• BLM releases draft EIS for the Jack Morrow Hills Coordinated Activity Plan, Sweetwater, Fremont, and Sublette counties, Wyo. Planning area encompasses about 574,800 acres of public land surface and federal mineral estate administered by BLM through its Rock Springs Field Office (6/30, p. 40687-9)
• DOE releases final EIS for the JEA Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor Project (DOE/EIS-0289), at Jacksonville, Fla. (6/30, p. 40616-7)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (6/30, p. 40630)
• EPA receives drafr, final EIS's for review (6/30, p. 40629-30)
• FERC finds in final EA that licensing the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative Inc.'s proposed Old Harbor Hydroelectric Project would not be "a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Project would be located mostly on Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. (6/30, p. 40628-9)
• In response to recommendations in Lynx Conservation Assessment and Strategy (LCAS), FS will prepare EIS on amending forest plans for 10 national forests in Colorado and one in Wyoming (Medicine Bow NF) (6/30, p. 40601-6)
• The Presidio of San Francisco plans to amend its 1994 General Management Plan to cover Area B. Presidio Trust will prepare a Supplemental EIS (6/30, p. 40707-8)
• Rural Utilities Service issues FONSI on proposal by Berkeley Electric Cooperative to build a 115/24.9 kV distribution substation (6/30, p. 40607)

• Corps announces public hearing on draft EIS/EIR for the Upper Newport Bay Ecosystem Restoration Project, Orange County, California (6/29, p. 40083-4)
• FERC releases EA on impacts of Grand River Dam Authority's granting of a permit to John W. Mayes to install 9 boat docks with 84 slips in Grand Lake O' The Cherokees, the reservoir for the Pensacola Hydroelectric Project in Oklahoma. (6/29, p. 40090)
• FS to prepare EIS on Crossroads Project, Mark Twain NF, Phelps and Pulaski counties, Missouri (6/29, p. 40076-7)

• APHIS supplemental EA "examines the environmental release of nonindigenous wasps ... for use as biological control agents to suppress the papaya mealybug." (6/28, p. 39852-3)
• BLM extends comment period to July 31 on scoping for draft EIS on oil and gas development in the Powder River Basin, Wyo. DEIS should be available for public review by April 15, 2001. (6/28, p. 39923)
  • BLM to prepare EIS for oil and gas development in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in Campbell, Sheridan, Johnson and the northern portion of Converse counties. (6/21, p. 38571-2)
• BuRec: Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force to meet July 20-21 (6/28, p. 39924)
• DOE proposes to build a soil staging area at the Miamisburg Environmental Management Project, located about 10 miles SW of Dayton, Ohio. The proposed activity would involve a small isolated wetland in Montgomery County, Ohio. (6/28, p. 39888)
• NRCS extends comment period for the Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Programs Manual--Part 513: Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Program (6/28, p. 39858-9)
• State Department issues FONSI "with regard to an application to construct, operate and maintain a pipeline to transport water across the U.S.-Canada border," near Sumas, Wash. (6/28, p. 39975-6)

• BLM classifies land in Garfield Co., Utah, for State Indemnity Selection. State wants to acquire land, and proposal was published in July 1998. But Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance protested the proposed classification of the lands because a portion were within an area proposed for wilderness by the Utah Wilderness Coalition. BLM made changes based on protest. (6/27, p. 39626-7).
• FS to prepare EIS on oil and gas leasing request for about 16,176 acres of the Finger Lakes National Forest in New York. Project proponents have asked BLM's Eastern States Office to offer the lands for lease. (6/27, p. 39596-7)
• FS to prepare EIS "for resource management activities, including road construction [and] reconstruction, biomass removal, understory thinning, prescribed burning and wildlife habitat improvement work on the Airport Forest Health Project involving a total planning area size of about 11,000 acres on the Pacific Ranger District of the Eldorado National Forest" in California (6/27, p. 39594-6)

• FHwA says it will use not complete draft EIS/Major Investment Study (DEIS/MIS) on IH 94 East-West Corridor Study (for work in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, Wisconsin), but wil use it "as a starting point for developing environmental analysis and documentation for potential individual projects expected to follow." The DEIS/MIS was completed and made available to the public on Nov. 8, 1996, phase of the project development (6/26, p. 39464-5)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Ouachita Parish, La. (6/26, p. 39465-6)
• Federal Transit Administration, Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will prepare an EIS on the Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project in Metropolitan Washington, DC (6/26, p. 39466-7)
• NPS extends comment period on draft Legislative EIS on potential efects of establishing a Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Homeland in and around Death Valley National Park (6/26, p. 39424)
• Navy will prepare an EIS "to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of the introduction of the Atlantic Fleet F/ A-18 E/F aircraft on the East Coast of the United States." Public scoping meetings announced (6/26, p. 39373-4)

• BIA, BLM, NRC release draft EIS and announces public meetings for the Proposed Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C.; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians and the Related Transportation Facility in Tooele County, UT (6/23, p. 39206-8)
• BLM releases final EIS for the Dry Valley Mine Extension, Panels C and D. The FEIS analyzes the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts associated with a proposal by Astaris, LLC (Formerly FMC Corp.) to extend existing open-pit phosphate mining operations in southeastern Idaho. (6/23, p. 39174)
• BLM releases draft EIS and proposed Plan Amendment to the Pony Express Resource Management Plan (RMP) (6/23, p. 39174-5)
• BLM extends scoping period for draft EIS/EIR for Headwaters Forest Reserve to Aug. 4 (6/23, p. 39175)
• BLM to prepare an Environmental Assessment-level amendment to the Kingman Resource Management Plan. (6/23, p. 39176)
• BuRec releases draft EIS for public review and comment on the proposed allocation of water supply and long-term contract execution, Central Arizona Project (6/23, p. 39177-8)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (6/23, p. 39146-7)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (6/23, p. p. 39146)
• FERC releases draft EA analyzing the impacts of proposed revisions to the shoreline classification maps for the Catawba-Wateree Project Shoreline Management Plan in North Carolina. Duke Energy Co. is the licensee (6/23, p. 39141-2)
• Navy Office of Naval Research has prepared and filed a draft EIS with EPA for the reuse of the sound source and cable previously installed by the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) Project for the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (6/23, p. 39135-6)
• OSM finds certain lands in Fall Creek Falls, Tennessee, unsuitable for surface coal mining and reclamation operations, releases Decision and Statement of Reasons (6/23, p. 39178-91)

• BLM to prepare EIS for the North Folk Malheur River Landscape Area Management Project in Malheur, Harney and Grant Counties, OR (6/22, p. 38850-1)
• FHwA preparing EIS for proposed improvements to US-131 from the Indiana Toll Road to M-60 including a potential western by-pass of the Village of Constantine in St. Joseph County, Michigan (6/22, p. 38876-7)
• NPS releases draft General Management Plan Amendment/EIS, Dry Tortugas National Park, Monroe County, FL (6/22, p. 38853)
• NPS approves Record of Decision for final EIS and Fort Baker Plan, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, California (6/22, p. 38853-6)

• BLM releases Record of Decision for the Continental Divide/Wamsutter II Natural Gas Project, Carbon and Sweetwater counties, Wyoming (6/21, p. 38570-1)
• BLM to prepare EIS for oil and gas development in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in Campbell, Sheridan, Johnson and the northern portion of Converse counties. (6/21, p. 38571-2)
• Corps releases draft General Re-Evaluation Report/EIR and Supplemental EIS (Draft Report) for proposed changes to the Guadalupe River Project, downtown San Jose, California. Public hearing scheduled. (6/21, p. 38519-20)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Hamilton County, Indiana (6/21, p. 38624-5)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Woodward Township and Piatt Township Lycoming County, Pa. (6/21, p. 38625)
• RUS to hold scoping meeting, prepare an EA on project proposed by Dairyland Power Cooperative to build natural gas-fired simple cycle, combustion turbine power generation facility in Wheaton Township in Chippewa County, Wisconsin (6/21, p. 38506)

• FERC to prepare EA for East Tennessee Natural Gas Company's proposed Rocky Top Expansion Project, requests comments on environmental issues (Wetlands, species may be affected) (6/20, p. 38275-7)
• NPS releases Final General Management Plan/EIS, Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington (6/20, p. 38300)

• BuRec releases final EIS "on the renewal of one long-term water service contract and the conversion of four long-term water service contracts to repayment contracts for irrigation water from federal projects in the Republican River basin in Nebraska and Kansas." (6/19, p. 37999-800)
  • Draft EIS is here (Go to "Environmental Activities" page for more links)
• NPS issues special regulations for Denali NP and Preserve, determining that "any snowmachine use in the Old Park would be detrimental to the resource values of the area." (6/19, p. 37863-79; from GPO page)

• Air Force to prepare an EIS for the Brooks City Base Project, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas (6/16, p. 37767)
• BLM issues Second Amendment to Feb. 1 notice of intent to prepare an EIS for obtaining water and/or water rights from willing sellers in the Walker River Basin (6/16, p. 37797-8)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (6/16, p. 37779)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (6/16, p. 37779-80)
• NASA plans to prepare an EIS and conduct scoping for an Ames Development Plan (ADP) for NASA Ames Research Center (6/16, p. 37802-4)
• NPS releases draft General Management Plan/EIS for the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Natchitoches Parish, La. (6/16, p. 37799)
  • View plan here
• NPS releases Draft General Management Plan/Visitor Use and Facilities Plan and draft EIS for Voyageurs National Park (6/16, p. 37799-80)
• Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission releases FONSI on Proposed Action Modifications for the Diamond Fork System, Central Utah Project (6/16, p. 37831-2)

• Air Force extends public and agency scoping period for the initial F-22 operational beddown EIS (6/16, p. 37532)
• APHIS "[extends] to one additional potato line our determination that certain potato lines developed by Monsanto Company, which have been genetically engineered for insect and virus resistance, are no longer considered regulated articles." (6/15, p. 37516-7)

• FERC to prepare EA on Trunkline Gas Company's proposed Line 100-1 Abandonment Project (6/14, p. 37366-7)
• FS revises Notice of Intent for the South Fourth of July Timber Sale EIS (6/14, p. 37358)

• BIA to prepare an EIS for the Torres Martinez-Calpine Power Generating Facility, Riverside County, CA (6/13, p. 37163-4)
• Interior Dept. Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science: FONSI released on final EA for the Diamond Fork System Proposed Action Modifications (6/13, p. 37163)

• BLM releases Decision Record and Plan Amendment addressing management for BuRec-withdrawn lands restored to BLM jurisdiction in the Cody Field Office Planning Area, and notice of Off-road Vehicle designations (6/12, p. 36840-1)
• BuRec, Woodbridge Irrigation District and the City of Lodi have prepared a joint final EIR/EIS for the Lower Mokelumne River Restoration Program (6/12, p. 36842-3)
• MMS releases EA on exploration, development, and production operations and activities in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (6/12, p. 36841-2)
  MMS home page
• Department of Transportation releases draft EIS, announces public hearing on proposed DOT headquarters (6/12, p. 36814-5)
  • More info on project

• APHIS releases draft EA concerning authorization to ship to Kenya for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test in Kenya, an unlicensed, genetically engineered, vaccinia-vectored rinderpest vaccine for use in cattle (6/9, p. 36661)
• Corps to prepare EA for proposed authorization of an Ohio River Ecosystem Restoration Program (6/9, p. 36674-5)
• Correction to May 30 announcement of Army Corps of Engineers regional listening sessions on water resources challenges (6/9, p. 36675)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (6/9, p. 36691)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (6/9, p. 36690-1)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for the Proposed Kelly Parkway; Bexar County, TX (6/9, p. 36754-5)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for proposed rail improvement at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Yard; Vancouver, WA (6/9, p. 36755)
• FS, BLM change meeting dates, extend comment period on preparation of an EIS for Fruitland Coalbed Methane Gas Development (6/9, p. 36713)
• NPS releases Record of Decision for Combined Final Lower Sheenjek Wild and Scenic River Study and Legislative EIS (6/9, p. 36715)
• Presidio Trust plans to prepare EIS on rehabilitation and expansion of Presidio Theatre Building 99 in The Presidio, San Francisco (6/9, p. 36746)

• Corps corrects its May 30 Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the White River Minimum Flow Study, Arkansas and Missouri (6/8, p. 36509)
  • Corps' 5/30 notice
• FERC to prepare EA on Southern Natural Gas Company's proposed Wren Compressor Station project in Jefferson County, Georgia (6/8, p. 36433-4)
• FERC to prepare EA on Southern Natural Gas Company's proposed South System Expansion Project, involving construction and operation of facilities in several counties in Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia (6/8, p. 36434-6)
• FERC EA assesses environmental effects of the construction and operation of Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline's proposed facilities in Claiborne and Union Parishes, Louisiana and Union County, Arkansas (6/8, p. 36436-7)
• FERC releases EA on Williams Gas Pipelines Central's Proposed Pleasant Hill Pipeline Project in Kansas and Missouri (6/8, p. 36437-8)

• NRCS won't prepare EIS for the Upper Deckers Creek Watershed Project, Preston and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia (6/7, p. 36109)

• BuRec to prepare draft EIS to "describe the effects of operating Flaming Gorge Dam to achieve the flows recommended by the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin ... and comply with [ESA] section 7." (6/6, p. 35957-61)
• NRCS issues FONSI, says no EIS will be prepared on Black Bayou Culverts Hydrologic Restoration Project (CS-29), Calcasieu Parish, LA (6/6, p. 35885-6)

• Air Force to perform an environmental analysis for the proposed beddown of the Global Hawk Remote Operated Aircraft System (6/5, p. 35618)
• BLM will amend the Brothers-La Pine RMP to make certain public lands in Deschutes County, Oregon, available for direct sale (6/5, p. 35660)
• BPA and Walla Walla County, Washington, will prepare an EIS on the proposed Stateline Wind Project, located along the Oregon-Washington border in Walla Walla County and Umatilla County, Oregon (6/5, p. 35624-5)
• BPA proposes to fund construction of a supplementation hatchery facility for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in floodplain and wetlands located in Kootenai and Benewah Counties, Idaho. BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment (6/5, p. 35625)
• Bureau of Reclamation announces public scoping meetings on development of a draft EIS for upper Rio Grande basin water operations (6/5, p. 35664-5)
• FERC draft EA on application for a new license for the Lockport Hydroelectric Project, located on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. (6/5, p. 35630)
• FS to prepare an EIS to provide a supply of timber for the Tongass NF timber sale program, to identify recreation opportunities and to develop a road management plan for the forest roads connected to the City of Kake (6/6, p. 35884-5)
• Interior Dept. says that FACA committee to the Interagency Task Force To Improve Hydroelectric Licensing Processes will meet on June 8 in Silver Spring, Md. (6/5, p. 35657-8)
• NPS: Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, New York, New York; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Notice of Public Meetings (6/5, p. 35662-3)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for the Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation, Glacier National Park (6/5, p. 35663-4)
• NPS releases Draft General Management Plan/Draft EIS, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts (6/5, p. 35662)
• NPS releases draft EA on plans to build a visitor and education/conference center jointly with the National Archives and Records Administration to serve the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Roosevelt NHS and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Dutchess, N.Y. (6/5, p. 35662)
• State Department's Office of Mexican Affairs has received an application for a Presidential Permit for a conveyor belt to be built and maintained on the U.S.-Mexico border (6/5, p. 35694-5)

• BLM, California Department of Fish and Game to prepare EIS/EIR on management plan for the Headwaters Forest Reserve (6/2, p. 35389)
  • Different notice, same subject (6/2, p. 35389-90)
  • Headwaters Web page
  • Public access restricted on Headwaters Forest Reserve (6/2, p. 35392)
• BuRec releases draft EIS/EIR on Colusa Basin Drainage District's Integrated Resources Management Program for Flood Control in the Colusa Basin in Glenn, Colusa, and Yolo counties, California (6/2, p. 35392-3)
• BuRec extends public comment period on draft agency NEPA handbook July 5 (6/2, p. 35393-4)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (6/2, p. 35336-7)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (6/2, p. 35337)
• FHwA to prepare draft EIS for a proposed highway project in Dubois County, Indiana (6/2, p. 35416)
• Forest Service will prepare a revised draft EIS to establish management direction for the John Muir, Ansel Adams, Dinkey Lakes and Monarch Wilderness areas in California (6/2, p. 35317-8)

• BIA reopens until June 30 the comment period on the final programmatic EIS for the proposed Navajo 10-year forest management plan, Navajo Nation, Arizona/New Mexico (6/1, p. 35120)
• FHwA, in cooperation with state departments of transportation, announces Major Investment Study/Scoping Process and EIS for transportation improvements in Butler, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Ohio and Kenton County, KY (6/1, p. 35155-6)

• Corps releases draft EIS for the proposed Destination Broadwater Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi (5/31, p. 34677-8)
• Corps, Santa Clara Valley Water District to prepare a draft EIS/EIR/Feasibility Study for Coyote Creek at Rock Springs Flood Damage Reduction Study, City of San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA (5/31, p. 34678)
• FS to prepare EIS on potential environmental effects of salvage harvesting up to 20,000 acres of dead and damaged trees in scattered areas located on the Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National Forests (5/31, p. 34654-5)
• Clinton executive order whose purpose is to "strengthen[] and expand[] the Nation's system of marine protected areas." (5/31, p. )
• Presidio Trust issues Record of Decision for the Final EIS and Planning Guidelines for New Development and Uses on 23 Acres within the Letterman Complex (FEIS), The Presidio of San Francisco (5/31, p. 34756)

• BLM releases final EIS on Transit Mixed Concrete Company's proposed Sand and Gravel Mining Operation, Soledad Canyon, Los Angeles County, CA (5/30, p. 34494-5)
• BLM releases draft Land Use Planning Manual and Handbook (5/30, p. 34495-6)
• Corps to prepare a draft EIS for Tillamook Bay and Estuary Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration, Tillamook County, Oregon (5/30, p. 34552-3)
• Corps to prepare EIS for the White River Minimum Flow Study, Arkansas and Missouri (5/30, p. 34453)
• Corps "is initiating a dialogue with its stakeholders, the general public, and with federal, state, and local agencies about future water resources challenges facing the nation." Fourteen regional listening sessions will be held from June to September (5/30, p. 34453-4)
• Uinta National Forest will prepare an EIS on a proposal to realign the existing Ray's Valley Road (Forest Development Road #051) (5/30, p. 34436-7)

• USAF to prepare draft EIS to evaluate potential environmental impacts of making airfield repairs, landing systems improvements, and adjustments to aircrew training at the 97th Air Mobility Wing,Altus Air Force Base (5/26, p. 34153-4)
• BLM to prepare an amendment to the Lahontan Resource Management Plan for management of withdrawn lands at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev. (5/26, p. 34230-1)
• National Nuclear Security Administration reschedules to May 30th a scoping meeting for the proposed relocation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Area 18 Missions (5/26, p. 34155)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (5/26, p. 34175)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (5/26, p. 34174-5)
• FS to prepare EIS for Plantation Lakes Project; Ottawa NF, Houghton County, Michigan (5/26, p. 34139-41)
• Rural Utilities Service issues draft EIS for the Jackson County (Ky.) Lake Project. (5/26, p. 34142-4)

• APHIS updates noxious weed and seed lists (5/25, p. 33741-3)
• BLM's Arcata Field Office proposes establishing Supplementary Rules for the King Range National Conservation Area, California (5/25, p. 33824-5)
• NPS releases draft Director's Order Concerning NPS Policies and Procedures Governing Its Structural Fire Management Program (5/25, p. 33827)

• FERC releases final EA for a new license for the Ketchikan Lakes Hydroelectric Project (Conclusion: Relicensing "would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment." (5/24, p. 33536-7)
• NPS releases EA for proposed construction and operation of Telecommunications Facilities in John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, WY (5/24, p. 33572)

• Army releases Record of Decision for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas (5/23, p. 33300-1)
• Army releases EA/FONSI for the National Park Seminary Historic District, Forest Glen Annex, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (5/23, p. 33301-2)
• Bureau of Prisons to prepare draft EIS for development of a medium-security or high-security federal correctional facility in Fresno County, Calif. (5/23, p. 33358)
• FERC announces scoping meetings and tour of projects for EA prepared by PacifiCorp; Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County (5/23, p. 33315-6)
• GSA releases draft EIS for proposed U.S. Courthouse in Springfield, Mass. (5/23, p. 33326)
• Navy issues Record of Decision for the Disposal and Reuse of Naval Air Station Agana, Guam (5/23, p. 33302-8)

• FHwA to prepare EA or EIS for a proposed highway project in Franklin and Licking counties, Ohio (5/22, p. 32148)
• NPS releases Record of Decision on the Final General Management Plan and Final EIS for the Missouri National Recreational River (59-Mile District), Nebraska and South Dakota (5/22, p. 32121)
• NPS amends its Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the General Management Plan, Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska. (5/22, p. 32121-2)
• NPS to prepare draft EIS for Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia (5/22, p. 32122)
• NPS to prepare Draft General Management Plan/EIS for Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington (5/22, p. 32122-3)

• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (5/19, p. 31899-900)
• EPA rceives draft, final EIS's for review (5/19, p. 31898-9)
• FTA to prepare EIS on transportation improvements within the proposed North/South Central and Southeast corridors in Austin, Texas (5/19, p. 31954-5)
• FTA to prepare EIS on the Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor in Los Angeles, CA (5/19, p. 31956-8)
• FTA to prepare EIS on proposed transit improvements in Los Angeles. The purposes of the project are to improve east-west travel options in the San Fernando Valley and to provide a connection to other portions of a regional rail and bus network. (5/19, p. 31955-6)
• Rural Utilities Service issues EA on potential environmental impacts related to the construction of a 115/24.9 kV electric distribution substation by Berkeley Electric Cooperative. RUS may provide financing assistance for the project. (5/19, p. 31878)

• Army issues final EIS for Schofield Barracks Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Treatment and Disposal, Oahu, HI (5/18, p. 31533-4)
• Army to prepare EIS for the Northern Training Complex With a Multi-Purpose Digital Training Range and Expanded Maneuver Areas, Drop Zones, and Landing Zones at Fort Knox, KY (5/18, p. 31534)
• BLM issues final EIS for the Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project, and Proposed Amendment to the Pinedale Resource Management Plan (5/18, p. 31594-5)
• BLM to prepare EIS for Desolation Flats Natural Gas Development Project, Carbon and Sweetwater counties, Wyoming. BLM also will conduct a planning review of proposed project and, if necessary, amend either or both the Great Divide and Green River Resource Management Plans (5/18, p. 31595-6)
• Corps releases final EIS for Schofield Barracks Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Treatment and Disposal, Oahu, HI (5/18, p. 31533-4)
• National Nuclear Security Administration; Postponement of Scoping Meeting for the Proposed Relocation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Area 18 Missions (5/18, p. 31536)
• FERC to prepare EA on Northwest Pipeline Corporation's proposed White River Replacement Project in King County, Washington (5/18, p. 31548-50)
• FS to prepare EIS to analyze and disclose the environmental effects of dredging on the Booger placer claim on Little Elk Creek, Nez Perce NF, Idaho (5/18, p. 31512-3)
• WETLANDS: DOJ announces proposed consent decree requiring Roger D. Williams to perform a restoration project for unlawfully discharging and/or controlling and directing the discharge of dredged and fill materials into waters of the U.S. at a 40- acre site located on Sondej Avenue immediately east of Bowers Hill Auto Parts and south of South Military Highway in the city of Chesapeake, Norfolk County, Virginia (U.S. v. Roger D. Williams, Civ. No. 2:00CV296, E.D. Va.) (5/18, p. 31603)
• TVA cancels notice of intent to prepare an EIS on alternatives for public use at the Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area, because responsibility for LBL has been transferred from TVA to the Forest Service (5/18, p. 31624)

• APHIS extends comment period on revising noxious weed regulations (5/17, p. 31289)
• Job Corps: Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Proposed Job Corps Center in Carville, LA (5/17, p. 31349)
• Rural Utilities Service proposes to prepare an EA related to possible financial assistance to Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation for the construction of a 153 megawatt (MW) combustion turbine electric generating plant in southwest Arkansas (5/17, p. 31300-1)

• NPS, in cooperation with its partners, has prepared and released a draft Comprehensive Management Plan and EIS for the management, protection, and use of the Maurice National Scenic and Recreational River in New Jersey (5/16, p. 31191)

• BLM releases Ray Land Exchange/Plan Amendment Record of Decision (Arizona) (5/15, p. 31013-4)
• International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, issues correction to its April 4 Notice of Availability of a draft EIS for the El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project, Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM and El Paso County, TX (5/15, p. 31067)
• MMS to prepare EA for Proposed Lease Sale 178 in the Central Gulf of Mexico (2001) (5/15, p. 31014)

• Corps to prepare a draft supplemental EIS for Proposed Changes to the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, Marshall and Livingston counties, Kentucky (5/12, p. 30573-4)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (5/12, p. 30587)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (5/12, p. 30587)
• EPA to prepare a draft supplemental EIS for the Meramec River (Missouri) Enhancement and Wetlands Protection Project (5/12, p. 30587-8)
• BIA changes public comment deadline for final programmatic EIS for the Proposed Navajo Ten-Year Forest Management Plan, Navajo Nation, Arizona/New Mexico (5/12, p. 30605)
• NPS, other agencies (including FWS) release draft Legislative EIS for Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Death Valley National Park (5/12, p. 30607-8)
• Bureau of Prisons cancels notice of intent to prepare a programmatic EIS for housing the Criminal Alien Population in Non-Federal Low- Security Correctional Facilities (5/12, p. 30622)
• Bureau of Prisons to prepare a draft EIS for development of a Medium-Security Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania (5/12, p. 30622-3)

• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Faulkner County, Arkansas (5/11, p. 30473-4)
• FHwA to prepare supplemental EIS for the Blackwater Avoidance area of the Thomas-to-Davis portion of the Parsons-to-Davis project of the proposed Appalachian Corridor H highway in Tucker County, West Virginia (5/11, p. 30474)
• City of Yonkers, N.Y., plans to prepare an EIS/EIR for a proposed apartment project located at 1105-1135 Warburton Ave. containing 524 units, 58 units (11%) of which are intended to be affordable housing. (5/11, p. 30424-5)
• TVA has decided to adopt the preferred alternative identified in its final EIS for Addition of Electric Generation Peaking and Baseload Capacity at Greenfield Sites, Haywood County, Tennessee (5/11, p. 30469-72)

• Schedule of public meetings on FS roadless proposal (5/10, p. 30287-308)
• Forest Service press release on proposal
• Forest Service roadless Web site (Draft EIS available here)
• FS proposal on roadless areas (5/10, p. 30275-88)
• NPS releases draft supplement to the Final EIS for Completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi (1978) (5/10, p. 30129-30)
• NPS will prepare an EIS for the General Management Plan Amendment, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida (5/10, p. 30130)

• FERC final EA concludes that approval of on application to amend the license for the Power Creek Project "would not constitute a major federal action...." The project consists of routing a section of the licensed underground transmission line to an underwater route along the bottom of Eyak Lake. The Power Creek Project is located on Power Creek near Cordova, Alaska. (5/9, p. 26829)
• INS to prepare an EIS for construction of a detention facility in the Houston area (5/9, p. 26856-7)
• INS to prepare an EIS for construction of a detention facility in the Seattle area (5/9, p. 26857)
• FTA releases Draft Supplemental EIS, announces Public Hearing on the Buffalo Inner Harbor Project, New York (5/9, p. 26871-2)

• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Lehigh and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania (5/8, p. 26656-7)
• FS extends comment period on notice of intent to prepare an EIS on forest plan for the White Mountain NF in Carroll, Coos, and Grafton counties, New Hampshire, and Oxford County, Maine (5/8, p. 26565)
  • FS to prepare EIS for revising White Mountain National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (3/9, p. 12505-7)

• Corps to prepare a draft EIS to determine the feasibility of implementing wetland restoration/creation in the Barataria Basin, located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (5/5, p. 26192-3)
• Corps to prepare a supplement (SEIS) to the 1992 final EIS on Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park (Mod Waters Project) to Address a Change in Design of U.S. Highway 41 (Tamiami Trail) (5/5, p. 26193-4)
• Corps to prepare a draft EIS in conjunction with proposed flood control and ecosystem restoration measures in the Kankakee River Basin in Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana (5/5, p. 26194)
• Corps, in cooperation with the Reclamation Board of California and the City of Woodland, will prepare a draft EIS/EIR for a proposed flood reduction investigation in Yolo County, California (5/5, p. 26194-5)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (5/5, p. 26198)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (5/5, p. 26198-9)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed new east-west highway and Rio Grande river crossing in Valencia County, New Mexico. (5/5, p. 26271)
• BLM plans to amend the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan, and prepare an EA (5/5, p. 26236)
• NPS releases EA on the proposed demolition and removal of the National Tower at Gettysburg National Military Park (5/5, p. 26237)
• TVA issues ROD, adopts final EIS for the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor prepared by DOE (5/5, p. 26259-62)

• FS revises notice of intent to prepare EIS on Fanshaw Project in Tongass NF (5/4, p. 25903-4)

• BLM has prepared an EA that evaluates the impacts of typical mining claim and/or mill site occupancies in Nevada (5/3, p. 25745)
• BLM's Carson City, Field Office and Douglas County, Nev., will jointly direct preparation of a County-Specific Plan and Walker Resource Management Plan Amendment and environmental assessment. The RMP Amendment will identify specific tracts of BLM-managed public lands in the North Douglas County specific Planning Area for potential disposal through exchange or under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and criteria for BLM acquisition of private lands or interests in private lands in the county (5/3, p. 25746-7)
• DOE proposes to convey to the abutting landowner, about 182 acres of land within the 500-year floodplain of the Clinch River, in Roane County, Tennessee. DOE will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment "and will perform this proposed action in a manner that will avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the affected floodplain and wetlands." (5/3, p. 25711-2)
• FERC Office of Energy Projects concludes that relicensing of Strawberry Hydroelectric Project in Bridger County, Wyoming, would not be a major federal actions (5/3, p. 25716-7)
• FERC final EA for an application to surrender the exemption for the Grove Mill Project finds that approval of the proposed amendment would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The project is located on the Middle River, in Augusta County, Virginia. (5/3, p. 25717)
• NPS releases Record of Decision on the Final Comprehensive Design Plan for the White House and President's Park and EIS (5/3, p. 25747-55)
• NPS preparing an EIS for the general management plan for Big Bend NP, river management plan, Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River and wilderness study, Harte Ranch, Big Bend NP (5/3, p. 25756)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for the Resource Protection Study, Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado (5/3, p. 25756-7)
• State Department says that on April 25, it certified that 16 nations have adopted programs to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles in their shrimp fisheries comparable to the program in effect in the United States. The department also certified that the fishing environments in 25 other countries do not pose a threat of the incidental taking of sea turtles protected under Section 609. Shrimp imports from any nation not certified were prohibited effective May 1, 2000 pursuant to Section 609 (5/3, p. 25785-6)

• DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration to prepare an EIS for the proposed relocation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Area 18 Missions (5/2, p. 25472-4)
• FAA releases draft EA, requests comments on proposed actions relating to the change in departure procedure at Sarasota Manatee International Airport (5/2, p. 25527-8)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing revokes exemption for Slaughterhouse Gulch Project, located on Slaughterhouse Gulch Creek in Twin Falls County, Idaho. "The exemption is being revoked for failure to operate the project or to respond to requests to surrender the exemption." Final EA prepared. (5/2, p. 25482)
• MMS releases Site-Specific Environmental Assessments (SEA's) and FONSIs for specific oil and gas activities (5/2, p. 25496-8)

• EPA, NOAA announce plans to approve the California Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (5/1, p. 25311)
• FS will prepare EIS analyzing seven Natural Areas "for designation of hiker/equestrian trails on the Shawnee National Forest [in Illinois] and to amend the Shawnee [NF] Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) to increase trail density standards in Management Area 5.1." (5/1, p. 25298-300)
  • Shawnee NF web site

• Corps sets public hearing on a draft Supplemental EIS/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Port of Los Angeles Main Channel Deepening Project, Los Angeles County, CA (4/28, p. 24943-4)
• Corps to prepare a draft EIS for Barrier Shoreline Restoration in Lafourche, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes, Louisiana, a component of the Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana--Ecosystem Restoration, Barrier Island Restoration, Marsh Creation, and River Diversion, Barataria Basin Feasibility Study (4/28, p. 24944-5)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS to evaluate permit application by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to fill about 12 acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands (4/28, p. 24945-6)
• BLM to prepare EA for a right-of-way proposed by AT&T Corp. for a buried fiber optic telecommunications line and associated facilities Buried Fiber Optic Telecommunications System in California, Arizona and New Mexico (4/28, p. 24977-8)
• Bureau of Prisons to prepare a draft EIS for development of a Medium/High-Security Federal Correctional Facility in Terre Haute, Indiana (4/28, p. 24988)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (4/28, p. 24953)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (4/28, p. 24952-3)
• FHwA, in cooperation with the Maryland State Highway Administration, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to improve MD 210 in Prince George's County, Maryland (4/28, p. 25020)
• FS extends until May 17 the comment period on a proposal to revise regulations on the forest road transportation system (4/28, p. 24906)
• FS extends until May 17 the comment period on proposed administrative policy concerning forest transportation system (4/28, p. 24910)
• Rural Utilities Service to prepare EIS on proposal by Intertie Participants Group to build and operate a 230 kV transmission line and associated facilities, located between Anchorage and a location on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska (4/28, p. 24911)

• FERC EA says that proposed Fore River Project in Massachusetts is not a major federal action (4/27, p. 24691)

• APHIS releases FONSI on program for the control of the Asian longhorned beetle (4/26, p. 24445)
  • FONSI/EA is here
• BLM, FS revise their notice of intent to prepare an EIS on survey-and-manage strategy for national forests and BLM districts within range of Northern spotted owl (4/26, p. 24446)
• The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for constructing a proposed four-lane Heart of Illinois Highway in north central Illinois (4/26, p. 24531)

• FS, BLM release congressionally required report on Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP) (4/25, p. 24174)
  • ICBEMP page (Report available here)
• FTA and Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to prepare supplemental EIS on the Buffalo Inner Harbor Project (4/25, p. 24252)
• Presidential Proclamation establishing the Giant Sequoia National Monument (4/25, p. 24095-100)
• OSM receives proposed amendment to the West Virginia regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendments are intended to comply with the Consent Decree between the plaintiff and the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) entered on Feb. 17, 2000, in Bragg v. Robertson, 98-636 (S.D.W.Va.). (4/25, p. 24158-62)

• FS will prepare EIS to analyze proposed expansion of the Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, Idaho. A Special Use Permit would be required for the proposed action, which would authorize additional development, construction, and operation of ski area facilities on National Forest System lands. (4/24, p. 21716)
• Comment period extended until May 24 on proposed "Unified Federal Policy for Ensuring a Watershed Approach to Federal Land and Resource Management" (4/24, p. 21715)
• Rural Utilities Service issues FONSI on project proposed by Great River Energy (GRE) of Elk River, Minnesota (4/24, p. 21716-7)

• Corps to prepare an EIS for the Lower Guadalupe River Flood Protection Project, San Jose and Santa Clara, CA (4/21, p. 21401-4)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (4/21, p. 21418)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (4/21, p. 21418)
• FAA has prepared an EA and issued a FONSI on Kistler Aerospace Corporation's proposal to build and operate commercial launch and reentry/recovery facilities at the Nevada Test Site on land withdrawn from the public domain for use by the Department of Energy (4/21, p. 21495-8)
• Navy adds additional land and facilities at the former Naval Station Puget Sound (Sand Point), Seattle, Washington, that have been declared surplus to the needs of the federal Government (4/21, p. 21404-5)
• Bureau of Prisons announces the publication of a final EIS regarding a proposed medium-security federal correctional facility in South Carolina (4/21, p. 21471)
• BuRec extends comment period until May 16 for Salton Sea Restoration Project, Riverside and Imperial Counties, California (4/21, p. 21470)

• WETLANDS: Army Corps of Engineers and EPA propose revising their Clean Water Act regulations defining the term ``fill material.'' "At present, the Army and EPA definitions of `fill material' differ from each other, and this has resulted in regulatory uncertainty and confusion." (4/20, p. 21292-300)
• BLM amends Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for obtaining water and/or water rights from willing sellers in the Walker River Basin (4/20, p. 21207-8)
• BuRec to prepare an EA or EIS to evaluate the effects of providing about $7 million "over a period of years, along with monies from other entities, to partially support the Newlands Project Water Rights fund, a program for the acquisition and retirement of 6,500 acres of surface water rights in Reclamation's Newlands Project." (4/20, p. 21209-10)
• BuRec releases draft agency handbook on NEPA (4/20, p. 21210-1) (Handbook is here)

• BLM issues revised Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for a Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipelines and Utility Corridor Analysis and Plan Amendments in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah (4/19, p. 21006-7)
• MMS releases EA on proposed western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 177. (4/19, p. 21008-9)
• NPS to prepare a General Management Plan and EIS for Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana (4/19, p. 21010)

• Corps will not prepare draft EIS for an environmental restoration project in the Northwest Branch watershed of the Anacostia River and Tributaries (4/18, p. 20807)
• Corps withdrawing its intent to prepare a DEIS for environmental restoration in the Upper North Branch Potomac watershed, Garrett County, Maryland, and portions of Grant and Mineral Counties, West Virginia (4/18, p. 20807)
• FERC Office of Energy Projects has prepared draft EA on application requesting FERC's authorization to surrender the exemption from licensing for the existing Walker Mill hydroelectric project (Tennessee) (4/18, p. 20810)
• FERC releases final EA for the Pioneer Hydroelectric Project, located on the Ogden River near Ogden, Utah. (4/18, p. 20810-1)
• BLM to prepare an EIS for Arizona Public Service Co.'s Southwest Valley 500kv Transmission Line Project in the southwest metropolitan area of Phoenix, Ariz. (4/18, p. 20828-9)
• NPS releases Record of Decision, final EIS and General Management Plan for Redwood National and State Parks, Humboldt and Del Norte counties, California (4/18, p. 20831)
• WAPA, BLM to prepare EIS for the Proposed Big Sandy Project, Arizona (4/18, p. 20811-2)

• BLM to Revise the Nellis Air Force Range Resource Plan and Prepare a New EIS (4/17, p. 20483)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in the City of Pittsburgh and the Borough of Millvale in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (4/17, p. 20510-1)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Mason County, Washington (4/17, p. 20511)
• Navy extends Public Comment Period to April 24 for the EIS for the Disposal and Reuse of MCAS El Toro (4/17, p. 20437)
• Navy to prepare an analysis of environmental impacts associated with the conveyance of the Naval Ammunition Support Detachment, Vieques, Puerto Rico (4/17, p. 20437)

• Army to prepare EIS for Follow-On Tests Including Design, Construction and Operation of One or More Pilot Test Facilities for Assembled Chemical Weapon Destruction Technologies at One or More Sites (4/14, p. 20139-40)
• Army to prepare EIS for the Design, Construction, and Operation of a Facility for the Destruction of Chemical Agent at Pueblo Chemical Depot, CO (4/14, p. 20140-1)
• DOE to prepare an EIS for the Kentucky Pioneer Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Demonstration Project, Trapp, KY, and Notice of Floodplain Involvement (4/14, p. 20142-5)
• Corps, FHwA issue Notice of a Proposed Wetland Banking Memorandum of Agreement in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (4/14, p. 20240-5)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's; also includes ratings (4/14, p. 20157-8)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (4/14, p. 20155-7)
• FERC prepares draft EA for application for a new license for the Elkhart Hydroelectric Project (4/14, p. 20154)
• FERC to prepare an EA on Distrigas of Massachusetts' Proposed Domac Vapor Recovery Project (4/14, p. 20154-5)
• FS to prepare EIS on Windmill Timber Harvest in the Mill Creek Drainage, Gallatin NF, Park County, Montana (4/14, p. 20132-3)
• GSA to prepare an EA or EIS for the construction of a new Federal courthouse in Eugene/Springfield, Lane County, Oregon (4/14, p. 20180-1)
• BIA releases draft EIS for the Colville Indian Reservation Integrated Resource Management Plan, Colville Confederated Tribes, Colville Reservation, Washington (4/14, p. 20196-7)
• BIA releases final Programmatic EIS for the Proposed Navajo Ten-Year Forest Management Plan, Navajo Nation, Arizona/New Mexico (4/14, p. 20197)
• BLM, Navy release Record of Decision for the Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Requirements at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada (4/14, p. 20198-200)
• NPS issues Management Plan/Special Resource Study/EIS for Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, Virginia (4/14, p. 20201)
• NRCS preparing EIS for the New Porter Bayou Watershed, Bolivar and Sunflower Counties, Mississippi (4/14, p. 20133)
• Navy to Prepare a Programmatic EIS for Development of Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (4/14, p. 20141-2)
• Presidio Trust to prepare an EA for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Presidio Theatre (Building 99) within The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (4/14, p. 20218)

• FERC Office of Energy Projects concludes that approval of an application to amend the license for the Broadwater Project would not be a major federal action. The project, located on the Missouri River in Broadwater County, Montana, is to build a structural wall in the project reservoir (4/13, p. 19887)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Randolph County, North Carolina (4/13, p. 19961)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Union and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina (4/13, p. 19961)
• FS issues decision on Utah Northern Goshawk Project (4/13, p. 19868)
  • Decision notice available here
• NPS releases draft supplemental EIS for Yosemite Valley Plan, Yosemite National Park, Madera, Mono, Tuolumne, and Mariposa Counties, California (4/13, p. 19877-8)
  • Yosemite

• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Prince George's and Charles Counties, Maryland (4/12, p. 19807-8)
• FS to prepare EIS on Little Bear-Wilson Timber Sale, Gallatin NF, Gallatin County, MT (4/12, p. 19735-6)

• Air Force releases Record of Decision on the Realistic Bomber Training Initiative (4/11, p. 19364)
• FAA releases Record of Decision for the 1999 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for 1992 Environmental Impact Statement for Master Plan Development, Indianapolis International Airport (4/11, p. 19424)
• FAA to prepare an EIS and hold an environmental scoping meeting for Runway Safety Area Improvements at Groton-New London Airport, Groton, Conn. (4/11, p. 19425)
• FHwA will prepare a Supplemental EIS for the Kerens-to-Parsons portion of the proposed Appalachian Corridor H highway project (4/11, p. 19425-6)

• EPA to prepare an EIS on the reservoir and pipeline to the Alafia River located in southeast Hillsborough County, Florida.

