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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of 
EPA Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared June 13, 1994 Through June 
17, 1994 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) 
260-5076.
    An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental 
impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 08, 1994 (59 
FR 16807).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-AFS-L65226-ID Rating EC2, Elk Creek Integrated Resource 
Management Project, Implementation, Boise National Forest, Mountain 
Home Ranger District, Elmore County, ID.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts on 
water quality from timber harvest and road construction. EPA requests 
monitoring information from these impacts be included in the final EIS.
    ERP No. D-BLM-K67022-NV Rating EC2, Robinson Mining Project, 
Construction, Operation and Expansion, Plan of Operation Approval, 
White Pine, Elko and Eureka Counties, NV.
    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns for potential project 
impacts to water quality and wildlife, and BLM's preferred reclamation 
measures, as well as the need for additional information in the final 
EIS on mitigation, monitoring and emergency response planning.
    ERP No. D-COE-L39036-WA Rating EC2, Lower Snake River Biological 
Drawdown Test on Anadromous Fish and Wildlife, Implementation, Lower 
Granite Reservoir, WA.
    Summary: EPA had environmental concerns with the resource impacts 
and stressed the necessity for biological monitoring and additional 
monitoring of water quality and sediment parameters. EPA also requested 
additional information about juvenile salmon dam passage mortality 
factors, possible dredging activities, wastewater discharge remedial 
measures, and the extent of wetland impacts.
    ERP No. D-DOE-L09804-00 Rating LO, 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: EPA had no objections to the draft programmatic EIS.
    ERP No. DS-USN-L11013-WA Rating LO, US West Coast Homeporting 
Program for Fast Combat Support Ships (AOE-6 Class), Updated 
Information, for the Pier D Project at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 
Implementation, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA.
    Summary: EPA believed that adverse effects to water quality and 
aquatic resources would be avoided provided that the mitigation 
measures specified in the draft SEIS are fully implemented.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-L65213-ID, Savant Sage Resource Area, Land and 
Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Idaho Panhandle National 
Forests, Fernan Ranger District, Bonner and Kootenai Counties, ID.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the preferred alternative 
described in the EIS.
    ERP No. F-FHW-J40122-WY, Snake River Canyon Highway, Improvement, 
US 26/89 between Alpine Junction to Hoback Junction, Funding and COE 
404 Permit, Teton and Lincoln Counties, WY.
    Summary: EPA believed it may be possible to further reduce impacts 
through speed reduction and additional reductions of clear zones and 
shoulder width.
    ERP No. FS-AFS-K65136-CA, CASA--Guard Timber Sale, Timber 
Harvesting, Updated Information concerning Impacts on the California 
Spotted Owl and Fish Creek Watershed and Reforestation, Sequoia 
National Forest, Cannell Meadow Ranger District, Tulare County, CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. FS-AFS-K65137-CA, Cottonwood and Golf Timber Sales, Timber 
Harvesting in the Breckenridge Compartment, Updated Information 
concerning Withdrawal of the Golf Timber Sale and Impacts on the 
California Spotted Owl and Reforestation for the Cottonwood Timber 
Sale, Sequoia National Forest, Greenhorn Ranger District, Kern County, 
CA.
    Summary: Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No 
comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.

    Dated: June 28, 1994.
Anne Norton Miller,
Director, Federal Liaison Division, Office Of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 94-16079 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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