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Show sa "i. Ref: Mr. 8WM-EA Michael Schwinn u.s. Utah Army Corps 1403 South of Engineers Field Office Bountiful, 600 West, Suite A Utah 84010 Re: Draft Environmental Impact for the Kennecott Tailings Modernization Project; Dear Mr. Statement Magna, Utah Schwinn: In accordance with the responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 309 of the Clean Air Act (CM) , the Region VII:J: Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed the, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Kennecott Tailings Modernization Project. 5 .. ' EPA previously provided comments during the scoping process We also and during review of preliminary versions of the EIS. and comment had the opportunity to review during development Throughout stages of the preliminary wetland mitigation plan. and wish we have noted continued progress, our early involvement, to commend the Corps of Engineers, Kennecott, and its consultants for the cooperative effort in addressing, many of our initial concerns. Particularly, with respect to the wetland mitigation we concur with the approach taken toward mitigating unavoidable wetlands impacts through the proposed in-kind habitat plan, replacement. We offer the enclosed comments on remaining concerns for' in preparing the Final EIS. Much of the consideration your will in information assist EPA's intent to expedite a requested CERCLA decision regarding the need for remedial/removal actions prior to project construction. Eased on the procedures EPA uses to evaluate the potential effects of proposed actions and the adequacy of the information in the DEIS, the subject Draft EIS will be listed in the Federal Register in the category EC-2 (environmental concerns, .L 1) This category indicates that EPA has insufficient information). identified areas of potential environmental impacts that should be avoided in order to fully protect the environment. Also, the EIS does not contain sufficient information to fully assess environmental impacts that should be avoided in order to fully Enclosed is a summary page containing protect the environment. |