  " Known concerns include viable alternatives to the proposed action, impacts on protected wetlands, effects from inter-basin transfer of water, short-and long-term impacts on the Alafia River and Tampa Bay aquatic ecosystems from the incremental withdrawal of water resources attributable to reservoir operations, impacts on threatened and endangered species, impacts of salinity changes on aquatic organisms, sport and commercial fisheries."

  (4/10, p. 18991-2)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Worcester and Auburn, Mass. (4/10, p. 19038)
• Forest Service releases final procedures and a directive on Tongass NF timber sales, taking into account demand considerations (4/10, p. 18962-3)

• Corps to prepare an EIS for the John Redmond Lake Reallocation Study, Kansas (4/7, p. 18316-7)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (4/7, p. 18321)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (4/7, p. 18321-2)
• The Secretary of Agriculture plans to renew the charter of the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee, to provide advice on implementing the terms of the Federal Interagency Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region. Nominations of persons to serve on the Committee are invited. (4/7, p. 18274-5)
• FS to prepare EIS on Big Butte Timber Sales and Related Activities, Rogue River NF, Jackson County, OR (4/7, p. 18275-6)
• FS to prepare an EIS to update range management planning on 17 livestock (cattle and horse) grazing allotments and one administrative use pasture in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and Hells Canyon Wilderness, Wallowa-Whitman NF, Wallowa and Baker Counties, Ore. (4/7, p. 18276-8)

• BLM releases FEIS for the South Baggs Area Natural Gas Project. The FEIS analyzes the environmental consequences of Merit Energy Company's proposal to drill up to 50 more natural gas wells in the project area over the next 10 years. The project area encompasses approximately 12,352 acres of federal, state, and private lands located about 3 miles west of the town of Baggs in Carbon County, Wyoming (4/6, p. 18121-2)
• BLM releases EA addressing impacts associated with a modification to development of the Jonah Field, as approved by the Jonah II Natural Gas Project FEIS (4/6, p. 18122)
• Job Corps: Final FONSI for the New Job Corps Center Located Off of Overlook Terrace Within the Charter Oak Business Park in Hartford, CT (4/6, p. 18132)
• Job Corps: Final FONSI for the New Job Corps Center Located at 9 Vandever Avenue, Wilmington, DE (4/6, p. 18132)
• FERC releases EA analyzing the effects of proposed changes to the project boundary for the Sylvan Hydroelectric Project located on the Crow Wing and Gull Rivers in Cass, Crow Wing, and Morrison counties, Minnesota. The boundary changes would result in the removal of a total of 20.42 acres of land from the project. (4/6, p. 18080)
• FERC will prepare an EA for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's proposed Londonderry Replacement Project, which involves construction and operation of facilities by Tennessee Gas Pipeline company in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and Hillsborough and Rockingham counties, New Hampshire. (4/6, p. 18085-6)
• FERC releases EA on natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation and the South Carolina Public Service Authority in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina (4/6, p. 18084)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project on U.S. Highway 59 in Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas. (4/6, p. 18145)

• FAA releases draft EIS for the proposed Runway 5L/23R, a proposed air cargo sorting and distribution facility (FedEx Mid Atlantic Hub), and associated development at Piedmont Triad International Airport, Greensboro, N.C. (4/5, p. 17938)

• BLM to prepare EIS on proposed Falcon to Gonder 345 kV Transmission Line Project and Associated BLM Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Shoshone-Eureka, Elko, and Egan Resource Areas in Elko, Eureka, Lander, and White Pine Counties, NV (4/4, p. 17674-5)
• FAA, in cooperation with NPS and the Hualapai Indian Tribe, releases final Supplemental EA for the proposed Special Flight Rules in the vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park and Commercial Air Tour Routes (4/4, p. 17700-1)
• FERC EA assesses potential environmental effects of the proposed modification, construction, and operation at a Distrigas of Massachusetts existing liquefied natural gas storage facility. (4/4, p. 17654-5)
• FS, BLM begin to prepare EIS on proposed continued development of Fruitland Coalbed Methane (CBM) gas in San Juan NF (4/4, p. 17672-3)
• Intl. Boundary and Water Commission releases draft EIS, announces public meetings for the El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project, Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM and El Paso County, TX (4/4, p. 17679-80)
• FS, BLM release supplemental draft EIS for Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, Northern, Intermountain, and Pacific Northwest Regions and States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana (4/4, p. 17624-5)

• FERC EA concludes that approval of license application for the Carters Reregulation Dam Hydroelectric in Murray County, Georgia, "with appropriate mitigative measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (4/3, p. 17496-7)
• FERC EA evaluates granting of amendment that would allow PG&E to delay up to one month (from June 1 to July 1) the placement of flashboards at North Battle Creek dam when late runoff or heavy snow pack precludes road access to the dam by truck (4/3, p. 17497)
• FS releases EA for the Davis Land Exchange on the Aspen Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado for public review and comment (4/3, p. 17480)
• FS expands scope of EIS for amendment to Northern Sierra Forest Plan covering parts of Humboldt-Toiyabe NF, Stanislaus NF, and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (4/3, p. 17480-1)
• FS to prepare EIS on proposal to harvest about 20 MMBF of timber on Tuxekan Island in Tongass NF (4/3, p. 17481-2)
• FS to prepare EIS on proposal to harvest about 17 MMBF of old growth and second-growth timber on Kosciusko Island in Tongass NF and to improve wildlife habitat conditions with commercial thinning of second-growth stands (4/3, p. 17482-3)
• NPS releases ROD on Booker T. Washington National Monument Final General Management Plan and Abbreviated Final EIS (Virginia) (4/3, p. 17530)

• EPA proposes designating an ocean-dredged material disposal site located offshore of Coos Bay, Oregon, for dredged material removed from the federal navigation project at Coos Bay, Ore. Because of the presence of listed fish species and other listed species, biological assessments have been prepared and concurrence letters from both NMFS and FWS received. (3/31, p. 17240-6)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (3/31, p. 17266)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for comment (3/31, p. 17265)

• BLM to prepare a Planning Analysis/EA to examine proposed exchange of federal land at the former Lorton Correctional Complex, Lorton, Va., for private land of equal value in the Mason Neck area of Fairfax County (3/30, p. 16956)
• BLM's Kremmling Field Office proposing to make two amendments to the Kremmling Resource Management Plan (RMP) (3/30, p. 16956-7)
• BLM to prepare an EA for Amendments to the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Resource Management Plans Regarding Cross-Country Travel by Off-Highway Vehicles and Mountain Bikes; 30-Day Scoping Period Announced (3/30, p. 16955-6)
• BuRec to prepare EIS on structural and nonstructural alternatives to correct safety deficiencies at Keechelus Dam in the State of Washington (3/30, p. 16961-2)
• FERC releases draft EA on proposal by El Dorado Irrigation District to rebuild diversion dam and build a two-mile-long tunnel to bypass a section of the El Dorado Project's canal that is damaged and/or situated on unstable slopes (not a major federal action). (3/30, p. 16907)
• FERC Office of Energy Projects releases draft EA on the Grand River Dam Authority's application for approval of a new commercial dock facility (Oklahoma, not a major federal action). (3/30, p. 16908)
• FERC to prepare EA on East Tennessee Natural Gas Company's proposed Rocky Top Expansion Project in Virginia and Tennessee (3/30, p. 16908-10)
• FS revising previous notices of intent to prepare an EIS on Yellowstone Pipe Line Company's proposals for a new petroleum products pipeline between Missoula and Thompson Falls, Montana, and to renew a special-use permit for an existing pipeline. (3/30, p. 16872-3)
• NRCS will not prepare an EIS for the South Darlington Watershed, Darlington County, South Carolina. (3/30, p. 16873)

• NPS preparing an EIS for the Morristown National Historical Park, located in Morris and Somerset counties, New Jersey. (3/29, p. 16629-30)
• BuRec and the Marina Coast Water District propose to prepare an environmental document (EIR/EA or EIS) on building a new pipeline to deliver reclaimed wastewater for municipal and industrial use (3/29, p. 16631-2)

• WETLANDS: Corps publishes final rule implementing administrative appeals for jurisdictional determinations (3/28, p. 16485-503)
• BPA to prepare an EIS and notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement on the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 10-mile-long 500-kilovolt (kv) transmission line in King County, State of Washington (3/28, p. 16380-1)
• FERC extends public comment period until April 17 for draft EA issued for the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project, located on the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in Montgomery, Stanly, Davidson and Rowan counties, North Carolina (3/28, p. 16384-5)
• FS to prepare EIS in conjunction with amendments to forest plans for the Routt NF; Arapaho and Roosevelt NFs; Pike and San Isabel NFs; the San Juan NF; Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NFs; and the Rio Grande NF located in Colorado; and the Medicine Bow NF located in Wyoming (3/28, p. 16369-73)
• Western Area Power Administration issues ROD for the Energy Planning and Management Program (3/28, p. 16389-90)

• BuRec to prepare a draft EIS on the Construction and Operation of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project and Announcement of Public Scoping Meetings (3/27, p. 16219-20)
• Corps plans to prepare a supplemental EIS for modifications to Operation and Maintenance Dredging Activities on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Alabama (3/27, p. 16190-1)
• Corps to prepare an EIS and Conduct a Public Scoping Meeting for the Marlinton Local Protection Project, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia (3/27, p. 16191-2)
• Employment and Training Administration issues Preliminary FONSI for the Proposed Job Corps Center at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center, 5445 Point Clair Rd., Carville, Iberville Parish, La. (3/27, p. 16224-6)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to develop a site-specific fuels treatment plan to reduce the fire hazard resulting from blown down forest (3/27, p. 16163-5)

• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (3/24, p. 15903)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (3/24, p. 15903-4)
• BLM, FS to prepare a supplemental EIS on proposed mine plan for future operations at the existing J.R. Simplot Smoky Canyon Phosphate Mine, Caribou County, Idaho (3/24, p. 15891-2)
• FS to prepare EIS for the Gold/Boulder/Sullivan Project in the Kootenai NF to disclose the effects of vegetative management through timber harvest and prescribed fire, and road management including road maintenance, reconstruction, and decommissioning (3/24, p. 15892-5)
• FS changes responsible official for EIS on Mill Creek Timber Sales and Related Activities, Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, OR. Responsible official is now the Forest Supervisor. (3/24, p. 15895)
• FS to prepare an EIS on impacts of authorizing helicopter landing tours on the Icefield adjacent to Juneau, Alaska (3/24, p. 15895-6)
• OSM extends until May 3 deadline to make a decision on whether to to designate certain lands in and near Fall Creek Falls State Park and Natural Area (in Van Buren and Bledsoe Counties, Tennessee) as unsuitable for all surface coal mining operations (3/24, p. 15921-2)

• BuRec, Orange County Water District, and Orange County Sanitation District have prepared a FEIR/EIS on potential impacts from the development of a Groundwater Replenishment System in Orange County, California (3/23, p. 15649)
• FERC to prepare an EA on Capstone Project, involving construction and operation of facilities proposed by CNG Transmission Corporation in Elk, Jefferson, Armstrong and Potter counties, Pennsylvania, and in Montgomery County, New York (3/23, p. 15630-2)

• BuRec reopens comment period for draft EIS for renewal of long- term water supply contracts for continued delivery of irrigation water from federal projects in the Republican River basin in Nebraska and Kansas (3/22, p. 15351-2)
• FERC issues final rule on landowner notification re: pipeline proposals. Among other things, the commission expands the list of activities categorically excluded from the need for an Environmental Assessment under the Commission's regulations (3/22, p. 15234-8)
• FERC to prepare EIS on the Presumpscot River Projects, located on the Presumpscot River, in Cumberland County, Maine, which would have a combined installed capacity of 7.45 magawatts (3/22, p. 15324)
• FS revises dates for release of draft, final EIS's on East Side Project, McKean, Elk and Forest Counties, PA (3/22, p. 15301)
• FS to prepare EIS on Hidden Cedar Project, ID; Panhandle National Forests, Shoshone County, ID (3/22, p. 15301-3)
• FS reissues interim directive to guide its employees in complying with NEPA when issuance of a ski area permit is a purely ministerial action and no changes are proposed in permitted activities or facilities (3/22, p. 15303)
• GSA announces second public scoping meeting for an EIS and announces alternative sites, for proposed lease acquisition of a new or renovated headquarters for the Department of Transportation in the Central Employment Area of Washington, D.C. (3/22, p. 15335-6)

• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed transportation project near San Ysidro and the Jemez Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico. (3/21, p. 15194)
• FS to prepare supplement to the final EIS for the Huckleberry Land Exchange, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Lewis, Kittitas, and Cowlitz counties, Washington (3/21, p. 15122-3)
• National Park Service has prepared and approved a Record of Decision for the final EIS/General Management Plan for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (3/21, p. 15172)

• APHIS publishes Advance notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments. "We believe changes may be necessary to improve control and limit the spread of invasive weed species that are not covered under the current noxious weed regulations. We are considering categorizing weeds according to geographic, regulatory, and other criteria." (3/20, p. 14927-31)
• DOE issues ROD on conveyance and transfer of certain land tracts administered by DOE and located at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico. DOE has decided to implement the Preferred Alternative, i.e., seven tracts will be conveyed or transferred in full, and three tracts (Airport, TA-21, and White Rock Y) will be conveyed or transferred in part (3/20, p. 14952-61)
• FERC to prepare EA on impacts of the Line AM-60 Replacement Project involving the construction and operation of facilities by National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel) in Elk, McKean and Warren counties, Pennsylvania (3/20, p. 14963-4)
• Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission and Interior Dept. issue draft EA for the Diamond Fork System Proposed Action Modifications (3/20, p. 14998-9)
• NRCS says EIS is not being prepared for the Caernarvon Diversion Outfall Management Project, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (3/20, p. 14939-40)

• BLM and FS release Clancy-Unionville Vegetative Manipulation and Travel Management Project FEIS for public examination (3/17, p. 14613-4)
• BLM releases draft Bitter Creek and Mountain Plover Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Plan Amendment and Environmental Assessment, addressing two potential ACECs in the Glasgow Field Station, Valley County, Montana (3/17, p. 14611)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (3/17, p. 14558-9)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (3/17, p. 14558)
• EPA issues Notice of intent to prepare an EIS on facility construction associated with the Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority Facility Construction Grant (3/17, p. 14559-60)
• FS, BLM to prepare an EIS to document the analysis and disclose the environmental and human effects of proposed actions to offer the Flat Canyon Coal Lease Tract (Sanpete Co., Utah) for competitive leasing (3/17, p. 14523-4)
• NOAA, EPA plan to approve R.I. Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (3/17, p. 14543)

• Corps of Engineers corrects March 9 notice of new nationwide permits: NWP 26 will expire June 7, not June 5. Also, direct compliance costs of new permits are estimated to be $32 million, not $20 million (3/16, p. 14255)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway facility from the intersection of S.C. 122 (Dave Lyle Boulevard) and S.C. Route 161 Extension east of Rock Hill in York County to near U.S. Route 521 in Lancaster County, South Carolina (3/16, p. 14335-6)
• Forest Service's Southwestern Region issues Proposed Regional Supplement for Water Uses and Development. "The intended effect of this directive is to provide specific guidance for the protection of ground and surface water resources when water development is proposed for National Forest System lands." (3/16, p. 14238-41)

• Corps cancels its Notice of Intent to prepare a draft Supplement to the EIS for the Kennedy Bechara Segment of the Rio Puerto Nuevo Flood Control Project in Guaynabo and San Juan, Puerto Rico (3/15, p. 13956-7)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing concludes that granting new licenses for the continued operation of the Weybridge and Middlebury Lower Hydroelectric Projects, located on Otter Creek, in the towns of Middlebury and Weybridge, Addison County, Vt., would not be major federal actions (3/15, p. 13960-1)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing releases EA for Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company, UAH-Hydro-Kennebec Limited Partnership, and Madison Paper Industries' application to amend the license for the Hydro-Kennebec Project in Maine (not a major federal action that needs an EIS). The changes would reduce the project's authorized capacity from 19,163 kilowatts to 15,433 kilowatts. (3/15, p. 13961)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Pike County, Kentucky and Mingo County, West Virginia. (3/15, p. 14008-9)
• State Department issues FONSI with regard to an application to construct, operate and maintain a pipeline to transport carbon dioxide across the U.S.-Canada border. (3/15, p. 14007-8)

• FERC to prepare an EA on amended Petal Project in Forrest County, Mississippi (3/14, p. 13745-7)
• NPS extends public review period for draft special resource study of the Champlain Valley, including EA, until April 1 (3/14, p. 13791)
• NRCS preparing EIS for Upper Tygart Valley River Watershed, Randolph and Pocahontas counties, West Virginia (3/14, p. 13712)

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to prepare EIS for proposed rule on importation of pine and fir logs and lumber and other unmanufactured wood articles from Mexico. "The [EIS] will examine the potential effects of the proposed rule on the human environment, including cumulative impacts of methyl bromide use that could result..." (3/13, p. 13356)
• BLM releases draft EIS for the Cascade Siskiyou Ecological Emphasis Area (3/13, p. 13303-4)
• BLM's Arizona Strip Field Office is proposing to amend the Arizona Strip Resource Management Plan to establish allowable resource uses on the Lee's Ferry Allotment (3/13, p. 13304-5)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for proposed improvements to the transportation system in Shannon County, Missouri (3/13, p. 13352-3)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for proposed improvements to the transportation system in Texas and Howell Counties, Missouri (3/13, p. 13353)
• NPS: Study Recommending a Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Homeland In and Around Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, and Esmeralda and Nye counties, Nevada; Notice of Intent To Prepare a Legislative EIS (3/13, p. 13305-6)
• NPS preparing an EIS to assess the impacts of alternative management strategies for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Glen Echo Park, Maryland, which is a unit within the George Washington Memorial Parkway (3/13, p. 13306)
• NPS preparing an EIS for the Saratoga National Historical Park, located in the towns of Stillwater, and Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York (3/13, p. 13306)

• Corps of Engineers releases draft EIS for the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Study, Port Monmouth, New Jersey (3/10, p. 12974-6)
• Corps to prepare EIS for the DeLong Mountain Terminal Navigation Improvements, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska (3/10, p. 12976)
• Job Corps: Final FONSI for the New Job Corps Center Located on Schoolland Woods Road (the Former Ladd Center) in Exeter, RI (3/10, p. 13019-24)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (3/10, p. 12991)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (3/10, p. 12992)
• Presidio Trust makes final EIS available for review, issues planning guidelines for new development and uses on 23 acres within the Letterman Complex (3/10, p. 13064)
• Notice of availability to review the Programmatic Agreement among the Presidio Trust, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Park Service and the California State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding Deconstruction, New Construction, and the Execution of Associated Leases at the Letterman Complex, Presidio of San Francisco (3/10, p. 13064-5)

Nationwide wetland permits

• Army Corps of Engineers' new and modified nationwide wetland permits (3/9, p. 12817-89)

• BuRec extends comment period on Animas-La Plata draft EIS to April 17 (3/9, p. 12574)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing releases EA on Georgia Power Company proposal to allow Lambert Sand and Gravel Company to dredge Yellow and South River sections of Lake Jackson. The Lloyd Shoals Project is located on the Ocumulgee River and its tributaries in Henry, Butts, Jasper, and Newton Counties, Georgia. (3/9, p. 12542)
• FERC to prepare EA on Pleasant Hill Power Plant Project, which involves construction and operation of natural gas transmission facilities by Williams Gas Pipelines Central Inc. in Franklin County, Kansas, and Cass and Johnson counties, Missouri (3/9, p. 12542-4)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing releases EA on City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska's, application to allow the Global Water Corporation to build and operate a new, buried, raw water pipeline across project lands (3/9, p. 12542)
• FS to prepare EIS on proposal to approve plans of operation on mining claims located in the Granite Area, within the Granite Creek watershed, a tributary to the North Fork John Day River. (3/9, p. 12503-5)
• FS to prepare EIS for revising White Mountain National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (3/9, p. 12505-7)
• Navy issues Record of Decision for the disposal and reuse of Naval Air Station Alameda, California, and the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Oakland's Alameda Annex and Facility, Alameda, CA (3/9, p. 12524)
• Rural Utilities Service releases EA for a project proposed by Great River Energy (GRE) of Elk River, Minnesota. (3/9, p. 12507-8)
• RUS issues FONSI on project proposed by Pohnpei Utilities Corporation (PUC) of Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. (3/9, p. 12508)

• Forest Service to prepare EIS on a proposal to authorize livestock grazing activities on the Sacramento Grazing Allotment. The project area encompasses over 111,000 acres of National Forest lands on the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln NF (3/8, p. 12202)

• FERC EA examines effects of proposed changes to the project boundary for the Middle Raquette River project (Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York) . Conclusion: Not a major federal action. (3/7, p. 11997)
• NPS preparing final EIS on an application for access to a private inholding on Spruce Creek in the Kantishna Hills of Denali National Park and Preserve (3/7, p. 12028)
• BuRec to prepare EIS for upper Rio Grande basin water operations. (3/7, p. 12030-1)

