Notice2025-06703
Availability of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
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Published
April 18, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) (EPA No. N2025023) to analyze the potential environmental impacts related to the issuance of grant funding for the planning, design, and construction of eligible drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects, and water quality protection projects under the Community Project Funding (CPF)/Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS), otherwise known as the Community Grants Program. Projects receiving Community Grants Program funding must also comply with applicable federal laws, regulations, Executive Orders, and other state and local environmental reviews. Based on the environmental impact analysis in the PEA, the EPA has made a preliminary determination that no significant environmental impacts are anticipated from the issuance of Community Grants Program funding. This notice initiates the 30-day review period and invites comments from Federal, State, and local agencies, Tribes, and the public regarding the EPA's preliminary determination.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16524-16525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06703]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0039] [FRL OP-OFA-160]
Availability of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Programmatic Environmental Assessment
(PEA)/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (EPA No. N2025023).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has prepared a
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) (EPA No. N2025023) to
analyze the potential environmental impacts related to the issuance of
grant funding for the planning, design, and construction of eligible
drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects, and
water quality protection projects under the Community Project Funding
(CPF)/Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS), otherwise known as the
Community Grants Program. Projects receiving Community Grants Program
funding must also comply with applicable federal laws, regulations,
Executive Orders, and other state and local environmental reviews.
Based on the environmental impact analysis in the PEA, the EPA has made
a preliminary determination that no significant environmental impacts
are anticipated from the issuance of Community Grants Program funding.
This notice initiates the 30-day review period and invites comments
from Federal, State, and local agencies, Tribes, and the public
regarding the EPA's preliminary determination.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2025-0039, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#482b2725253d26213c312f3a29263c3b2039082d3829662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4b7bbb9b9a1babda0adb3a6b5baa0a7bca594b1a4b5fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>. Include Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0039 in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Community Grants Program Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this notice. Comments received may be posted without change to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the notice, see the ``Public Participation'' heading of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Zolandz, Water Infrastructure
Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Community Grants Program,
Mail Code: 4204M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-565-2238; email
address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aecdc1c3c3dbc0c7dad7c9dccfc0daddc6dfeecbdecf80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4724282a2a32292e333e2035262933342f360722372669202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2025-
0039, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), or the
other methods identified in the ADDRESSES
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section. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the
docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit to the EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI),
Proprietary Business Information (PBI), or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio,
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written
comment is considered the official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system).
Please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a> for
additional submission methods; the full EPA public comment policy;
information about CBI, PBI, or multimedia submissions; and general
guidance on making effective comments.
II. General Information
Congress appropriates funding for specifically named community
water infrastructure projects known as Community Project Funding (CPF)/
Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) items, known hereafter as
Community Grants Program projects. These Community Grants Program
projects are identified on an annual basis in Annual Appropriation Acts
and the grant authority for the program is identified within the Annual
Appropriations Acts themselves. The Annual Appropriations Acts direct
funding towards these projects, which are designated for the planning,
design, and construction of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater
infrastructure, and water quality protection projects. For a project to
be eligible for Community Grants Program funding, the project must be
identified in the Annual Appropriations Acts.
The proposed federal action under consideration in this PEA is
approving or denying Community Grants Program applications by either
awarding or not awarding the Community Grants Program funding. In the
PEA, the EPA analyzed the potential adverse and beneficial
environmental impacts of the issuance of grant funding for the
planning, design, and construction of eligible drinking water,
wastewater and stormwater infrastructure projects, and water quality
protection projects. The PEA presents a broad and high-level review of
information on a nationwide basis on existing conditions and discusses
potential impacts and mitigation measures that might typically occur
during construction and operation of broad project types.
The environmental review process, which is documented by the PEA,
indicates that no potential significant adverse environmental impacts
are anticipated from the proposed action. Based on the environmental
impact analysis in the PEA, the EPA has determined that no significant
environmental impacts are anticipated from the issuance of funding
under the Community Grants Program and the proposed action does not
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment, making the preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) unnecessary. Therefore, the EPA is issuing a
preliminary FONSI.
An electronic copy of the PEA and preliminary FONSI (EPA No.
N2025023) are available for download from EPA's NEPA Compliance
Database at <a href="https://cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/nepa/details?nepaId=503414">https://cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/nepa/details?nepaId=503414</a>.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
[FR Doc. 2025-06703 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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