[Federal Register: September 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 188)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-6633-6]

 
Environmental Impact Statements Regulations; availability of EPA 
Comments

    Availability of EPA comments prepared 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 12, 2002, (67 
FR 17992).

Draft EISs

    ERP No. D-NAS-A12043-00 Rating LO, Programmatic--MARS Exploration 
Rover-2003 (MER-2003) Project, Continuing the Long-Term Exploration of 
MARS, Implementation.
    Summary: EPA has no objection to the proposed action.
    ERP No. D-SFW-A65171-00 Rating Lo, Resident Canada Goose Management 
Plan to Evaluate Alternative Strategies to Reduce Manage and Control 
Resident Canada Goose Populations within the Conterminous United 
States.
    Summary: EPA had no objections to the proposed management plan.

Final EISs

    ERP No. F-AFS-G65008-NM, Viveash Fire Timber Salvage Project, 
Proposal to Harvest a Portion of the Fire-Killed Trees, Pecos/Las Vegas 
Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, NM.
    Summary: EPA's comments on the DEIS were adequately addressed and 
EPA has no objection to the selected alternative.
    ERP No. F-AFS-J65354-MT, Game Range Project, Ecosystem Health and 
Productivity Improvements, Fuel Loading Reduction and Game Winter Range 
Condition Improvements and Maintenance, Lolo National Forest Plain/
Thompson Falls Ranger District, Thompson River to Squaw Creek, Thompson 
Falls, MT.

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    Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding proposed 
timber harvests in roadless areas. Helicopter yarding methods were 
proposed to minimize impacts to water quality and appropriate BMPs and 
inland Native Fish Strategy guidelines for Riparian Habitat 
Conservation Areas would be applied.
    ERP No. F-AFS-L65396-ID, Mann Creek Vegetation Management and 
Watershed Restoration Project, Implementation, Payette National Forest, 
Weiser Ranger District, Washington County, ID.
    Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
    ERP No. F-FTA-D54039-PA, North Shore Connector extending existing 
Light Rail Transit (LRT) System from Golden Triangle of Downtown 
Pittsburgh to the North Shore, Funding, USCG Bridge Permit, NPDES 
Permit, and COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, Allegheny County, PA.
    Summary: EPA feels that its comment on the DEIS were addressed 
adequately. The project team should continue to work closely with 
appropriate agencies to ensure incorporation of any changing 
environmental conditions in the project area.
    ERP No. F-NAS-K12008-CA, Programmatic EIS--NASA Ames Development 
Plan (NADP) for Ames Research Center, New Research and Development 
Uses, Implementation, San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara County, CA.
    Summary: The final Programmatic EIS includes added mitigation 
measures to better address construction-phase air emissions and other 
EPA recommendations for air quality mitigation. EPA suggested that the 
air quality measures be incorporated in the Record of Decision.

    Dated: September 24, 2002.
Joseph C. Montgomery,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 02-24662 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]
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