• APHIS releases EA on proposed decision "to extend to one additional potato line our determination that certain potato lines developed by Monsanto Co., which have been genetically engineered for insect and virus resistance, are no longer considered regulated articles under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms." (3/6, p. 11758-9)
• FAA releases draft EIS for Implementation of Air Traffic Noise Abatement Procedures at T.F. Green Airport, Warwick, RI (3/6, p. 11827-8)
• FERC draft EA finds that application to surrender the exemption for the Grove Mill Project in Virginia "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (3/6, p. 11777)
• NRCS will not prepare an EIS on TE 36 Thin-Mat Floating Marsh Enhancement Demonstration Project, Terrebonne Parish, La. (3/6, p. 11760)

• Air Force to prepare EIS for the Initial F-22 Operational beddown (3/3, p. 11561)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS for the Proposed Salinas Valley Water Project, Monterey County, CA (3/3, p. 11561-3)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (3/3, p. 11574-5)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (3/3, p. 11575)
• FERC and California State Lands Commission release joint draft EIS/EIR on natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company for California, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico (3/3, p. 11567-9)
• FS proposes roads prohibition (3/3, p. 11680-3)
• Forest Service proposes to revise its administrative direction governing forest transportation planning and management (proposed administrative policy) (3/3, p. 11684-93)
• FS publishes overview of proposals (3/3, p. 11675-9)
  • Forest Service road management website
• BLM's Battle Mountain Field Office releases FEIS on South Pipeline Project in Lander County, Nevada (3/3, p. 11598)
• BLM will prepare an RMPA/EA on ocorro Resource Management Plan (3/3, p. 11599-600)
• OSM releases final PED/EIS for a petition to designate Fall Creek Falls State Park and Natural Area and certain lands in the watershed and viewshed of Fall Creek Falls State Park and Natural Area, Van Buren and Bledsoe Counties, Tennessee, as unsuitable for all surface coal mining operations (3/3, p. 11604)

• Army plans to prepare an EIS for the Future Development and Operations at Fort Meade, MD (3/2, p. 11292-3)
• FERC EA concludes that granting a new license for the Curtis/Palmer Falls Hydroelectric Project in Warren and Saratoga counties, New York "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (3/2, p. 11298-9)
• FS Salt Lake Ranger District, of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest (Utah), will conduct a new public scoping process and prepare an EIS on Solitude Ski Resort's revised proposal to update their Master Development Plan. (3/2, p. 11283-4)

• BLM plans to amend Redding Resource Management Plan, beings public scoping (3/1, p. 11074)
• FS will prepare an EIS on Big Creek Resource Management Project, Flathead National Forest, Flathead County, Montana (3/1, p. 11034-5)
• Natl. Park Service releases General Management Plan/Draft EIS for Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee (3/1, p. 11074-5)

• BLM releases Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Approved Management Plan and Record of Decision (2/29, p. 10819-21)

• BLM releases EA/FONSI along with proposed Lower Gila Resource Planning Area Amendment to the Gila North Management Framework Plan and the Lower Gila South RMP (La Paz, Yuma, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties, Arizona) (2/28, p. 10540-1)
• FS says that draft EIS for Duck-Sheriff Project, Forest and Warren Counties, Pennsylvania, will probably be filed with EPA April 1 (2/28, p. 10465)
• FS to prepare an EIS on effects of snowmobiling on specific sites within Management Area 11 of the Lolo National Forest Plan (Seeley Lake Ranger District) (2/28, p. 10465-6)
• NPS releases final General Management Plan and final EIS for Missouri National Recreational River (59-Mile District), Nebraska and South Dakota (2/28, p. 10542)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for the General Management Plan, Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska (2/28, p. 10542-3)
• NRC is considering terminating Material License 02-08779-01, which would allow the U.S. Geological Survey to stop monitoring a well in the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for radioactive materials. "Water from the well initially flows into a pond containing three federally threatened or endangered fish species and water from this pond, in turn, feeds an adjacent pond/wetland containing an endangered plant species." (2/28, p. 10567-70)

• BLM's Milwaukee Field Office releases draft Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and EA to assess the future disposition of 12 public domain parcels in Wisconsin. (2/25, p. 10105-6)
• BLM plans to amend the Lemhi Resource Management Plan (RMP). (2/25, p. 10106-7)
• BPA to hold scoping meeting March 14 in Portland, Ore., for its Fish and Wildlife Implementation Plan EIS (2/25, p. 10066)
• DOE amends Record of Decision for its Waste Management Program on Treatment and Disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste at Nevada Test Site (2/25, p. 10061-6)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (2/25, p. 10076-7)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (2/25, p. 10075-6)
• FERC releases draft EA/FONSI on Pacificorp's application for a new license for the Pioneer Hydroelectric Project. The project is located on the Ogden River near the City of Ogden, Weber County, Utah. (2/25, p. 10071)
• FERC to prepare EA for Central New York Oil and Gas Company and LLC and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's proposed Stagecoach Storage Field and Expansion Projects (2/25, p. 10071-4)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway improvement of State Trunk Highway 164 (STH 164) corridor between Interstate Highway 94 (IH-94) in Waukesha County and the vicinity of State Trunk Highway 175 (STH 175) in Washington County, Wisconsin. (2/25, p. 10146-7)

• BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment on its proposal to site a new 115,000-volt (115-kV) transmission line across a number of wetlands and a floodplain. The line will be constructed in central King County, Washington, to provide Tanner Electric Cooperative, one of BPA's full requirements customers, a new point of delivery at Tanner's proposed substation in the City of North Bend (2/24, p. 9257-8)
• DOE extends public comment period for the Idaho High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition Draft EIS to April 19 (2/24, p. 9257)
• FHwA to prepare a second supplement to a final EIS for a proposed highway project in Utah and Wasatch Counties, Utah. (2/24, p. 9305-6)

• FERC to prepare an EA on Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company's proposed 2000 System expansion project (2/23, p. 8958-60)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for a General Management Plan for Guadalupe Mountains National Park (2/23, p. 8988-9)

• BLM extends comment period on draft EIS for proposed Cadiz groundwater storage and dry-year supply program pipeline right-of-way and plan amendment (2/22, p. 8732)
• Interior, Agriculture departments announce plans to develop a unified federal policy on watershed management in consultation with other federal agencies, states, tribes, and interested stakeholders. Comments requested by April 24 (2/22, p. 8833-9)
• Forest Service announces four public meetings on development of unified watershed policy (2/22, p. 8839-40)
• NPS is preparing an EIS for the general management plan (GMP) for Coronado National Memorial (2/22, p. 8736)

• EPA receives comments on draft, final EIS's (2/18, p. 8361-2)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (2/18, p. 8360-1)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for proposed highway improvements to Trunk Highway 53 (TH 53) in St. Louis County, Minnesota (2/18, p. 8469-70)
• FHwA withdraws notice of intent to prepare EIS for the proposed construction of a new US-131 freeway from north of Manton to north of Kalkaska in Kalkaska County (2/18, p. 8470)
• FTA to prepare EIS on Transportation Improvements Within the Blue Line Extension Corridor in Suburban Cleveland, Ohio (2/18, p. 8470-2)
• Forest Service extends initial public scoping period to March 31, 2000 on plans to prepare EIS for revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the National Forests in Mississippi (2/18, p. 8334)

• FERC to prepare EIS on Florida Gas Transmission Company's Proposed FGT Phase V Expansion Project (2/17, p. 8136-9)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Little East Creek Fuels Reduction project, located on the LaCroix Ranger District, Cook MN, Superior National Forest (2/17, p. 8115-6)
• BLM releases EA/FONSI for a Proposed Plan Amendment to the Henry Mountain (Utah) Management Framework Plan (2/17, p. 8205)
• NASA releases final supplemental EIS for the Sounding Rocket Program (SRP) (2/17, p. 8209-10)
• NRCS will not prepare EIS for the Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection Project Phases 1, 2, and 3 (BA-27), Jefferson and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana. (2/17, p. 8116)
• NRCS will not prepare an EIS for the Meadow Branch Watershed, Robeson County, North Carolina (2/17, p. 8117)
• Rural Utilities Service issues FONSI on project proposed by Southwestern Electric Cooperative Inc. of Greenville, Ill. (2/17, p. 8118)

• BuRec announces public hearing for draft EIS/EIR on Salton Sea Restoration Project (1/16, p. 7889)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway toll barrier project in Erie and Genesee Counties, New York (1/16, p. 7905-6)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed roadway improvement project in San Francisco City and County, California (1/16, p. 7905)
• Presidio Trust to prepare an EA for the proposed enhancement of Mountain Lake, The Presidio of San Francisco (1/16, p. 7899)

• FERC schedules public hearing (March 27) on draft EA issued on Yadkin Hydroelectric Project. The DEA analyzes the environmental impacts of a Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) for the project, located on the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in Montgomery, Stanly, Davidson and Rowan Counties, North Carolina. (2/15, p. 7543)

• Coast Guard releases Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment on Proposed Acquisition of 87-Foot Coastal Patrol Boats (2/14, p. 7412-3)
• Corps amends Notice of Intent To Prepare an EIS for the Stabilization of the Bluff Toe at Norco Bluffs, Norco, Calif. (2/14, p. 7367)

• BLM's Winnemucca Field Office has prepared, by third party contractor, a draft EIS on Glamis Marigold Mining Company's Marigold Mine Expansion Project (2/11, p. 7057)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Baylor Park Timber Blowdown Analysis, White River National Forest, Garfield County, CO (2/11, p. 6979-81)
• EPA releases its comments on draft and final EIS's (2/11, p. 7005-6)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (2/11, p. 7006)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Obion and Dyer Counties, Tennessee and Fulton County, Kentucky (2/11, p. 7096)
• Navy issues Record of Decision for Improved Ordnance Storage for Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, AZ (2/11, p. 6999-7001)

• FERC will discuss the environmental impacts of the Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline, L.P. in Claiborne and Union Parishes, Louisiana and Union County, Arkansas (2/10, p. 6958-9)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on effects of management activities proposed in the Meadow-Tolan area on the Sula Ranger District of the Bitterroot NF (2/10, p. 6580-1)
• FS to prepare EIS on a proposed action to implement vegetative recovery projects within the subwatersheds of the Desolation Creek Watershed and adjacent subwatersheds, in Umatilla NF, Grant County, OR (2/10, p. 6852-3)
• Logan Ranger District in the Wasatch-Cache NF will prepare an EIS on a proposal to authorize grazing on the North Rich Allotment at a level and in a manner consistent with direction set forth in the Forest Plan, the Rangeland Health EIS, and other applicable laws (2/10, p. 6583-4)
• BLM releases draft Sonoran Pronghorn Forage Enhancement Project Environmental Assessment (EA), Yuma and Phoenix Field Offices (2/10, p. 6619)

• Forest Service to prepare EIS for proposed research activities on the Fernow Experimental Forest, located within the Monongahela NF in Tucker County, West Virginia. (2/9, p. 6353-4)
• NPS releases Environmental Assessment for proposed construction of a raised boardwalk and improvements to wildlife viewing opportunities at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, within the George Washington Memorial Parkway (2/9, p. 6392)

• DOE extends public comment period, adds public hearing for draft EIS on Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV (2/8, p. 6192-3)
• Interior Dept. makes additional technical corrections to models for assessing natural resource damages under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (2/8, p. 6012-4)
• Navy issues Record of Decision for Developing Home Port Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (2/8, p. 6181-4)

• Coast Guard, FHwA publish snow dates for hearings scheduled on environmental and navigational impacts of the replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (2/7, p. 5925)
• FERC releases draft EA on impacts of a Shoreline Management Plan filed for the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project located on the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in Montgomery, Stanly, Davidson and Rowan counties, North Carolina. The Yadkin Project contains the following reservoirs: High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows (Badin) and Falls (2/7, p. 5866)
• FHwA to prepare supplemental EIS for a proposed roadway and bridge project at Cedar Rapids in Linn County, Iowa (2/7, p. 5926)
• Interior Dept.'s Central Utah Project Completion Act office to prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Conversion of a Portion of Strawberry Valley Project Water From Irrigation to Municipal and Industrial Use (2/7, p. 5880)
• MMS releases FONSIs on certain oil and gas activities proposed on the Gulf of Mexico OCS (2/7, p. 5885-6)
• NPS releases Booker T. Washington National Monument Abbreviated Final General Management Plan and EIS (2/7, p. 5887)
• NPS releases draft EIS for the Lake McDonald/Park Headquarters Wastewater Treatment System Rehabilitation, Glacier National Park, Montana (2/7, p. 5888)
• Rural Utilities Service issues FONSI on request from Alabama Electric Cooperative for financing assistance to build a 496 MW combined cycle electric generation plant in Covington County, Alabama (2/7, p. 5853-4)

• BLM, Navy release final EIS on the proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Requirements (2/4, p. 5657)
• Army Corps of Engineers will prepare a draft EIS for the Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study on the Bayou Meto Basin. "The purpose of this general reevaluation is to develop a plan that provides flood control, agricultural water supply, groundwater protection and conservation, waterfowl management, and environmental enhancement and restoration." (2/4, p. 5622-3)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS on proposed mining activities associated with Hobet Mining Inc.'s Spruce No. 1 Surface Mine near Blair, in Logan County, W.V. (2/4, p. 5623-4)
• EPA comments on draft, final EIS's (2/4, p. 5634-5)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (2/4, p. 5635)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed intermodal highway project in Washington and Benton counties, Ark. (2/4, p. 5720)
• FWS releases draft EIS/EIR on San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration Plan, San Diego County, California (2/4, p. 5655-6)
• Forest Service extends public comment period until Feb. 10 on proposed rule to guide land and resource management planning on national forests and grasslands (2/4, p. 5465)

• FERC releases final EIS on natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Florida Gas Transmission Company in Mississippi and Florida (2/3, p. 5336-7)
• FHWA, Nevada DOT, will prepare an EIS on proposed improvements to US 93 in the Boulder City and Henderson, Clark County (2/3, p. 5388)
• Forest Service extends comment period on the supplemental draft EIS for the programmatic wilderness plan (2/3, p. 5307)
• National Park Service to prepare an EIS and General Management Plan (EIS/GMP) for Point Reyes National Seashore (2/3, p. 5365-6)
• NPS issues scoping notice on plans to update Fire Management Plan, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, CA (2/3, p. 5366-7)

• FERC issues EA/FONSI on application for a new license for the existing McKenzie Hydroelectric Project. The project is located on the McKenzie River, in Lane County, Oregon. (2/2, p. 4956)
• FERC issues EA/FONSI on Koch Gateway Pipeline Company's proposed abandonment of certain natural gas pipeline facilities in Texas (2/2, p. 4956-7)
• INS will prepare a draft EIS for implementation of Operation Rio Grande for the U.S. Border Patrol, McAllen, TX (2/2, p. 4999)

• BLM issues minor correction to its Jan. 21 extension of the public comment period on four Draft Riparian and Aquatic Habitat Management Plan EIS's and Possible Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Taos Field Office, Farmington Field Office, Albuquerque Field Office and Las Cruces Field Office (2/1, p. 4827)
• BLM to prepare an EIS for obtaining water and/or water rights from willing sellers in the Walker River Basin and Public Scoping Meeting (2/1, p. 4827-8)
• DOE releases final EIS for the conveyance and transfer of certain land tracts that it administers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties, NM (2/1, p. 4813-4)
• EPA, City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to prepare EIS/EIR on Lower Owens River Project, which has been proposed by LADWP and Inyo County. The project's purpose is to restore various wetland and riparian habitats along about 60 miles of the Owens River. The project is a result of a settlement agreement among LADWP, Inyo Co., state agencies, and environmental groups to resolve issues related to the export of water from the Owens Valley by LADWP. (2/1, p. 4817-9)

• APHIS releases EA on control program for Asian longhorned beetle (1/31, p. 5494-5)
• Corps releases Remedial Investigation, Feasibility Study, and Proposed Plan for Cleanup of Radiological Contamination at the Madison (Illinois) Site for Public Review (1/31, p. 4604-5)
• EPA releases comments on draft and final EIS's (1/31, p. 4606)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (1/31, p. 4605-6)
• NPS publishes ROD for final EIS on General Management Plan Amendment, Wilderness and Backcountry Management Plan, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California (1/31, p. 4625)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for the General Management Plan for Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Louisiana (1/31, p. 4625-6)
• Rural Utilities Service to prepare an EA for possible financing assistance to National Power Cooperative, Inc. (NPC) to construct a 510 megawatt, natural gas-fired combustion turbine electric generation plant in northwest Ohio (1/31, p. 4595)

No NEPA notices today

• Air Force to prepare EIS "for actions to sustain operability of Air Force Space Command PAVE PAWS Radar Sites at Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts; Beale Air Force Base, California; and Clear Air Station, Alaska." (1/27, p. 4406)
• FERC releases EA for Northern Border Pipeline Company's pipeline facilities in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa (Project 2000) (1/27, p. 4415-6)
• FERC will prepare an EA on Petal Gas Storage Co.'s Petal Gas Pipeline Project, involving the construction and operation of facilities in Forest, Jones, Jasper, and Clark Counties, Mississippi (about 64.2 miles of pipeline and 35,590 horsepower of compression) (1/27, p. 4416-8)
• Consent decree lodged in Koch Industries settlement, requiring Koch to pay $30 million in fines (U.S. v. Koch Industries Inc., Civ. 95-1118, S.D. Tx.), and U.S v. Koch Industries Inc., Civ. 97-687 B(E), N.D.Okla.). Environmental projects required include a pipeline safety study; acquisition and preservation of wildlife habitat; other wetlands and water quality enhancement projects; and an emergency planning and response project. (1/27, p. 4439-40)

• Corps of Engineers extends review period for Rio de Flag Flood Control Study EIS until March 31, 2000 (1/26, p. 4232)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS for future 404 permit actions on the Newhall Ranch Specific Plan and Associated Facilities along Portions of the Santa Clara River and its Side Drainages, Los Angeles County, CA (1/26, p. 4232-4)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS for Missouri River Flood Plain Developments Between Missouri River Miles 29.6 to 38.4, St. Louis County, Missouri (1/26, p. 4234-5)
• BLM to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment that will include an EA. The plan would guide fire management policy and practices on public land administered by the Las Cruces Field Office: about 5.9 million acres in Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, Dona Ana, and Otero counties in southwestern New Mexico (1/26, p. 4257-8)
• BuRec, Salton Sea Authority release joint DEIS/DEIR for the Salton Sea Restoration Project, Coachella and Imperial counties, California, INT-DES-00-03 (1/26, p. 4258-9)
  • Interior Dept. news release (1/13/00
  • Salton Sea page from BuRec
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing releases EA on Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s proposed Old Harbor Hydroelectric Project(1/26, p. 4243)
• Navy announces public hearings and extends public comment period on draft EIS for the Shock Trial of the WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (DDG 81) (1/26, p. 4236)

• The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for the I-70 Mountain Corridor from the intersection of State Highway C470 in Jefferson County to Glenwood Springs in Garfield County, a distance of approximately 140 miles crossing five counties in Colorado (1/25, p. 4014-5)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed expressway project in Merced County,in Merced County, California. (1/25, p. 4015-6)
• Interior Dept. to prepare EA for the Diamond Fork Proposed Action Modifications (Central Utah Project Completion Act) (1/25, p. 3971-2)

• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Valley County, Idaho (1/24, p. 3754-5)
• BLM releases proposed statewide Resource Management Plan Amendment/Final EIS, of Land Use Plans in New Mexico for Implementation of New Mexico Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management (1/24, p. 3732)
• BLM releases Record of Decision for the Owyhee Resource Management Plan and FEIS (1/24, p. 3734-5)
• Bureau of Prisons issues FONSI for water and sewer extension project for U.S. Penitentiary at the Castle Airport and Aviation Development Center, Merced County, California (1/24, p. 3740)

• BIA to file final EIS for the Proposed Cabazon Section 6 General Plan, Cabazon Indian Reservation, Riverside County, California (1/21, p. 3472-3)
• BIA extends until March 17 the comment period on a draft EIS for the proposed Cortina Integrated Waste Management Project, Colusa County, CA (1/21, p. 3473)
• BLM extends comment period until Feb. 11 on four EIS's on draft Riparian and Aquatic Habitat Management Plans and Possible Resource Management Plan Amendments (1/21, p. 3474)
• DOE releases Idaho High-level Waste and Facilities Disposition Draft EIS (1/21, p. 3432-6)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (1/21, p. 3449)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (1/21, p. 3448-9)
• FERC's Office of Hydropower Licensing releases draft EA on Sturgis Hydroelectric Project, located on the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph County, Michigan (1/21, p. 3440)
• FERC EA analyzes the environmental impacts of Wisconsin River Power Co.'s application to sell 2,380 acres of project lands along with four recreation sites to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (1/21, p. 3440)
• FERC prepares EA on Wyoming Interstate Company's Proposed Medicine Bow Lateral Phase II Project (1/21, p. 3440-1)
• FHwA to prepare EIS on a corridor study to evaluate development of a highway between Browning, Mont., and the Hudson Divide in Glacier County (1/21, p. 3528)

• Forest Service cancels Feb. 28, 1996, Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS for the Olympic Cross Cascade Pipeline Project, a new 230-mile pipeline from western Washington to southeastern Washington, because proponent has withdrawn the project. (1/20, p. 3201)

