Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54437-54438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26820]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ER-FRL-5474-1]


Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared September 30, 1996 Through

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October 4, 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 
5, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-FHW-C40138-NY Rating LO, NY-17 Highway Conversion from a 
Partial to a Full Access Control Facility, Five-Mile Point to Occanum 
and NY-17 Rehabilitation or Reconstruction, Funding and COE Section 404 
Permit Issuance, Towns of Kirkwood and Windsor, Broome County, NY.
    Summary: EPA believed that the proposed project will not result in 
significant adverse environmental impacts. EPA had no objection to its 
implementation.
    ERP No. D-GSA-C81017-NY Rating EC2, US Brooklyn Court Project, 
Demolition of the Emanuel Celler Federal Building, Construction of a 
New Courthouse and Renovation/Adaptive Reuse of the General Post Office 
at Cadman Plaza East, Kings County, NY.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the project's 
potential impacts to air quality and lead and asbestos abatement 
activities. Additional information is requested in the final EIS to 
address these concerns.
    ERP No. D-MMS-E02008-00 Rating LO, Central and Western Planing 
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 AL, MS, TX and LA.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the selection of the preferred 
alternative; however, we would ask that MMS provide commitment in the 
Record of Decision to incorporate mitigation stipulations on live 
bottom, topographic features, archaeological resources, and military 
areas.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-FHW-E40256-AL Southern Bypass and Weatherly Road 
Extension Project, Hobbs Island Road to I-565 Interchange, Funding and 
COE Section 404 Permit, City of Huntsville, Madison County, AL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern regarding the impact 
to wetlands. EPA requested that coordination continues as the 
mitigation plan is finalized.
    ERP No. F-FHW-E40762-AL Montgomery Outer Loop Construction, US 80 
southwest of Montgomery to I-85 east of Montgomery, Funding and COE 
Section 404 Permit Issuance, Montgomery County, AL.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the loss of 
wetland and forest resources. EPA requested that coordination continue 
as the mitigation plan is finalized.
    ERP No. F-FHW-G40141-OK Canadian River Bridge Crossing 
Construction, OK-37 east of Tuttle northward to OK-152 in or near 
Mustang, Funding, COE Section 404 and EPA NPDES Permits Issuance, 
Canadian and Grady Counties, OK.
    Summary: EPA had no objection to the selection of the preferred 
plan of action and has no other comment to offer.
    ERP No. F-NPS-K65180-CA Lava Beds National Monument, General 
Management Plan, Implementation, Siskiyou and Modoc 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-USN-A11073-00 United States Navy Shipboard Solid Waste 
Disposal, Implementation, MARPOL Special Areas: Designation Baltic Sea, 
North Sea, Wilder Caribbean, Antarctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black 
Sea and Red Sea, Gulfs Region: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
    Summary: EPA continued to have environmental concerns with allowing 
waste disposal in the Antarctic Ocean in view of the Protocol on 
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, recently ratified by 
the United States. EPA also questioned allowing disposal in the Baltic 
and North Seas, urged the Navy to restrict discharges near sensitive 
ecosystems and recommend research designed to assure full Navy 
compliance with MARPOL Annex V.
    ERP No. F-USN-K11069-CA Port Hueneme Naval Civil Engineering 
Laboratory (NCEL) Disposal and Reuse, Implementation, Ventura County, 
CA.
    Summary: The Final EIS responds to our concerns, which involved air 
quality and NEPA issues, therefore EPA had no objection to the proposed 
action.

    Dated: October 15, 1996.
William D. Dickerson,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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