[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 25717] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-11796] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-4722-9] Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments Availability of EPA comments prepared April 03, 1995 Through April 07, 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 FR dated April 14, 1995 (72 FR 19047). Draft EISs ERP No. DS-DOE-L09805-00 Rating EC1, Business Plan to Operate Electric Utility Market, Transmission Services and Fish and Wildlife Activities, Updated and New Information, Funding and Implementation, WA, ID, NM, NV, MT, UT, OR, CA, AZ, WY and British Columbia. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns and recommended that BPA review the decision to select the ``Market-Driven'' alternative as the proposed action and requested that BPA further incorporate conservation resource protection into the plan. ERP No. DS-FHW-K40105-CA Rating LO, Devil's Slide Bypass Improvement, CA-1 from Half Moon Bay Airport to Linda Mar Boulevard, Preferred Alternative Estimated Future Project-Generated Noise Study, Funding, Pacifica and San Mateo Counties, CA. Summary: EPA recommended that wherever possible earthen berms be used as noise barriers rather than noise walls because they will allow wildlife movement through the area. EPA also suggested that FHWA look at air conformity, surface water and runoff, wetlands, and endangered species during the project reevaluation. ERP No. DS-NOA-A91060-00 Rating LO, Western 1995 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery, Regulation Amendment, Updated Information, Implementation. Summary: EPA had no objection to the program. Final EISs ERP No. F-BLM-J65210-CO, Royal Gorge Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Canon City District, several counties, CO. Summary: EPA continued to express environmental concerns regarding the proposed action particularly as it relates to monitoring and evaluation management, EPA recommended that monitoring and evaluation management be made a requirement in the ROD. ERP No. F-COE-K36110-CA, Petaluma River Flood Control Improvements, Implementation, City of Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA. Summary: EPA continued to expressed environmental concerns regarding water quality impacts, hazardous waste management, cumulative impacts and mitigation to wetland areas. ERP No. F-UAF-G11023-TX, Bergstrom Air Force Base (AFB) Disposal and Reuse, Implementation and Possible Permits Issuance, Travis County, TX. Summary: EPA had no objection to the proposed actions. Dated: May 9, 1995. William D. Dickerson, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 95-11796 Filed 5-11-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-U