• FERC extends comment period on draft issued Nov. 24, on issuance of a new license for the Oswego River Hydroelectric Project, located on the Oswego River in Oswego County, New York (1/19, 2942)
• FERC to prepare EA on Distrigas of Massachusetts' Proposed LNG Plant Modifications Project (1/19, p. 2942-3)
• BLM to prepare an EIS on a lease application received from Jacobs Ranch Coal Company for federal coal in the decertified Powder River Federal Coal Production Region, Wyoming (1/19, p. 2979-80)
• CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Program Interim Science Board to meet Feb. 2; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable to meet Feb. 9 (1/19, p. 2985-6)
• NPS to prepare Oil and Gas Management Plan/EIS for Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (1/19, p. 2983-4)

• FHwA withdraws notice of intent to prepare an EIS a proposed highway project in Jefferson Parish, La. DOTD is not planning to pursue the project as proposed. (1/18, p. 2670)
• FS will prepare EIS to authorize outfitter/guide (O/G) activities within four Ranger Districts of the Tongass NF for five years (1/18, p. 2575-6)
• GSA publishes ROD for renovation of the Tecate Port of Entry, Tecate, California (1/18, p. 2630)
• NPS publishes Record of Decision, General Management Plan/EIS, Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska (1/18, p. 2641-3)
• NRCS says EIS is not being prepared for the Buffalo Rapids Watershed, Custer, Dawson, and Prairie Counties, Montana (1/18, p. 2577-8)

• Army to prepare EA for the National Park Seminary Historic District, Forest Glen Annex, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1/14, 2383-4)
• BLM corrects FR notice of Dec. 23 on draft EIS and General Management Plan for Zion National Park Incorporating a Land Use Plan Amendment for the BLM St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan (1/14, p. 2423)
• EPA receives comments on draft, final EIS's (1/14, p. 2389-90)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for comment (1/14, p. 2390-1)
• FERC releases EA on Southern LNG Inc.'s proposed Elba Island Terminal Recommissioning Project (1/14, p. 2386-7)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on South Bend Weigh and Safety Station, Deschutes National Forest, Deschutes County, OR (1/14, p. 2371-2)
• Intl. Boundary and Water Commission To Prepare an EIS for the Rio Grande Rectification Project (El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas) (1/14, p. 2441-2)

• BLM plans to prepare amendment to the Billings Resource Area Management Plan and Revision of the Herd Management Area Plan, Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, MT (1/13, p. 2191)
• DOE releases Floodplain Statement of Findings for the Construction of a Groundwater Interceptor Trench at the Weldon Spring Site (Non-NEPA, 1/13, p. 2142-3)
• FERC to prepare EA on Algonquin Gas Transmission Corporation's Proposed Fore River Project in Norfolk County, Mass. (1/13, p. 2161-2)
• FS to prepare EIS on Threemile Stewardship Project; Custer NF, Ashland Ranger District; Powder River and Rosebud Counties, Montana (1/13, p. 2111-2)
• FS withdraws notice of intent to prepare a supplement to the Loon Mountain Ski Area South Mountain Expansion Project Final EIS for the White Mountain NF (1/13, p. 2112)

• Army to prepare a programmatic EIS for the Fort Sam Houston Master Plan, Fort Sam Houston, Texas (1/12, p. 1854)
• FHwA withdraws notice of intent to prepare EIS (published Feb. 1, 1996) for the proposed replacement of the M-64 bridge over the Ontonagon River in the Village of Ontonagon, Ontonagon County, Michigan. (1/12, p. 1843)
• Rural Utilities Service issues EA for its federal action related to a project proposed by Southwestern Electric Cooperative Inc., (SWEC) of Greenville, Ill. (1/12, p. 1847)
• Surface Transportation Board adds U.S. Coast Guard, Interior Dept. and Bureau of Reclamation as cooperating agencies in EIS to be performed on Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation Construction into the Powder River Basin (1/12, p. 1946-7)
• TVA to prepare an EIS on on Flood Remediation at Nolichucky Reservoir, Greene County, Tennessee (1/12, p. 1940-1)

• BLM's Roseburg District has prepared an EIS/HMP on the 6,580 acre North Bank Habitat Management Area (NBHMA) (1/10, p. 1645-6)
• DOE releases Record of Decision for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Final EIS (1/10, p. 1608-20)
• Navy releases Record of Decision for the Disposal and Reuse of Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Pa. (1/10, p. 1602-7)

• Corps to prepare EIS for the Proposed Rueter-Hess Reservoir, Parker, Colorado (1/10, p. 1359-60)

• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (1/7, p. 1150)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (1/7, p. 1150-1)
• INS to prepare draft EIS on construction of an International Border Fence and Roads in San Diego (1/7, p. 1175)
• NPS releases draft EIS and Comprehensive Management Plan for the Merced Wild and Scenic River, Yosemite National Park, Madera and Mariposa Counties, California (1/7, p. 1170-1)
  • Yosemite Planning Page
• NPS to prepare Draft General Management Plan/EIS for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington (1/7, p. 1171)

• Bonneville Power Administration to hold scoping scoping meeting Feb. 3 for its Implementation of Regional Fish and Wildlife Policy Environmental Impact Statement (1/6, p. 765-6)
• FHwA, together with the Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, District of Columbia Department of Health, Maryland State Highway Administration, Virginia DOT and Maryland Department of Environment will hold two public hearings on replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (1/6, p. 801-2)

• BuRec to prepare EA or EIS to evaluate options to provide fish passage at Derby Dam, a facility of the Newlands Project located on the Truckee River about 20 miles east of Reno, Nev. The environmental document will evaluate the effects of the construction and implementation of fish passage at Derby Dam. (1/5, p. 505-6)
• DOE schedules more public hearings on draft EIS for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV (1/5, p. 442)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed transportation improvement project in Harris and Montgomery Counties, Texas (1/5, p. 549-50)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed transportation improvement project in Harris County, Texas (1/5, p. 550)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed transportation improvement project in Harris County, Texas (1/5, p. 550-1)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for the proposed extension of I-69 from Indianapolis to Evansville in Southwest Indiana (Corridor 18) (1/5, p. 551-2)
• FHwA to hold scoping meeting "in regards to the environmental document for a proposed transportation project in Tippecanoe, Carroll and Cass Countries, Indiana to improve and/or relocate SR 25 from Lafayette to Logansport." (1/5, p. 552)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS "to analyze and disclose the environmental effects of utilizing timber harvest in numerous small, specific areas of the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District to salvage merchantable timber in stands damaged by ice storms, insect infestation and disease, and to reduce the level of fire risk to the National Forest and to private lands adjacent to National Forest lands." (1/5, p. 437-8)

• Comments accepted until Feb. 4 on BLM's DEIS on Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project, Sublette County, WY (1/4, p. 307)

• FHwA to prepare EIS on a proposed new bridge across the Willamette River in Salem, Ore. (1/3, p. 158-9)

• Proposed consent decree would require defendant to pay a $550,000 civil penalty for violations of Section 301 and 404 of Clean Water Act. The proposed decree also provides that Defendant is enjoined from discharging pollutants into waters of the United States except as authorized by the CWA and Rivers and Harbors Act (U.S. v. St. Charles Riverfront Station Inc., Civ. 4:99-1978 SNL (E.D.Mo.) (12/30, p. 73584-5)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (12/30, p. 73550-1)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (12/30, p. 73550)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for proposed improvements to Interstate 70 in Jackson, Lafayette, Saline, Pettis, Cooper, Boone, Callaway, Montgomery, Warren, Lincoln, and St. Charles counties, Missouri (12/30, p. 73599)
• FHwA decided to do EA, not EIS, on proposed highway improvement project in Raleigh County, West Virginia (12/30, p. 73599-600)
• FS to prepare EIS on proposal in Steamboat Resource Area, Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Project's proposal is twofold: "over the short term, the goal is to reduce the negative effects specific roads are having on streams in the watershed. The long-term goal is to trend the watershed toward a condition of increased resilience to withstand future disturbances (such as wildfire, disease, or insect infestations) by improving the overall health and stability of both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems." (12/30, p. 73508-9)
• NRCS issues ROD for Departee Creek Watershed, Independence and Jackson Counties, Arkansas (12/30, p. 73509-10)

• Corps extends comment period on Rio de Flag Flood Control Study EIS (12/29, p. 73021)
• BLM to prepare an EIS for the proposed 3R Minerals Coal Bed Canyon mine/operation plan modification, Garfield County, UT (12/29, p. 73063-4)
• FERC releases final EA for the proposed revocation of exemption from licensing for the Upper Watertown Hydroelectric Project (Jefferson County, Wisconsin), which finds that the proposed revocation would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment (12/29, p. 73037)
• FERC will prepare an EIS on the Guardian Pipeline Project proposed for various counties of Illinois and Wisconsin (12/29, p. 73037-40)
• Federal Railroad Administration will prepare a programmatic EIS for the Maglev Deployment Program (12/29, p. 73117-8)

• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed viaduct and roadway project in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (12/28, p. 72716-7)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Kittitas County, Washington (12/28, p. 72717-8)

• APHIS proposes to amend the noxious weeds regulations by adding Cape tulips (Homeria spp.) to the list of terrestrial weeds (12/27, p. 72293-6)
• Army releases final EIS "assess[ing] the potential environmental impacts of the approval of updates to three components of the Fort Huachuca, [Arizona], Real Property Master Plan (RPMP), and the authorization of the steps leading to project implementation." (12/27, p. 72319-20)
• BLM: Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee will meet Feb. 4 in Safford, Ariz. (12/27, p. 72357-8)
• NPS and Army Corps of Engineers have prepared Record of Decision for the General Management Plan and final EIS, Missouri National Recreational River (59-Mile District), Nebraska and South Dakota (12/27, p. 72359-60)
• Navy issues Record of Decision for the Introduction of the V-22 to the Second Marine Aircraft Wing in Eastern North Carolina (12/27, p. 72320-1)

• DoD clarifies that comment period on National Missile Defense Deployment draft EIS ends Jan. 19, 2000 (12/23, p. 72148; see Dec. 20, below, for original notice)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (12/23, p. 72077-8)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (12/23, p. 72078-9)
• FHwA, FTA release final EIS for proposed transportation improvements in the Southeast Corridor of the Denver, Colo., metropolitan area (12/23, p. 72139-40)
• FS extends comment period for proposed revision of forest plan for the White River National Forest and draft EIS (12/23, p. 72064-5)
• FS to prepare EIS on effects of issuing State Road Use Permit to access Damfino Section 16, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, Carbon County, WY (12/23, p. 72066-7)
• FS to prepare EIS on proposal "to complete silvicultural treatments, including commercial harvest, pre-commercial thinning, and prescribed fire, to improve the health and diversity of forest stands in the Deep Creek Watershed" in Ochoco NF, Crook and Wheeler Counties, Ore. (12/23, p. 72065-6)
• BLM releases draft EIS and General Management Plan for Zion National Park Incorporating a Land Use Plan Amendment for the BLM St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan (12/23, p. 72098-9)

• Army releases final EIS on disposal and reuse of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, NJ (12/22, p. 71741-2)
• FERC releases draft EA "for petitions to revise the license for the Cocheco Falls Project with respect to fish passage." (12/22, p. 71750-1)
• FERC: Correction to 12/10 notice on proposed Gulfstream Pipeline Project (12/22, p. 71852; see below for 12/10 notice)
• FS revises notice of intent to prepare an EIS for Knox-Brooks Timber Sales and Road Rehabilitation; Superior Ranger District, Lolo National Forest; Mineral County, Montana (12/22, p. 71724-5)
• NPS releases Final Cooperative Management Plan/EIS, Vancouver National Historic Reserve, Washington (12/22, p. 71828)

• FERC: Office of Hydropower Licensing EA concludes that amendment of license (requested by Alabama Power Co.) to rebuild and expand Anchor Bay Marina on Lake Martin, Ala., "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (12/21, p. 71448-9)
• FERC: Office of Hydropower Licensing EA on petitions to revise the license for the Cocheco Falls Project "recommends reasonable modifications to project structures and operation to benefit fish passage." The changes "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (12/21, p. 71449)
• FERC: Office of Hydropower Licensing prepares EA on application from Georgia Power Co. to allow Smiths Water and Sewer Authority to increase the rate of water withdrawal at its existing pumping station at Lake Oliver reservoir to 8 M gallons per day. "In the EA, Commission staff does not identify any significant impacts that would result from Commission's approval of the proposed additional water withdrawal from Lake Oliver reservoir. Further, staff finds that Commission-imposed mitigative or enhancement measures are not needed at the site to protect the area's environmental resources." (12/21, p. 71449)
• FHwA final rule amending right-of-way regulations for federally assisted transportation programs administered under title 23, United States Code. Rule says that "the acquisition and maintenance of land for wetlands mitigation, wetlands banking, natural habitat, or other appropriate environmental mitigation is an eligible cost under the Federal-aid program." (12/21, p. 71284-9)
• FS to prepare EIS on Bark Beetle Analysis--Medicine Bow- Routt National Forests, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Routt County, CO (12/21, p. 71406)
• Tahoe NF to prepare EIS "for proposed timber salvage, wildlife habitat improvement, and non-native and invasive plant control projects within the 2,600-acre National Forest System land portion of the Pendola Fire Restoration Project analysis area, located just north of Bullards Bar Reservoir and west of the town of Camptonville, Calif., near the Pendola Ranch." (12/21, p. 71406-7)
• Record of Decision on the Final General Management Plan/Final EIS for Gettysburg National Military Park, Adams County, Pa. (12/21, p. 71483-92)
• Rural Utilities Service (RUS) issues EA on potential impacts of construction and operation of a 496 megawatt combined cycle electric generation plant and associated facilities, in Covington Co., Alabama. The preferred site for the plant is next to Alabama Electric Cooperative's McWilliams electric generating plant in Gantt, Ala. RUS may provide financing assistance to the cooperative for the project. (12/21, p. 71408-9)

• Corps releases draft EIS for the Proposed Tres Rios Environmental Restoration, Maricopa County, Arizona (12/20, p. 71124-5)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs plans to submit draft EIS for the Proposed Cortina Integrated Waste Management Project, Colusa County, CA (12/20, p. 71149-50)
• Defense Dept. releases National Missile Defense Deployment Draft EIS (12/20, p. 71123)
• FERC releases final EA "to surrender the exemption from licensing for the Weber Dam Hydroelectric Project. The Project is located on the North Fork Weber Creek in El Dorado County, California." (12/20, p. 71133)
• FS revised notice of intent to prepare EIS on proposed projects in the Agua/Caballos Analysis Area, Carson National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM (12/20, p. 71101)
• FS to prepare EIS on Copper Mountain Resort Trails and Facilities Improvements Plan: White River National Forest--Summit County, Colorado (12/20, p. 71101-3)
• NRCS releases Record of Decision to proceed with the installation of the Lower Hamakua Ditch watershed project (signed Nov. 1) (12/20, p. 71103-4)

• BLM announces public meeting and comment period for Vegetation Environmental Assessment for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (12/17, p. 70725-6)
• Bureau of Prisons releases draft EIS, announces public hearings on proposed medium-security Federal correctional facility in South Carolina (12/17, p. 70728)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (12/17, p. 70707-8)
• Public hearing scheduled, comment period extended on proposed petroleum products pipeline to be operated by Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P. (12/17, p. 70708)
  • EPA Longhorn pipeline page
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement releases Valid Existing Rights Final EIS (OSM-EIS-29) (12/17, p. 70727)

• BLM's Pinedale Field Office invites public to provide information on BLM-administered public lands and resources in the Snake River planning area and to identify issues and concerns to be addressed in the EIS for the Snake River Resource Management Plan (12/16, p. 70278-9)
• FS says it will prepare an EIS on Pipestone Forest Health Project, Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT (12/16, p. 70210-2)
• MMS beginning preparation of EA for Proposed Lease Sale 177 in the Western Gulf of Mexico (2000) (12/16, p. 70283-4)
• NPS releases final comprehensive design plan/FEIS for the White House (12/16, p. 70284-5)
• NRCS releases draft programmatic EIS for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (12/16, p. 70202-3)

• BLM plans to prepare Land Use Plan Amendments for Land Tenure Adjustment and New Designations of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Within the Upper Snake River District, Shoshone Field Office in Southern Idaho (12/15, p. 70050-1)
• BLM to develop Recreation Management Plan to guide the activities in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area through the next decade. The current plan was written in 1987 and is in need of revision. The recent listing of Threatened and Endangered Species, use patterns, and demographics for the Imperial Sand Dunes have changed in the past 13 years, bringing new issues and concerns to be addressed. (12/15, p. 70051)
• Correction to 12/6 notice making draft EIS available on Interim Plan for Storm Damage Protection--Atlantic Coast of Long Island, From Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, NY, Reach 1 - Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet (12/15, p. 70121; see below for Dec. 6 notice)
• Correction to 12/6 notice on Intent To Prepare a Draft EIS for the Propsed Development of Corridor O, S.R. 0322, Section B02, in Centre and Clearfield Counties, PA (12/15, p. 70121)
• DOE issues ROD on the continued operation of the Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM) in the State of New Mexico (12/15, p. 69996-67003)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing concludes in draft EA that application for major license for the existing Little Chute Hydroelectric Project located on the Fox River in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (12/15, p. 70009)
• FERC announces scoping meetings on Portland General Electric Co. and Smurfit Newsprint Corporation's Willamette Falls Hydroelectric Project's plans to prepare EA (12/15, p. 70009-10)

• FS to prepare EIS on Mill Creek Timber Sales and Related Activities, Rogue River National Forest Jackson County, OR (12/14, p. 69691-2)
• FS to revise forest plans for the National Forests in Mississippi (12/14, p. 69686-91)
• NPS releases draft special resource study of the Lake Champlain Valley, including an environmental assessment, for public review and comment (12/14, p. 69783)

• FERC: Grand River Dam Authority's proposal to permit Dennis Blakemore, d/b/a Honey Creek Landing, to modify an existing commercial marina facility located on Grand Lake's Honey Creek adjacent to the Honey Creek Bridge (U.S. 59) would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. (12/13, p. 69523)
• Forest Service publishes briefing materials and questions used at the public meetings on its proposed rule to to guide land and resource management planning on national forests and grasslands. (12/13, p. 69446-8)
• FS to prepare EIS on Starbucky Restoration Project; Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho (12/13, p. 69473-4)
• FS to prepare EIS on Loon Mountain Ski Resort Development and Expansion Project. The project area is located on the Pemigewasset Ranger District of the White Mountain National Forest, Grafton County, New Hamsphire (12/13, p. 69474-6)
• NPS releases Draft Historic Properties Management Plan/Draft EIS for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Benzie and Leelanau Counties, Michigan (12/13, p. 69545)
• NPS extends comment period for draft EIS on Winter Use Plan, for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and John D. Rockefeller Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming (12/13, p. 69546)
• NPS to prepare a Wilderness Suitability Study and EIS for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan (12/13, p. 69546-7)

• BLM will prepare an EA on its plans to Amend the Judith-Valley-Phillips and the West HiLine Resource Management Plans; Blaine and Fergus Counties, Montana (12/10, p. 69293-4)
• DOE identifies Preferred Alternatives for its Waste Management Program: Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste Disposal Sites (12/10, p. 69241-2)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (12/10, p. 69267-8)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's for review (12/10, p. 69267)
• FERC to prepare EIS on Buccaneer Gas Pipeline Project, which involves construction and operation of facilities by Buccaneer Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., in Alabama, the Gulf of Mexico, and Florida (12/10, p. 69248-53)
• FERC to prepare EIS on Gulfstream Pipeline Project, which involves construction and operation of facilities by Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C. in Alabama, Mississippi, the Gulf of Mexico, and Florida (12/10, p. 69253-8)
• Forest Service cancels Supplement to the Veteran/Boulder Project Area Final EIS; Black Hills National Forest; Spearfish/Nemo Ranger District; Lawrence and Meade Counties, SD (12/10, p. 69224)
• Western Area Power Administration releases Floodplain Statement of Findings on proposal to redirect the flow of the Little Laramie River in Wyoming to prevent a transmission line structure on the Miracle Mile-Cheyenne No. 1 transmission line from being washed out (12/10, p. 69265-6)

• Army withdraws Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the Disposal, Transfer, or Retention of the Family Housing and Announcement of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Revitalization of the Family Housing at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico (12/9, p. 69005)
• BLM releases final EIS on Continental Divide/Wamsutter II Natural Gas Project in Wyoming (12/9, p. 69023-4)
• Final EA prepared by FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing for a proposal to grant an easement to Sailview Properties, LLC to build and use commercial/residential piers and a community marina with a total of 186 boat slips (Lincoln Co., N.C.). Action "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment," EA concludes. (12/9, p. 69016)
• Forest Service to prepare an EIS on Silvies Canyon Watershed Restoration Project, Malheur NF, Grant and Harney Counties, Oregon (12/9, p. 68985-7)

• FERC to prepare EA for the Proposed Compressor Station 11A Expansion Project, requests comments on environmental issues (12/8, p. 68676-7)

• BLM releases draft EIS for proposed cadiz groundwater storage and dry-year supply program pipeline right-of-way and plan amendment (12/7, p. 68372-3)
• BuRec to prepare EIS evaluating "the potential impacts of alternative implementing interim criteria that will be used by the [Interior] Secretary to determine surplus conditions for management of the Colorado River." (12/7, p. 68373)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing EA concludes that granting an application for minor license for the existing Hoosick Falls Hydroelectric Project, located on the Hoosic River in Rensselaer County, N.Y., "with appropriate mitigative measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (12/7, p. 68350)
• Forest Service to prepare an EIS to disclose the potential environmental effects of proposed treatments within the Little Blacktail project area on the Sandpoint Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle national forests, Bonner County, Idaho (12/7, p. 68315-6)
• Rural Utilities Service issues FONSI with respect to request from East Kentucky Power Cooperative for financing assistance from RUS to finance the construction of the J.K. Smith Unit #4 Combustion Turbine to be located in Clark County, Kentucky (12/7, p. 68316)

