Środowisko i energia · 27/08/2004

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

EPA expressed concerns related to impacts on the inventoried roadless area from logging, oil and gas wells, road construction, and gravel pit and vehicle use. ERP No. D-AFS-J65415-MT Rating EC2, Robert-Wedge Post-Fire Project, Salvage Trees andRehabilitate Lands, Flathead National Forest,Glacier View Ranger District, Flathead County, MT. Summary: EPA expressed concern that logging in areas of high-burn severity may result in increased erosion and sediment production. EPA recommended additional use of less damaging logging techniques such as helicopter logging or logging during winter on snow or frozen ground. ERP No. D-COE-F32197-MS Rating EC2, Programmatic EIS--Upper Mississippi River andIllinois Waterway System Navigation FeasibilityStudy (UMR-IWW), Addressing NavigationImprovement Planning and Ecological RestorationNeeds, MS, IL, IA, MN, MO, WI. Summary: EPA expressed concerns centering on how implementation of the proposed new management strategies would influence the ecological future of the UpperMississippi River System. Specific concerns focused on defining the purpose and need, adaptive management and phased project approach, alternatives analysis, institutional arrangement