[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 11970-11971] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-5304] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-4720-8] Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments Availability of EPA comments prepared January 30, 1995 through February 03, 1995 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 the Federal Register dated April 10, 1994 (59 FR 16807). Draft EISs ERP No. D-AFS-J31024-UT Rating EO2, Blanchett Park Dam and Irrigation Reservoir, Construction and Operation, Uintah Water Conservancy District (UWCD), Special-Use-Permit and COE Section 404 Permit, Ashley National Forest, Vernal Ranger District, Uintah County, UT. Summary EPA supported the USFS selection of No Action as the agency preferred alternative. EPA expressed environmental objections with the build alternative due to the unmitigable impacts to over 50 acres of montane peat fen and loss of a portion of a genetically pure native salmonid population. ERP No. D-AFS-L65235-ID Rating EO2, Boise River Wildfire Recovery Project, Implementation, North Fork Boise River and Mores Creek Drainages, Boise National Forest, Idaho City and Mountain Home Ranger Districts, Boise and Elmore Counties, ID. [[Page 11971]] Summary EPA expressed objections to the sale's potential effect on water quality. Additional information is needed on cumulative effects, water quality/fish habitat effectiveness monitoring and documentation for environmental effort predictions. ERP No. D-AFS-L81011-AK Rating LO, Helicopter Glacier Landing Tours, Implementation, Issuance of Special-Use-Permits, Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area, Juneau Ranger District, Alaska. Summary EPA had no objection to the proposed action. Final EISs ERP No. F-BLM-L67027-ID Stone Cabin Open Pit Gold and Silver Mine Development and Operation, Plan of Operations Approval and NPDES Permit Issuance, Florida Mountain, Boise District, Owyhee County, ID. Summary EPA continued to have environmental concerns with the preferred alternative. EPA's concerns are based on the proposed mitigation plan for the COE Section 404 permit application for wetland fill and on the effectiveness of the proposed treatment technology at the Delamar mine site. Dated: February 28, 1995. B. Katherine Biggs, Associate Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 95-5304 Filed 3-2-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-U