• Corps releases draft EIS on plan to reduce storm damage using beach fill and a dune system along 11.4 miles of Fire Island (Atlantic Coast of Long Island, From Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, NY, Reach 1--Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet) Storm Damage Protection (12/6, p. 68088-9)
• Corps extends comment period on draft EIS/EIR for the San Timoteo Creek Flood Control Project, Reach 3B, in San Bernardino County, California (12/6, p. 68089)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS for the Proposed Development of Corridor O, S.R. 0322, Section B02, in Centre and Clearfield Counties, PA (12/6, p. 68089-90)
• NPS releases draft EIS/General Management Plan for Zion National Park, Utah (12/6, p. 68114-5)

• EPA comments available on draft and final EIS's (12/3, p. 67897-8)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (12/3, p. 67897)
• Forest Service sets additional scoping meetings on roadless policy (graphics omitted from this file; see Table of Contents above if you want the graphics) (12/3, p. 67822-41)

• No NEPA notices; see this page for FWS, NMFS notices

• FERC draft EA on application for relicensing of the Oswego River Hydroelectric Project, located on the Oswego River in Oswego Co., N.Y., concludes project, "with appropriate environmental protection measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." (12/1, p. 67261)
• FERC draft EA on application for a new license for the Strawberry Hydroelectric Porject concludes that "licensing the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment." (12/1, p. 67262)
• FERC to prepare EA for the El Dorado project, is reviewing application for a non-capacity related amendment to permit the planned restoration of the project diversion dam, to replace the original dam which was largely destroyed by flood waters, and the construction of a new, 9,400-foot-long bypass tunnel from Mill Creek to Bull Creek, to replace damaged portions of the project's canal. The project, co-licensed to the El Dorado Irrigation District and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, is located on the South Fork American River, in El Dorado, Alpine, and Amador counties, California. (12/1, p. 67262)
• NPS to prepare a supplemental environmental document for proposed construction of a facility serving visitor information, research, and education needs in Baker, Nevada (12/1, p. 67300-1)
• Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission releases Record of Decision on the Diamond Fork System, Central Utah Project (12/1, p. 67370)

• DOE withdraws notice of intent to prepare an EIS for the High Flux Beam Reactor at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (11/30, p. 66904-5)
• Comment period extended on final EIS for the Proposed Forest Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, MT (11/30, p. 66929)
• Comment period reopened on draft EIS for the White River Amphitheatre, Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, King County, Washington (11/30, p. 66929-30)
• NRCS releases ROD on installation of the Snake River Watershed project (11/30, p. 66875)
• BuRec proposes to prepare environmental documents for entering into long-term Water Service Contracts/Agreements to provide water supplies to wildlife refuges in California's Central Valley, up to and including Level 4 water supplies (11/30, p. 66931-2)
• The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is issuing an environmental assessment with respect to the potential environmental impacts related to the construction and operation of a 6.5 megawatt (MW) diesel electric generating plant at Dekehtik on the Island of Pohnpei. Pohnpei is the largest state in the Federated States of Micronesia (11/30, p. 66876)

• BuRec extends comment period to Dec. 23 on draft EIS for Elephant Butte/Caballo New Mexico Reservoirs Resource Management Plan (11/29, p. 66643-4)
• DOE: Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Weldon Spring Site, St. Charles Co., Missouri (11/29, p. 66617)
• FERC releases EA on an application to amend the Wappingers Falls Hydroelectric Project, located on Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, New York (11/29, p. 66631)
• FERC releases final EA on two applications to surrender the licenses for the McLane Dam Hydroelectric Project and the Wilton Hydroelectric Project, which are located on the Souhegan River in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire (11/29, p. 66631)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Lost Moose Ecosystem Management Project, Bitterroot NF, Ravalli County, MT (11/29, p. 66607-9)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Lakeface-Lamb Fuel Reduction project, Idaho Panhandle NF, Bonner Co., Idaho (11/29, p. 66609-10)
• Endangered species permit applications received (11/29, p. 66639-40)
• NASA releases draft EIS for implementation of the Mars Surveyor 2001 (MS 01) mission (11/29, p. 66668-9)
• NPS releases EIS, General Management Plan for Fort Bowie National Historic Site (11/29, p. 66640-1)
• NPS releases EIS, General Management Plan for the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas (11/29, p. 66641-2)
• NPS to prepare EIS for Anacapa Island Restoration Project, Channel Islands National Park, California (11/29, p. 66642-3)

• BLM releases draft Conformity Determination regarding air quality for Transit Mixed Concrete Company's proposal to mine sand and gravel reserves in Soledad Canyon, Los Angeles County, California (11/26, p. 66490)
• BLM releases ROD for the EIS for the Wyodak Coalbed Methane Project in Wyoming (11/26, p. 66488)
• BLM to prepare an EA on Construction of an Interpretive Center and Other Facilities at Pompeys Pillar National Historic Landmark, Montana (11/26, p. 66489)
• Corps to prepare EIS for the Mill Creek, Ohio Local Flood Protection Project General Reevaluation Report (11/26, p. 66464)
• EPA comments available on draft, final EIS's (11/26, p. 66473-4)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (11/26, p. 66474)
• Lake Dorothy Hydro Inc. asks for scoping comments on EA for the proposed Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project under Project No. 11556 (Alaska) (11/26, p. 66466)

No FR published on Thanksgiving

Wednesday, Nov. 24 (Nov. 24 TOC)

• BLM releases draft EIS for Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project, Sublette County, Wyoming (11/24, p. 66194-5)
• FERC announces scoping meetings for an Applicant-Prepared Environmental Assessment by Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington (11/24, p. 66176)
• FHwA will prepare EIS on a proposal to improve and/or relocate SR 25 from Lafayette to Logansport, a distance of about 34 miles, in Tippecanoe, Carroll and Cass counties, Indiana (11/24, p. 66230)

• Corps to prepare feasibility study, draft EIS for the Bloomsburg Local Flood Protection Project in Columbia County, PA (11/23, p. 65688)
• FERC to prepare EA on Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation's proposed Southcoast Expansion Project. Project involves construction and operation of about 44.3 miles of various diameter pipeline and 31,500 horsepower of compression in Choctaw, Marengo, Coosa, Coweta, and Chilton counties, Alabama, and Walton, Gwinnett, and Henry counties, Georgia. (11/23, p. 65694-6)
• MMS prepares EA for proposed Central Gulf Sale 175 on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (11/23, p. 65723)
• NPS releases Final General Management Plan/EIS for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Washington (11/23, p. 65723)

• BLM releases supplement to draft EIS on proposed sand and gravel mining operation by Transit Mixed Concrete Company to transport mine material by a conveyor belt system rather than open trucks as proposed in the original DEIS. Project is in Los Angeles County, CA (11/22, p. 63828)

• Employment and Training Administration Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the New Job Corps Center to be located at 9 Vandever Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware. (11/19, p. 63340-2)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (11/19, p. 63314-5)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for comment (11/19, p. 63313-4)
• Correction to FAA Order 1050.1E; Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures (10/13/99) (11/19, p. 63362)
  • Original notice: FAA proposes to revise procedures for implementing NEPA (10/13, p. 55525-95)
• Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission issues FONSI for the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System Angler-Access Acquisition and Corridor Management (11/19, p. 63378-9)

• Air Force to prepare a Joint Use Supplement to the Final Programmatic EIS for the Disposal of Kelly Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (11/18, p. 63013)
• Corps to prepare EIS/EIR and Feasibility Report for the Upper Penitencia Creek, California, Flood Control Study (11/18, p. 63014-5)
• FERC releases final EIS for proposed Independence Pipeline and Market Link Expansion Projects by Independence Pipeline Company, ANR Pipeline Co., National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey) (11/18, p. 63024-5)
• FERC finds no significant environmental impact would result from granting of a new license for the Lockhart Hydroelectric Project, which is located on Ketchikan Creek and Granite Basin Creek, near the City of Ketchikan, in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Draft EA available. (11/18, p. 63025)
• The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the scope of work for the environmental impact statement/4(f) evaluation has changed for transportation improvements along I-25 in Douglas County, Colorado. The project scope has been extended to include I-25 between Lincoln Avenue and C-470 (11/18, p. 63106)
• FS to prepare EIS for Myrtle-Cascade Timber Sales in the Myrtle and Cascade drainages of the Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National Forests (11/18, p. 63006-7)
• FS to prepare EIS for Gravina Island Timber Sales, Tongass NF (11/18, p. 63007-8)
• NPS issues final EIS, Record of Decision on Comprehensive Management and Use Plan; Oregon, California, Mormon Pioneer and Pony Express National Historic Trails (11/18, p. 63054-6)
• NPS releases final EIS for General Management Plan, Redwood National and State Parks, Humboldt and Del Norte counties, California (11/18, p. 63056-7)
• NPS publishes notice changing the total wilderness acreage within Point Reyes National Seashore to 27,122 acres. "The potential wilderness additions remaining consist of 6,251 more or less. The remaining potential wilderness areas will remain as such until all uses conflicting with the provisions of the Wilderness Act have ceased." (11/18, p. 63057-8)

No NEPA notices

• Army releases draft EIS on disposal and reuse of Oakland Army Base, Oakland, California (11/16, p. 62176-7)
• FHwA to prepare EIS on proposed improvements to U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) in Lincoln County, N.M. (11/16, p. 62244)
• FWS plans to prepare Supplemental EIS on controlling sea lampreys in Lake Champlain (11/16, p. 62213-5)
• NPS extends comment period for Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/Supplement to the Final EIS, Big Cypress National Preserve, Fla. (11/16, p. 62218)

• Army announces public meetings on draft programmatic EIS on Transportable Treatment Systems for Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare Materiel (11/15, p. 61855)
• Corps announces Public Hearing Date on a draft EIS/EIR for the San Timoteo Creek Flood Control Project, Reach 3B, in San Bernardino County, CA (11/15, p. 61858-9)
• Corps, City of Santa Rosa plan to prepare draft EIS/EIR for the Santa Rosa Ecosystem Restoration Project, City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA (11/15, p. 61859-61)
• FS, BLM release Draft Off-Highway Vehicle EIS and Plan Amendment for public lands administered by the BLM and FS, Northern Region, in Montana, North Dakota, and portions of South Dakota (11/15, p. 61932-4)

• DOE releases Record of Decision to adopt a Comprehensive Land-Use Plan (CLUP) for its Hanford Site in Washington (11/12, p. 61615-25)
• EPA comments available on draft, final EIS's (11/12, p. 61635-7)
• EPA announces availability of draft, final EIS's (11/12, p. 61635)
• NPS releases abbreviated Final EIS for the Homestead National Monument of America General Management Plan, Gage County, Nebraska (11/12, p. 61660-1)

No links Nov. 11, Veterans Day

Wednesday, Nov. 10 (Nov. 10 TOC)

• FERC draft EA for a new license for the Gross Reservoir Hydroelectric Project (Denver, Colo.) concludes that approval, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment (11/10, p. 61328)
• FERC releases final EA for Grand River Dam Authority's proposal to permit Gene Gregg, d/b/a Tera Miranda Marina, to improve and enlarge an existing commercial marina facility located on the east side of Grand Lake's Monkey Island (Oklahoma). Approval would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. (11/10, p. 61329)
• FS will prepare EIS on Revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Bighorn NF located in Sheridan, Johnson, Big Horn, and Washakie Counties, Wyoming (11/10, p. 61242-6)
• FS publishes corrected e-mail address for roadless proposal (11/10, p. 61246)
• Meetings scheduled on proposed roadless area policy (11/10, p. 61246-7)
  • FS starting a public rulemaking process to propose the protection of remaining roadless areas within the National Forest System (10/19, p. 56306-7)

• BuRec revising criteria for evaluating water management plans under Central Valley Project Improvement Act (11/9, p. 61122)
• FERC announces scoping meetings and Project Facilities Tour of Petersburg Municipal Power and Light for an Applicant-Prepared Environmental Assessment (11/9, p. 61108-9)
• FHwA, BLM to prepare EIS and Amend the Diamond Mountain Resource Area Resource Management Plan, Daggett Co., Utah (11/9, p. 61176-7)
• Forest Service' Intermountain Region releases predecisional Environmental Assessment for the Utah Northern Goshawk project (11/9, p. 61062-3)
• FS to prepare EIS of Beaver Park Project Area; Black Hills National Forest; Spearfish/Nemo Ranger District; Lawrence and Meade Counties, SD (11/9, p. 61063-4)

• BIA releases final EIS for the Proposed Forest Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, MT (11/8, p. 60828-9)
• DOE releases Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico Final Site-Wide EIS (11/8, p. 60799-800)
• FERC will prepare an EA for the Proposed Ironwood Lateral in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (11/8, p. 60810)
• Salmon-Challis NF will prepare an EIS on proposed timber sale in the South Fourth of July subwatershed in the Panther Creek drainage (11/8, p. 60764)

• Army releases final EIS for disposal and reuse of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas (11/5, p. 60429)
• Army releases supplemental EA/FONSI for the Disposal of Utility Systems at Sierra Army Depot, California (11/5, p. 60429-30)
• DOE releases draft supplemental EIS for the National Ignition Facility Project-Specific Analysis Portion of the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic EIS (11/5, p. 60430-1)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (11/5, p. 60440)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (11/5, p. 60439-40)
• Forest Service will prepare an EIS to disclose the environmental effects of issuing an easement to access private land in the Taylor Fork area, Gallatin NF (11/5, p. 60405-6)
• NPS releases draft EIS/General Management Plan for Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona (11/5, p. 60455)
• NPS extends time for review of draft EIS for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming (11/5, p. 60455-6)

• FERC releases list of Third-Party Contractors Qualified To Prepare EIS's Under the Provisions of Section 2403(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (11/4, p. 60190)
• FHwA says EIS will not be prepared for a proposed highway project in the City of Ogden, Weber County, Utah (11/4, p. 60260)
• FS/BLM say draft EIS/Plan Amendment on Off-Highway Vehicles in Montana and the Dakotas will not be available to the public until mid-November (11/4, p. 60222)
• FS: Cascade Ranger District of the Boise NF will prepare an EIS for an integrated resource management project in the North Fork of the Payette River (11/4, p. 60158-60)

• BLM plans to modify scope of statewide EIS and multiple plan amendments considering establishment of new Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) on Utah public lands. "Instead of preparing a single EIS/Plan Amendment for all inventory areas under study throughout the state, BLM will now use a staged approach that will break the plan amendment process into four components." (11/3, p. 59787-9)
• FERC releases final EA on application ) for a 4.3-MW increase in the rated generating capacity at the Chugach Electric Association's Cooper Lake Project (FERC No. 2170 (11/3, p. 59759)
• FHwA will prepare an EIS on the proposal to rehabilitate, reconstruct, or replace the Willis Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River in Bronx County and New York County, New York (11/3, p. 59821-2)
• FS will prepare EIS to reduce the fire hazard and restore damaged components of the ecosystem within the Gunflint Trail Corridor, Superior NF, Minnesota (11/3, p. 59736-7)
• GSA to prepare EIS on construction of new federal courthouse, San Jose, California (11/3, p. 59773-4)

• Navy issues Record of Decision for disposal and reuse of Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Warminster, PA (11/2, p. 59164-71)

• FHWA, in cooperation with the Montana DOT, will prepare an EIS on the proposal to reconstruct, widen, and realign US 89 from Fairfield to Dupuyer (11/1, p. 58897-8)
• FS extends comment period for the Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the White River National Forest and Draft EIS (11/1, p. 58807)

• BLM's Alturas Field Office releases EA, plans to amend the Alturas Resource Area Resource Management Plan through the Nelson Corral Reservoir Road and Delta Lake Road Access RMP Amendment (10/29, p. 58438)
• DOE releases Floodplain Statement of Findings for Fire Protection Systems Upgrade at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (10/29, p. 58384-5)
• Corps to prepare draft EIS for the Broward County Beach Erosion Control Project in Broward County, FL (10/29, p. 58381-2)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (10/29, p. 58403-4)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (10/29, p. 58404)
• EPA, DOT release Environmental Assessment and Preliminary FONSI on proposed petroleum products pipeline to be operated by Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P., in Texas (10/29, p. 58404-5)
• NPS releases final EIS for Fort Baker Plan Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, CA (10/29, p. 58440)
• NPS releases final EIS for the Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan For Joshua Tree National Park, California (10/29, p. 58440-1)
• Navy announces Public Hearing for the draft EIS for the Transfer and Reuse of Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant (NWIRP), Bethpage, NY (10/29, p. 58382-3)
• Bureau of Prisons announces publication of a Supplemental Final EIS regarding the proposed medium-security federal correctional institution at the federal correctional complex located south of Forrest City in Saint Francis County, Arkansas (10/29, p. 58451)

• Air Force issues Record of Decision (ROD) for the Disposal and Reuse of Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana (10/28, p. 58038)
• Air Force issues Record of Decision for the Disposal and Reuse of Wurtsmith Air Force Base (AFB), Michigan (10/28, p. 58038)
• BLM's Salt Lake Field Office has completed an EA/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a Proposed Plan Amendment to the Box Elder Resource Management Plan (RMP) (1986) (10/28, p. 58093-4)
• FERC releases Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Regional Transmission Organizations Rulemaking (10/28, p. 58050)
• FHWA, in cooperation with Tennessee DOT, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to improve U.S. Route 64 in Polk County, Tennessee. The proposed project would involve improvements to a section of the U.S. 64 roadway between U.S. 411 on the west and State Route 68 in Ducktown for a distance of about 26 miles (10/28, p. 58124)
• FHWA, in cooperation with Tennessee DOT, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to connect I-40 with I-75 from near the current I-40/I-75 interchange in Loudon County, near Lenoir City, Tennessee, to an area north and east in Anderson County, near the interchange of I-75 and State Route 61 (10/28, p. 58123-4)
• HUD announces that the City of Monterey Park, California, has prepared a joint EIR/EIS for the Monterey Park Towne Plaza Project, which includes development of a 515,382-square-foot retail center (10/28, p. 58084-5)
• WAPA: Notice of Floodplain Involvement for Mead Substation Access Road and Water Supply Improvements (10/28, p. 58057)
• WAPA: Notice of Floodplain Involvement for the Miracle Mile-Cheyenne No. 1 Transmission Line (10/28, p. 58057-8)

• Record of Decision issued for the Disposal and Reuse of K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base (AFB), Michigan (10/27, p. 57869)
• FAA releases draft EIS/Section 4(f) Evaluation for Proposal Development at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, OH (10/27, p. 57922-3)
• FERC to prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Medicine Bow Lateral Phase II Project (10/27, p. 57873-4)
• No significant adverse environmental impacts expected from amendment of license for the proposed W. Kerr Scott Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the Yadkin River immediately below the existing W. Kerr Scott Dam in Wilkes County, North Carolina (10/27, p. 57873)
• FHwA, PennDOT to prepare EIS to evaluate alternatives that provide grade-separated access over a railroad corridor located in Lebanon, Pa. (10/27, p. 57924)
• GSA to prepare an EIS for construction of a new courthouse in Springfield, Mass. (10/27, p. 57890)
• NPS to prepare an EIS/General Management Plan for the Navajo National Monument (10/27, p. 57904-5)

• BLM issues ROD approving the American Soda's Colorado Sodium Products Development Project, located in Rio Blanco County and Garfield County, Colorado (10/26, p. 57648)
• BLM to prepare an EA and conduct public scoping for a modified proposal for development of the Jonah Field Natural Gas Project in Sublette Co., Wyoming (10/26, p. 57648-9)
• Federal Transit Admin. to prepare EIS for the BART-Oakland Airport Connector in Oakland, California (10/26, p. 57692-4)

• EPA comments on draft, final EIS's available (10/25, p. 57452)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (10/25, p. 57451)
• FERC expands list of activities categorically excluded from NEPA review, requires that pipelines "conduct an abbreviated consultation with [NMFS] concerning essential fish habitat." Also, FERC will apply the Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation and Maintenance Plan and the Wetland and Waterbody Construction and Mitigation Procedures to activities conducted under pipelines' blanket construction certificates (10/25, p. 57374)
• NPS to prepare a draft EIS for the general management plan addendum for the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition, Florida (10/25, p. 57481)
• NPS to prepare a draft EIS for a comprehensive management plan for the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama (10/25, p. 57481-2)
• Rural Utilities Service to hold scoping meeting and prepare an EA on Great River Energy's proposal to build a natural gas-fired simple cycle, combustion turbine power generation facility in Pleasant Valley Township in Mower County, Minnesota (10/25, p. 57437-8)

• Corps to prepare a draft Programmatic EIS for Proposed Hurricane and Wetland Protection in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, LA, a Component of the Morganza, LA, to the Gulf of Mexico Feasibility Study (10/22, p. 57080-1)
• Corps, Santa Clara Valley Water District to prepare a draft EIR/SEIS for Proposed Modifications to the Guadalupe River Project, Downtown San Jose, CA (10/22, p. 57076-80)
• BLM, Forest Service release Draft Off-Highway Vehicle EIS and Plan Amendment, for public lands administered by the BLM and FS, Northern Region, in Montana, North Dakota, and portions of South Dakota (10/22, p. 57120-1)
• BLM to prepare an EIS on the Resource Development Group Uinta Basin Natural Gas Project, Uintah County, UT (10/22, p. 57122)
• Bureau of Prisons announces the publication of a supplemental final EIS on the proposed medium-security federal correctional institution and adjacent minimum-security federal prison camp at the federal correctional complex in Yazoo County, Mississippi (10/22, p. 57124)

