[Federal Register: March 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 54)]
[Notices]
[Page 14939-14940]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
BS-3a Caernarvon Diversion Outfall Management Project Plaquemines
Parish, Louisiana
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service.
ACTION: Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40
CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural Resources Conservation
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives notice that an
environmental impact statement is not being prepared for the Caernarvon
Diversion Outfall Management Project, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald W. Gohmert, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3737
Government
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Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302; telephone (318) 473-7751.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of the
federally assisted action indicates that the project will not cause
significant local, regional, or national impacts on the environment. As
a result of these findings, Donald W. Gohmert, State Conservationist,
has determined that preparation and review of an environmental impact
statement is not needed for this project.
The project will promote better utilization of available freshwater
and nutrients from the Mississippi River, via the Caernarvon Diversion,
for the maintenance of project area marshes. Benefits will include
increasing freshwater retention time and allowing river water
dispersion into interior marshes during periods of low diversion
discharges from the Caernarvon Diversion Structure. This will reduce
saltwater intrusion and salinity variation within the project area. The
project is expected to protect and enhance existing marshes, increase
the occurrence of emergent and submergent marsh vegetation, and improve
fish and wildlife habitat on 18,200 acres of intermediate marsh and
shallow open water bodies.
The Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been
forwarded to the Environmental Protection Agency and to various
federal, state, and local agencies and interested parties. A limited
number of copies of the FONSI are available to fill single copy
requests at the above address. Basic data collected during the
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting
Donald W. Gohmert.
No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 00-6735 Filed 3-17-00; 8:45 am]
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