since other alternatives have

few impacts.

ERP No. F–UAF–K11063–CA, March

Air Force Base, Disposal of Portions,

NPDES and COE Section 404 Permits,

Riverside County, CA.

SUMMARY: While most of EPA’s prior

issues have been resolved. EPA

continued to express concern regarding

possible air quality environmental

justice impact.

Dated: June 04, 1996

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 96–14436 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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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 May 27, 1996 Through

May 31, 1996 Pursuant to 40 CFR

1506.9.

EIS No. 960253, FINAL EIS, AFS, ID,

Packsaddle Timber Sale and Road

Construction Project, Implementation,

Idaho Panhandle National Forests,

Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonner

County, ID, Due: July 08, 1996, Contact:

Joni Urbanski (208) 263–5111.

EIS No. 960254, FINAL

SUPPLEMENT, BLM, MT, Big Dry Land