• Army releases Draft Programmatic EIS on Transportable Treatment Systems for Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare Materiel (10/21, p. 56774)
• FERC's Office of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the applications for new licenses for the Aquamac and Merrimac Hydroelectric Projects, located on the Merrimack River in the city of Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, and has prepared a Multiple Project Draft Environmental Assessment (MPDEA) for the projects. (10/21, p. 56783)
• FERC's Office of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the application requesting authorization to surrender the license for the existing Apalache Hydroelectric Project, located on Trinity Alps Creek in Trinity County, California, and has prepared a draft EA that concludes the proposed action "would not produce any significant adverse environmental impacts." (10/21, p. 56783)
• FHwA, in cooperation with New York DOT and NYC DOT, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to rehabilitate, reconstruct, or replace the Shore Road Bridge (a.k.a. Pelham Park bridge) over the Hutchison River on Shore Road in Bronx County, New York. (10/21, p. 56831-2)
• NPS releases record of decision on the final general management plan and EIS, Glacier National Park, Montana (10/21, p. 56803-4)
• NPS releases final wild and scenic river study and legislative EIS for the Lower Sheenjek River in Alaska (10/21, p. 56804-5)

• BPA plans to prepare EIS "that examines the impacts that may arise from implementing one of the fish and wildlife policy directions reflected in the alternatives being considered in ... ongoing regional processes." (10/20, p. 56488-9)
• FERC to Postpone the Public Meetings for the Proposed Tristate Pipeline Project (10/20, p. 56492)

• APHIS environmental assessment's preferred alternative is to release into the environment nonindigenous wasps for use as biological control agents to suppress papaya mealybugs (10/19, p. 56305-6)
• BLM: Notice of Availability and Extension of Comment Period for draft EIS, Carson City and Battle Mountain, Nevada Field Offices and Department of the Navy, Naval Air Station, Fallon, NV (10/19, p. 56361-2)
• BLM extends Public Comment Period for the South Pipeline Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing Operations; Lander County, NV (10/19, p. 56362)
• FERC: Southern LNG Inc.; Notice of Public Scoping Meeting and Site Visit, Elba Island Terminal Recommissioning Project (10/19, p. 56336-7)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed project in Athens and Meigs Counties, Ohio (10/19, p. 56379)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed project in Fairfield County, Ohio (10/19, p. 56379-80)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed program of highway, arterial, and high-capacity transit projects in King County and Snohomish County, Washington (10/19, p. 53680)
• FS starting a public rulemaking process to propose the protection of remaining roadless areas within the National Forest System (10/19, p. 56306-7)
• FS schedules meetings on proposed Land and Resource Management Planning Regulations (10/19, p. 56293-4)
• Navy redesignates EIS on Disposal and Reuse of Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), New London, Connecticut, as EA (10/19, p. 56333-4)
• The Postal Service is changing its procedures regarding the acquisition and management of real property and construction of facilities in floodplains and wetlands (10/19, p. 56253-6)

• Corps plans to prepare draft supplemental EIS for the Upper St. Johns River Basin Restoration, Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area Project, Brevard County, Florida (10/19, p. 56200)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for the Wastewater Treatment Project (West Side), Glacier National Park (10/18, p. 56215)
• NPS releases FEIS, General Management Plan, for Missouri National Recreational River (10/18, p. 56215-6)
• NPS releases Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment for Continuing Operation of Four Gas Wells, Saltwater Disposal Well and Production Facility; Vector Energy Corporation Padre Island National Seashore, Kleberg County, TX (10/18, p. 56225)

• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (10/15, p. 55912)
• HUD clarifies floodplain requirements applicable to new construction (10/15, p. 56107-11)

• BuRec releases draft EIS, announces public hearing on the proposed renewal of long-term water supply contracts for irrigation water from federal projects in the Republican River basin in Nebraska and Kansas (10/14, p. 55746-7)
• Employment and Training Administration: Preliminary FONSI for the New Job Corps Center to be located off of Schoolland Woods Road in Exeter, Rhode Island (10/15, p. 55754-5)
• Job Corps: Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the New Job Corps Center Located off of Overlook Terrace within the Charter Oak Business Park in Hartford, CT (10/15, p. 55755-7)

• Corps is proposing to amend regulations that restrict areas at Bonneville Lock and Dam, at McNary Lock and Dam, at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, at Lower Monumental Lock and Dam, at Little Goose Lock and Dam, and at Lower Granite Lock and Dam on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, Oregon and Washington (10/13, p. 55441-2)
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to revise procedures for implementing NEPA (10/13, p. 55525-95)
• TVA adopts Corps of Engineers final EIS, ROD on Lower Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, Kentucky Lock Addition (10/13, p. 55518-20)

• Public hearing scheduled for Dec. 2 in Carson City, Nev., on draft EIS for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain (10/12, p. 52260)
• FS to prepare EIS on BHROWS (Big Game Habitat Restoration on a Watershed Scale) Project; Clearwater NF, Clearwater County, ID (10/12, p. 55226-8)
• FS cancels Supplement to the final EIS for the Mt. Ashland Ski Area, Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon (10/12, p. 55228)
• FS to prepare EIS on Mt. Ashland Ski Area Expansion, Rogue River NF, Jackson County, Oregon (10/12, p. 55228-9)

• Federal holiday (Columbus Day). No Federal Register.

• EPA releases summaries of comments on draft, final EIS's (10/8, p. 54882-3)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (10/8, p. 54882)
• FERC releases draft EIS for the proposed Florida Gas Transmission Company Phase Expansion Project (10/8, p. 54880-1)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed new location highway/tollway facility, designated as State Highway 130, in Williamson, Travis, Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, Texas (10/8, p. 54948)
• FS: St. Joe Ranger District of the Idaho Panhandle NF is considering vegetation activities in the East Slate Project. The project area is located about one mile west of the town of Avery on the St. Joe River. (10/8, p. 54860-2)
• Navy to hold public hearings on draft EIS for the Disposal and Reuse of Naval Station (NAVSTA) Brooklyn, N.Y. (10/8, p. 54875-6)

• FAA releases Record of Decision for the Adoption of the Colorado Airspace Initiative Prepared by the Air National Guard (10/7, p. 54721-4)
• FS will prepare an EIS in conjunction with revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Medicine Bow National Forest (10/7, p. 54609-13)
• FS to prepare an EIS in conjunction with revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, and the Comanche and Cimarron National Grasslands, located in Colorado and Kansas (10/7, p. 54613-7)
• NPS releases Finding of No Significant Impact and General Management Plan, Prince William Forest Park, Triangle, Virginia (10/7, p. 54638)

• BLM releases four Draft Riparian and Aquatic Habitat Management Plan EIS's and Possible Resource Management Plan Amendments (RMPAs). The documents are for BLM field offices in Taos and Farmington, the Rio Puerco Area of the Albuquerque Field Office and the Mimbres Area of the Las Cruces Field Office (10/6, p. 54351-2)
• EPA, NOAA announce their intent to approve the Maryland Coastal Nonpoint Program (10/6, p. 54274)
  • Copies of draft approval decisions (NOAA Web page)
• Interior Dept. releases Record of Decision on the Diamond Fork System Final Supplement to the Final EIS documenting the department's approval for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District To Proceed With the Construction of the Diamond Fork System (10/6, p. 54349)

• Forest Service proposes rule to guide land and resource management planning for the National Forest System. "This proposed rule describes the framework for National Forest System planning; makes sustainability the foundation for National Forest System planning and management; and establishes requirements for implementation, monitoring, evaluation, amendment, and revision of land and resource management plans. The intended effects are to simplify, clarify and otherwise improve the planning process; to reduce burdensome and costly procedural requirements; and to strengthen collaborative relationships with the public and other government entities." (10/5, p. 54073-112)
• FS revises notice of intent to prepare an EIS in conjunction with revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for Caribou NF, located in Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power counties, Idaho; Box Elder and Cache counties, Utah; and Lincoln County, Wyoming (10/5, p. 53994)

• BLM extends public review period for draft EIS on proposed Soledad Canyon Sand and Gravel Mining Operation, Los Angeles County, CA (10/4, p. 53690)
• BLM releases final EIS for the Wyodak Coalbed Methane Development Project in Wyoming (10/4, p. 53690)
• DOE changes location for scoping meeting on Programmatic EIS for Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility (10/4, p. 53669)
• EPA proposes rule to amend the final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System to prohibit mixing zones for bioaccumulative chemicals of concern (10/4, p. 53632-48)
• Rural Utilities Service decides to Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water's application for financial assistance to build the Northeast Phase Expansion proposal in southwest Minnesota. RUS issues Record of Decision (10/4, p. 53661-5)

• Corps releases draft EIS for the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation Study (10/1, p. 53366-7)
• BLM releases issues FONSI on Proposed Plan Amendment to the Book Cliffs Resource Area Resource Management Plan (10/1, p. 53404-5)
• BuRec plans to prepare EIS on the Operations of the Navajo Unit, Colorado River Storage Project, New Mexico and Colorado and Announcement of Public Scoping Meetings (10/1, p. 53407-8)
• DoD releases National Missile Defense Deployment draft EIS (10/1, p. 53364)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (10/1, p. 53380-1)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (10/1, p. 53379-80)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing finds that approval of amendment to Ravenscroft Ranch Project's exemption "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." The project is located on the Malad River, in Gooding County, Idaho (10/1, p. 53374)
• FERC will prepare an EA on Koch Gateway Pipeline Company's Proposed Index 1 Pipeline and Laterals Abandonment Project (10/1, p. 53374-5)
• GSA to prepare EIS on Virginia Avenue Border Crossing/San Ysidro Port of Entry, San Diego, California (10/1, p. 53392)

• DOE: Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for Transfer of the DOE Grand Junction Office to Non-DOE Ownership (9/30, p. 52779-80)
• EPA adopts Environmental Assessment "for a long-term, comprehensive program to control and possibly eradicate saltcedar (also known as tamarix) from portions of the Owens Valley" in California. (9/30, p. 52785-6)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Tonto NF located in Gila, Maricopa, Pinal and Yavapai counties, Arizona (9/30, p. 52765-6)
• FS to prepare an EIS and a revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the Uinta NF, located in Utah, Wasatch, Juab, Tooele, and Sanpete counties, Utah. (9/30, p. 52766-71)

• FHwA releases final programmatic environmental assessment on Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (9/29, p. 52569-72)
• FHwA sets public workshops on The National Corridor Planning and Development Program and the Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (9/29, p. 52572-3)
• BLM announces final supplementary rules requiring the use of certified noxious weed-free forage on BLM-administered lands in North Dakota (9/29, p. 52518-9)
• NPS to prepare EIS on Wild and Scenic River Suitability Study/Recommendation for the Escalante River Drainage, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Garfield County, UT (9/29, p. 52520-1)
• NPS releases Winter Use Plan/Draft EIS for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and John D. Rockefeller Jr., Memorial Parkway (9/29, p. 52520)

• Forest Service revises notice of intent to prepare an EIS to amend Land and Resource Management Plans in the Southwestern Region. "The amendment would add new standards and guidelines that are intended to strengthen and clarify existing direction for the protection of [listed] species." Draft EIS, originally scheduled to be released in June 1998, "is now expected to be available in December 1999 and a final [EIS] should be available by March 2000." (9/28, p. 52274)
• FS plans to prepare EIS in conjunction with revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Wasatch-Cache NF located in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Wasatch, and Weber counties, Utah; and Uinta County, Wyoming (9/28, p. 52274-6)
• FS to prepare EIS in conjunction with revision of the land and resource management plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forests located in Delta, Montrose, Gunnison, Mesa, San Miguel, Ouray, Hinsdale, Saguache, Garfield, and San Juan counties, Colorado (9/28, p. 52266-73)
• Meeting set for Oct. 14 of Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, WA (9/28, p. 52342-3)
• Rural Utilities Service and Army Corps of Engineers are issuing an EA on potential environmental impacts related to the construction and operation of a 69 kV electric transmission line and substation in Wayne County, Missouri (9/28, p. 52290-1)

• BuRec, Imperial Irrigation District to prepare EIS/EIR on the district and San Diego County Water Authority Water Conservation and Transfer Project; public meetings scheduled (9/27, p. 52102-4)

• BuRec, Contra Costa Water District releases final EIS/EIR on district's future use and operation of Contra Loma Reservoir Project, Contra Costa County CA (9/24, p. 51786-7)
• BuRec releases draft EIS for Elephant Butte/Caballo New Mexico Reservoirs Resource Management Plan (9/24, p. 51787)
• Corps to prepare a Supplement to the 1992 FEIS on Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park (Mod Waters Project) To Address a Change in Design of the Levee 67 and Levee 29 Water Conveyance Features Within Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA 3) (9/24, p. 51740-1)
• EPA releases comments on draft, final EIS's (9/24, p. 51753)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (9/24, p. 51753-4)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on East Face Ecosystem Management Project, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Beaverhead County, Montana (9/24, p. 51728)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Triangle Land Exchange; Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests; Baker, Grant, Harney, and Wallowa Counties, OR (9/24, p. 51729-30)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Upper North Fork 25 Fire Restoration, Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan County, WA (9/24, p. 51730-2)
• Interior Department asks for nominations for Invasive Species Advisory Committee (9/24, p. 51782)

• FERC final EA finds no significant impact from relicensing of PacifiCorp Power Company's Hydroelectric Project on the Big Cottonwood Creek in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah (9/23, p. 51535-6)
• FERC draft EIS for the Proposed TriState Pipeline Project in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan concludes that "approval of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact." (9/23, p. 51536-7)
• FERC will prepare EA on Paiute Pipeline Company's proposed Carson Lateral Project. Comments requested on environmental issues, site visit announced (9/23, p. 51537-8)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS in conjunction with revision of the land and resource management plan for the San Juan National Forest, located in Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, and San Juan counties, Colorado (9/23, p. 51504-11)

• FHwA will prepare EIS for the PA 23 Subcorridor in Earl Township, East Earl Township, East Lampeter Township, Manheim Township, Upper Leacock Township, and New Holland Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (9/22, p. 51364)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for the proposed reconstruction of Trunk Highway 371 (TH 371) in Morrison County, Minnesota (9/22, p. 51364-5)
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel will meet in Austin from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tues., Oct. 5, and 8 a.m. to noon on Wed., Oct. 6, 1999 (9/22, p. 51334-5)
• Navy Correction to earlier FR notice on Draft Overseas EIS/Draft EIS (DOEIS/DEIS) for the Operational Employment of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar. Written comments will b accepted no later than Oct. 28 (9/22, p. 51294)

• State Department Office of Mexican Affairs issues Finding of No Significant Impact With Regard to the Issuance of a Presidential Permit for the Cox Communications Underground Fiber-Optic Link, San Diego, California (9/21, p. 51175-8)
• State Dept. Office of Mexican Affairs issues Presidential Permit to Cox Communications, Incorporated To Construct, Operate and Maintain an International Underground Tunnel at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico (9/21, p. 51178-9)

• DOE releases Record of Decision for Site-Wide EIS for Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico (9/20, p. 50797-806)
• DOE withdraws Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Proposed Minnesota Agri-Power Plant and Associated Facilities (9/20, p. 50806-7)
• FS to prepare EIS on Nez Perce Fork Vegetation Management Project; Bitterroot National Forest, Ravalli County, MT (9/20, p. 50790-2)
• NRCS issues FONSI for Dry Run Watershed, Allegany County, Maryland (9/20, p. 50792)
• Navy to prepare EIS for construction of Military Family Housing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, CA (9/20, p. 50795-6)

• EPA comments on draft, final EIS's available (9/17, p. 50508-9)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's for review (9/17, p. 50507)
• FHwA to prepare EIS on transportation improvements in Aroostook County, ME (9/17, p. 50549)
• FDA asks for comments on International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH); VICH GL6 Draft Guidance on ``Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA's) for Veterinary Medicinal Products (VMP's)-Phase I'' (9/17, p. 50519-20)
• NPS releases Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the March 28, 1993, Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill Near Reston, Va. (9/17, p. 50540)
• NPS releases Draft Cooperative Management Plan/Draft EIS for the Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota and Wisconsin (9/17, p. 50540-1)

• BLM's Kingman Field Office releases Record of Decision for the Griffith Energy Project (9/16, p. 50302)
• DOE releases Final Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic EIS (9/16, p. 50276-7)
• DOE: Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fire Protection Systems Upgrade, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (9/16, p. 50277)
• FERC announces site visit by staff from Office of Hydropower Licensing and Oak to the North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project Oct. 13-14. ORNL has been contracted by FERC to prepare an EIS on the North Umpqua relicense application that was filed on January 30, 1995 (9/16, p. 50279)
• FERC releases final EA on Upper Collinsville Hydroelectric Project and the Lower Collinsville Hydroelectric Project, located on the Farmington River in New Hartford County, Connecticut (9/16, p. 50279)
• FERC releases draft EA for Power Creek Project, located on Power Creek in Cordova, Alaska (9/16, p. 50279)
• Correction to ZIP code necessitates extension of comment period on EIS for Improved Ordnance Storage for Marine Corps Air Station,Yuma, Ariz. (9/16, p. 50276)

• BuRec: James Irrigation District has developed a water management plan that Reclamation has evaluated and preliminarily determined to meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Criteria (9/15, p. 50103)
• DOE to prepare Programmatic EIS for Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States, Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility (DOE/EIS-0310) (9/15, p. 50064-71)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing says no significant environmental impact will result from licensing Haida Corporation's proposed Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project; draft EA available (9/15, p. 50080)

• Corps releases draft EIS for the Daniel Island Terminal in Charleston, S.C., announces public hearing (9/14, p. 49781-2)
• Mobile District plans to prepare EIS for large-scale developments in coastal Mississippi (9/14, p. 49782)
• Corps, Port of Los Angeles to prepare a Joint Supplemental EIS/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Port of Los Angeles Channel Deepening Project Feasibility Study; Los Angeles County, CA (9/14, p. 49783)
• FHwA to prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Riverside County, California (9/14, p. 49836)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Lemhi Pass Management Plan, Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF, Beaverhead County, Montana, and Salmon-Challis NF, Lemhi County, Idaho (9/14, p. 49760)
• GSA issues Record of Decision on disposal of Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga, TN (9/14, p. 49805-8)
• NPS to prepare an EIS for the General Management Plan, Tonto National Monument (9/14, p. 49820)
• NRCS issues FONSI on BA-3c Naomi Siphon Outfall Management Project/PBA-12a Barataria Bay Waterway West Bank Protection Project; Jefferson and Plaquemines Parishes, LA (9/14, p. 49760-1)
• Navy announces public hearing for the Draft Overseas EIS/draft EIS for the Operational Employment of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar (9/14, p. 49783-4)

• BLM plans to prepare EA for amending the Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan, Utah (9/13, p. 49498-9)
• International Boundary and Water Commission adds BLM as a cooperating agency to El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project in Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico and El Paso County, Texas; EIS is planned (9/13, p. 49528)
• NPS releases FONSI for the Environmental Assessment of the General Management Plan Amendment and Boundaries Study, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa (9/13, p. 49501)
• NPS releases FEIS for General Management Plan; Whiskeytown Unit, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (9/13, p. 49501-2)
• NPS to prepare EIS on Primary Restoration Plan for Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara County, California (9/13, p. 49502-3)
• NPS to prepare EIS to amend the General Management Plan for the Backcountry of Denali National Park and Preserve (9/13, p. 49503)
• Rural Utilities Service issues EA on potential environmental impacts of building, operating Lewisville 345/138 kV Switching Station in the City of Lewisville, Texas. The project is proposed by Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc. of Waco, Texas (9/13, p. 49440)

• Corps of Engineers releases draft PEIS for the Dredged Material Management Plan for the Port of New York/New Jersey (9/10, p. 49167-8)
• DOE extends comment period on DEIS for the Treatment and Management of Sodium-Bonded Spent Nuclear Fuel (9/10, p. 49169-70)
• EPA issues comments on draft, final EIS's (9/10, p. 49184)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (9/10, p. 49183-4)
• FHwA, FTA to prepare EIS on Transportation Improvements Within the Roosevelt Boulevard Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (9/10, p. 49271-3)

• BLM releases Challis Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan (ROD/RMP) (9/9, p. 49022)
• BLM: Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment, ``Management for Bureau of Reclamation Withdrawn Lands Restored to [BLM] Management Jurisdiction in the Cody Field Office Planning Area,'' and Finding of No Significant Impact, for Public Review and Comment; and Notification of Open House (9/9, p. 49022-3)
• BuRec announces additional public hearing Sept. 13, 1999 in Los Banos, California, on Draft EIS/EIR for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (9/9, p. 49023-4)
• BuRec to prepare draft EIS on Proposed City of Albuquerque Water Resources Strategy Implementation, Drinking Water Supply Project, Albuquerque, N.M. (9/9, p. 49024-5)
• DOE sets public hearings on DEIS for for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (9/9, p. 48996-7)
• Corps of Engineers to prepare draft EIS for Centralia-Chehalis Flood Damage Reduction Study, Lewis County Washington (9/9, p. 48994-5)
• Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Kennedy-Bechara Segment of the Authorized Rio Puerto Nuevo (Puerto Rico) Flood Control Project (9/9, p. 48995)
• FERC releases final EA on Holliday Historic Restoration Associates' application for the Holliday Project (FERC No. 10867) to amend the license to modify Article 405 pertaining to trashrack spacing and to operate the project in accordance with a ``Revised Plan of Operation'' dated April 30, 1998. The project is located on the West Fork of the White River in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana (9/9, p. 49006)
• FHwA cancels Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for a proposed highway capacity improvement project in Dubuque County, Iowa and Jo Daviess County, Illinois (9/9, p. 49047)

