Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27.12.2002

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding impacts to water quality from the proposed 1,250 acres of tractor timber harvest in a 303(d) listed water body and about minimal water quality monitoring. Fuel reduction treatments were well planned and designed with many protective measures. ERP No. D-AFS-J65369-MT Rating EC2, Windmill Timber Sale and Road Decommissioning Project, Timber Harvesting, Road Construction and Road Decommissioning, Mill Creek Drainage, Absaroka Mountain Range, Gallatin National Forest, MT. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential effects of timber harvests and road construction to water quality, and to wildlife species dependent upon old growth habitats. EPA recommends that additional information on aquatic monitoring should be included in the final EIS. ERP No. D-FTA-E59002-NC Rating LO, South Corridor Light Rail Project to Provide Light Rail Service between the Town of Pineville, and Downtown Charlotte, City of Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, NC. Summary: EPA lacks objections to the project as proposed and believes that the DEIS provided adequate information on the project's environmental impacts. ERP No. D-NPS-J65365-00 Ratin