• DOE releases Finding of No Significant Impact in the Environmental Assessment for the Parallex Project Fuel Manufacture and Shipment (9/8, p. 48810-3)
• FERC prepares draft EA on application to surrender the exemption from licensing for the existing Trinity Alps Hydroelectric Project, located on Trinity Alps Creek in Trinity County, California (no significant impact) (9/8, p. 48823)
• Scoping meetings scheduled for applicant-prepared EA on Tapoco Project, FERC No. 2169. The license for the project expires on Feb. 28, 2005 (9/8, p. 48823-4)
• FHwA will prepare EIS to evaluate potential solutions to identify safety problems and traffic congestions along SR 20 in Skagit County, Washington (9/8, p. 48889-90)
• FTA and King County Metro Transit Division to prepare EIS on proposed Atlantic/Central Bus Base Expansion Project in Seattle, Washington (9/8, p. 48890-2)

• BIA to prepare draft EIS for the White River Amphitheatre, Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, King County, Washington (9/7, p. 48666)
• NPS to hold public meeting on General Management Plan Amendment/EIS being prepared for Hampton National Historic Site (9/7, p. 48670)
• Rural Utilities Service releases EA on construction and operation of a 230 kV transmission line and associated facilities proposed by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. of Westminster, Colo. The project will extend from Walsenburg, Colo., to an area near Gladstone, N.M. (9/7, p. 48577-8)

• Army Corps of Engineers to prepare EIS for Test Range Management Practices at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground's (APG) Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), MD (9/3, p. 48386)
• Coast Guard releases Programmatic Environmental Assessment and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact on "Optimize Training Infrastructure'' Initiative (9/3, p. 48442-4)
• EPA comments on draft, final EIS's available (9/3, p. 48393-4)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (9/3, p. 48394)
• FAA to prepare an EIS, conduct scoping for Air Traffic Control Procedural Changes in and near the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area (9/3, p. 48445-6)
• FERC draft EA concludes that amending license for the proposed W. Kerr Scott Hydroelectric Project in North Carolina would not have a significant effect on the environment. The Southeastern Hydro-Power Inc. project will be located on the Yadkin River immediately below the existing W. Kerr Scott Dam, which is operated by the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers (9/3, p. 48391)
• FHwA will prepare EIS "to evaluate potential solutions to identified safety problems and traffic congestion along SR 104 in Kitsap and Jefferson Counties, Washington." (9/3, p. 48447-8)
• FTA and Connecticut DOT will prepare EIS on proposed construction of a busway along an existing rail right-of-way corridor, known as the Hartford West Corridor, between Union Station in Hartford and downtown New Britain (9/3, p. 48450-1)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS for the Spar and Lake Forest Health Project, Kootenai NF, Lincoln County, MT (9/3, p. 48340-5)
• NPS releases FONSI for proposed land exchange, George Washington Memorial Parkway, City of Alexandria and Arlington County, Virginia (9/3, p. 48418-9)
• NPS releases draft General Management Plan/EIS for Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington (9/3, p. 48419)

• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing releases EA on application for a new license for Lockhart Hydroelectric Project on the Broad River, near the town of Lockhart, in Union, Chester, York, and Cherokee counties, South Carolina (9/2, p. 48157)
• FHwA EIS "will examine highway infrastructure improvements to enhance transportation mobility and accessibility to and from Aroostook County, [Maine], as well as within the county." (9/2, p. 48828)
• Federal Transit Administration and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company plan to prepare a Major Investment Study/Draft EIS to study transportation access improvements (9/2, p. 48828-30)
• Postal Service proposes changes to "simplify and clarify" its public notification and procedures to be followed when evaluating actions that may involve building in floodplains or wetlands (9/2, p. 48124-6)

• BuRec, San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority are preparing a joint EIS/EIR to evaluate the proposal to continue the Grassland Bypass Project until 2009 (9/1, p. 47860-2)
• DOE amends ROD on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (9/1, p. 47880-2)
• FHwA Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking "requests comments on the advisability of the FHWA, in consultation with FWS, to develop a rule to meet the transportation planning and management systems requirements of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) pertaining to the FWS and the refuge roads program." (9/1, p. 47741-4)
• FHwA: Federal Lands Highway Program; Transportation Planning Procedures and Management Systems Pertaining to the Forest Service and the Forest Highway Program (9/1, p. 47744-6)
• FHwA: Federal Lands Highway Program; Transportation Planning Procedures and Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program (9/1, p. 47746-9)
• FHwA: Federal Lands Highway Program; Transportation Planning Procedures and Management Systems Pertaining to the National Park Service and the Park Roads and Parkways Program (9/1, p. 47749-51)

• BLM will prepare EIS for construction of pipeline facilities, transportation of refined petroleum products via underground pipeline in San Juan County, New Mexico; La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, Montrose, Delta and Mesa Counties, Colorado (8/31, p. 47514-5)
• FERC releases EA on Gallup Expansion project proposed by Transwestern Pipeline Company in San Juan County, New Mexico and LaPlata County, Colorado (8/31, p. 47500-1)
• FHwA, in cooperation with Ohio DOT, will prepare EIS on proposal to improve US-24 between the I-469 bypass around Fort Wayne, Ind., and Defiance, Ohio (about 40 miles) (8/31, p. 47561-2)
• Interior Dept. renews BLM's Front Range Resource Advisory Council, Northwest Resource Advisory Council, and Southwest Resource Advisory Council (State of Colorado) (8/31, p. 47512)

• DOE publishes Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Development of Soil Borrow Areas Near the Weldon Spring Site (8/30, p. 47180-1)
• Corps finalizes modification of NWP 29 (8/30, p. 47175-8)
• NPS releases Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River Draft Comprehensive Management Plan and EIS (8/30, p. 47196)
• NPS suspends draft EIS for Mountain Goat Management within Olympic National Park, Washington (8/30, p. 47196)

• BLM to prepare EIS on Cascade Siskiyou Ecological Emphasis Area plan. Scoping process begins (8/27, p. 46933-4)
• BLM to amend the Kingman Resource Management Plan, March 1995, to offer lands for lease and disposal under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act that were not previously identified for disposal (8/27, p. 46934)
• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (8/27, p. 46911)
• EPA issues final NPDES Permit for Aquaculture Facilities and Associated, On-Site Fish Processing Facilities Operating in Idaho (ID-G13-0000 (8/27, p. 46911-3)
  • Correction to final NPDES Permit for Aquaculture Facilities and Associated, On-Site Fish Processing Facilities Operating in Idaho (ID-G13-0000) (9/3, p. 48459)

• BIA releases draft Programmatic EIS for the Proposed Navajo Ten-Year Forest Management Plan Alternatives, Navajo Nation, Arizona/New Mexico (8/26, p. 46705-6)
• BLM plans to amend existing land use plans of the Northern and Central California Regions, for Purposes of Establishing Standards for Land Health (8/26, p. 46706-7)
• Notice of Intent To Amend the Kremmling Field Office Resource Management Plan (8/26, p. 46713)
  • Notice of Intent to Amend the Kremmling Field Office Resource Management Plan (8/26, p. 46713-4) (2 different notices, same subject)
• BuRec proposes to prepare an EIS concerning proposed modifications to previous Central Arizona Project (CAP) water allocation decisions; scoping meetings set in Arizona (8/26, p. 46720-2)
• DOE issues Record of Decision for its Waste Management Program: Storage of High-Level Radioactive Waste (8/26, p. 46661-3)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for the proposed rehabilitation or replacement of the Sakonnet River Bridge, carrying Rhode Island Route 24 between Portsmouth and Tiverton (8/26, p. 46744-5)

• DOE releases draft EIS for the Proposed JEA Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor Project at Jacksonville, Florida (8/25, p. 46363-4)
• FERC releases EA for the Proposed Wisconsin Expansion Project (8/25, p. 46374)
• Forest Service revises its notice of intent to prepare EIS for Whiskey Campo Resource Management Project, Boise NF, Elmore County, ID (8/25, p. 46337-9)
• FS to prepare EIS for State Road 40 Project, Ocala National Forest, Marion County, Florida (8/25, p. 46339-40)
• MMS releases draft EIS on Proposed Destin Dome 56 Unit Development and Production Plan and Right-of-Way Pipeline Application (Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region, Eastern Gulf of Mexico) (8/25, p. 46406-7)

• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Henry, Lucas, Wood, and Fulton Counties, Ohio (8/24, p. 46223-4)
• NPS is preparing an EIS for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Capulin Volcano National Monument, NM (8/24, p. 46212-3)

• EPA proposes changes to Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation. EPA says its proposal "revises, clarifies and strengthens ... current regulatory requirements for establishing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) under the Clean Water Act." (8/23, p. 46011-55)
• FERC releases final EA for an application for the Lower Mokelumne River Project (FERC No. 2916) to amend the license to remove Mine Run Dam (California). The Mine Run Dam was previously used to control acid mine drainage from the abandoned Penn Mine; (8/23, p. 45963)
• NPS releases final EIS for Oregon, California, Mormon Pioneer, and Pony Express National Historic Trails (8/23, p. 45978)
• NPS to prepare EIS on Comprehensive Management Plan for the Merced Wild and Scenic River, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa and Madera Counties, California (8/23, p. 45979)

• EPA receives draft, final EIS's (8/20, p. 45541-2)
• FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing issues draft EA for PacifiCorp's Stairs Hydroelectric Project (8/20, p. 45532-3)
• FHwA releases draft EIS for project in Denver, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties (8/20, p. 45584-5)
• FHwA: Scoping process underway for EIS for proposed construction of two new Ohio River crossings, including approaches and connections to existing roadway systems, between Clark County, Indiana, and Jefferson County, Kentucky (8/20, p. 45583-4)
• Forest Service will prepare EIS for Goose Restoration Projects, Winema NF, Klamath County, Oregon (8/20, p. 45504-5)
• Forest Service will prepare EIS for Wolf Creek Ditch Special Use Permit, Okanogan NF, Okanogan County, WA (8/20, p. 45502-4

• Corps, state of California to prepare EIS/EIR for the Proposed Rock Creek-Keefer Slough Flood Control Project, Butte County, CA (8/19, p. 45242-3)
• FERC releases EA for Proposed Elk River Loop '99 Project (Minnesota) (8/19, p. 45249)
• FERC releases final EA for Occum Hydroelectric Project, located on the Shetucket River in New Loudon County, Connecticut (8/19, p. 45249-50)
• NPS releases Record of Decision, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (8/19, p. 45274)
• NPS to prepare General Management Plan/EIS, Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming (8/19, p. 45274-5)

• Record of Decision for Military Training in the Marianas (8/18, p. 44904-9)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston Counties, Texas (8/18, p. 45012-3)

• FERC to hold scoping meetings on Pennsylvania Electric/GPU Generation, Inc.-Prepared Environmental Assessment (relicensing of Piney Project No. 309) (8/17, p. 44719)
• Intl. Boundary and Water Commission to prepare EIS for the Rio Grande Canalization Project, Sierra and Dona Ana counties, N.M. and El Paso County, TX (8/17, p. 44751-2)
• Navy to prepare EIS and Overseas EIS for the San Clemente Island Range Complex (8/17, p. 44716-7)

• Forest Service to prepare EIS on Red Knight Restoration Project, Winema National Forest, Klamath County, OR (8/16, p. 44477-8)
• NPS releases Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/Supplement to the Final EIS (8/16, p. 44532-3)
• NPS releases Record of Decision for Final EIS on General Management Plan; Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas (8/16, p. 44533-5)

• DOE releases draft EIS for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nev. (8/13, p. 44200-2)
• Corps of Engineers to prepare EIS on Interim Operations of the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Project To Protect the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Sparrow) Until the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park (Mod Waters) Project Is Fully Constructed (8/13, p. 44199-44200)
• EPA comments on draft, final EIS's (8/13, p. 44218-9)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (8/13, p. 44217-8)
• FERC to prepare EA for Southern LNG's Proposed Elba Island Terminal Recommissioning Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues (8/13, p. 44209-10)
• Federal Railroad Admin. releases EA on proposed Penn Station (N.Y.) Redevelopment Project (8/13, p. 44257-8)
• FTA to prepare supplemental EIS on Los Angeles Eastside Transit Corridor (8/13, p. 44260-2)
• BLM, Navy release draft EIS for the Naval Air Station Fallon's proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Requirements, Fallon, Nevada (8/13, p. 44235-6)

• APHIS to prepare EIS on Fruit Fly Cooperative Control Program (8/12, p. 43976-7)
• FHwA will prepare a supplement to a final EIS for a proposed highway project in Lawrence County, Ohio (8/12, p. 44078-9) (looks like the same notice that was published 8/4).
• BLM releases draft EIS on South Pipeline Project--Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing Operations in Lander County, Nevada (8/12, p. 44042)
• State Department, Office of Mexican Affairs issues FONSI With Regard to the Issuance of a Presidential Permit for the Anzalduas International Crossing, McAllen, Texas (8/12, p. 44075-8)
• State Dept. issues Presidential Permit to the cities of McAllen, Hidalgo and Mission, Texas (8/12, p. 44078)
• ENFORCEMENT: EPA proposes $18,000 penalty against Arizona Dairy Co. for unauthorized discharges to Warner Road Alignment Wash and the Eastern Maricopa Floodway (8/12, p. 44015)

• FERC will prepare EA on Williams Gas Pipelines Central's Proposed Empire District Electric Company State Line Plant Project (8/11, p. 43695-7)
• FS withdraws EIS on Upper Pipe Creek Timber Sale, which will be incorporated into the Pipe Creek Timber Sale; Kootenai NF, Montana (8/11, p. 43647)

• Energy Dept. issues Record of Decision for Long-Term Management and Use of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (8/10, p. 43358-64)
• BLM publishes Notice of Intent to amend Pony Express Resource Management Plan (8/10, p. 43405)

• FAA releases Final Supplemental EIS including Executive Summary, extends Comment Period on Indianapolis International Airport (8/9, p. 43251)
• FAA releases Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Noise Abatement Measures at the Rickenbacker International Airport (8/9, p. 43251-2)
• FS to prepare EIS on Forestwide Noxious Weed Control, EIS, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Beaverhead, Madison, Jefferson, Silver Bow, Granite, and Powell Counties, MT (8/9, p. 43141)
• FS to prepare EIS in conjunction with revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Caribou NF, located in Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power counties, Idaho; Box Elder and Cache counties, Utah; and Lincoln County, Wyoming (8/9, p. 43142-4)
• BuRec announces public hearings for the CVPIA Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) (8/9, p. 43223-4)

• EPA comments available on draft, final EIS's (8/6, p. 42943)
• EPA list of draft, final EIS's received for comment (8/6, p. 42942)
• FERC sets scoping meeting, solicits scoping comments for Pennsylvania Power & Light EA using the Alternative Licensing Process (project location: On the Wallenpaupack Creek and Lackawaxen River, near the Borough of Hawley and the City of Scranton, in Wayne and Pike counties, Pennsylvania) (8/6, p. 42941-2)
• FS releases Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the White River National Forest (Colo.) and draft EIS (8/6, p. 42900-1)
• State Dept. issues finding of no significant impact with regard to an application to convert, operate and maintain a pipeline to transport crude oil across the U.S.-Canada border (8/6, p. 43009)

• Corps' Baltimore District will prepare a revised Draft EIS for the proposed open-water placement of dredged material at Site 104, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (8/5, p. 42678)
• Corps will prepare a DEIS for the construction of a boat harbor at Akutan, Alaska (8/5, p. 42678-9)
• Corps, local and state agencies to prepare EIS/EIR on Proposed Ecosystem Restoration of Middle Creek in Lake County, CA. Restoration of wetland habitat, enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, are goals (8/5, p. 42679)
• FHwA to prepare a Tiered Environmental Impact Statement for the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor from Washington, D.C., to Charlotte, N.C., by way of Richmond and Raleigh (8/5, p. 42753)
• FS will prepare EIS on the Quartzite Watershed Management Project, Colville National Forest, Stevens County, Washington. Proposal involves conducting "vegetation and road management, and implement[ing] riparian and wetland management." (8/5, p. 42639-40)
• BLM sets public hearing for Aug. 23 on the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Proposed General Management Plan and Draft EIS (8/5, p. 42712)
• NPS will prepare a general management plan and EIS for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan (8/5, p. 42713-4)
• NPS will prepare a general management plan and EIS for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan (8/5, p. 42714)

• FHwA will prepare a supplement to a final EIS for a proposed highway project in Lawrence County, Ohio (8/4, p. 42426)
• Final revised environmental review procedures for NOAA released (8/4, p. 42340-1)

• Air Force issues Record of Decision (ROD) for the Disposal and Reuse Final EIS for Reese Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (8/3, p. 42097-8)
• FS to prepare EIS on Conehead-Summit Resource Management Project, Mt. Hood National Forest, Clackamas and Wasco Counties, Oregon (8/3, p. 42083-4)
• Extension of No Action Period for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Developing Home Port Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the United States Pacific Fleet (8/3, p. 42105-6)
• State Department issues FONSI with regard to an application to build, operate and maintain two pipelines to transport crude oil across the U.S.-Mexico border (8/3, p. 42163-4)

• FERC EA "will discuss the environmental impacts of the 1999 Zone EF Expansion involving modification of the Farmington Compressor Station by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern Natural) in Dakota County, Minnesota." (8/2, p. 41925-6)
• Forest Service revises notice of intent to prepare EIS for Squirrel Meadows-Grand Targhee Resort Land Exchange Targhee NF, Teton County, WY (8/2, p. 41911-2)
• Forest Service announces additional public meetings related to the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment EIS each month, September through December 1999 (8/2, p. 41910-1)
• FS to prepare EIS on mining activities on Piru Creek, Los Padres NF, Ventura County, CA (8/2, p. 41910)
• FS will prepare EIS on South Pyramid Timber Sales, Willamette NF, Linn County, Oregon (8/2, p. 41912-3)
• MMS releases environmental documents prepared for OCS mineral proposals on the Gulf of Mexico OCS (8/2, p. 41942-4)
• Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Public Hearing; Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska (8/2, p. 41944-5)

• DOE releases draft EIS for the Treatment and Management of Sodium-Bonded Spent Nuclear Fuel (7/30, p. 41404-5)
• EPA comments on draft, final EIS's available (7/30, p. 41420-1)
• EPA announces receipt of draft, final EIS's (7/30, p. 41420)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for transportation improvements proposed in Lawrence County, Ohio and Greenup County, Kentucky (7/30, p. 41483)
• Interior "to prepare environmental documents ... to assist in developing proposed modifications to previous Central Arizona Project (CAP) water allocations." (7/30, p. 41456-7)
• Bureau of Prisons to prepare draft EIS for the Development of Either a High Security or Medium Security Federal Correctional Facility(ies) in South Carolina (7/30, p. 41464-5)

• Air Force will prepare an EIS for El Rancho Road Bridge Replacement Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (7/29, p. 41096)
• APHIS is "amending the noxious weed regulations to clearly state that a permit is required for the movement of noxious weeds interstate, as well as into or through the United States." (7/29, p. 41007-10)
• FERC to hold scoping meetings on Portland General Electric's plans to decommission Bull Run project. PGE will prepare EA (7/29, p. 41101-2)
• FHwA will prepare EIS for a proposed highway project in Jefferson, Cleveland, Lincoln, Bradley and Drew counties, Ark. (7/29, p. 41181-2)
• GSA releases final EIS for the Proposed Disposal of the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant (VAAP); Chattanooga, TN (7/29, p. 41123)
• BLM releases management plan/FEIS for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah (7/29, p. 41129-30)

• FHwA will prepare EIS on proposed improvements to the transportation system in Carter, Reynolds, Wayne, Bollinger, and Cape Girardeau Counties, Missouri (7/28, p. 40931)
• Forest Service to prepare EIS "to address issuing a permit to authorize construction and operation of an Intermodal Transit Center," located to the west of California State Route 89 just south of Fanny Bridge over the Truckee River, in Tahoe City, California (7/28, p. 40812-3)
• FS to prepare EIS on proposed Chalk Creek Timber Sales, Willamette NF, Lane County, Oregon, "to harvest and regenerate timber and thin young stands created by past regeneration harvest" (7/28, p. 40813-4)
• Proposed consent decree to settle CERCLA and RCRA violations also includes payment of $100,000 to U.S. to restore damaged wetlands (U.S. v. Burgess Brothers Inc., Civ. No. 194, D.Vt.)

• GSA will prepare EIS for construction of a new Port of Entry facility at Peace Arch in Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington (7/27, p. 40618)
• Navy to hold public hearing Aug. 11 in Tustin, Calif., on joint draft EIS/EIR for disposal/reuse of Marine Corps Air Station there (7/27, p. 40580-1)