[Federal Register: March 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 51)]
[Notices]
[Page 15072-15073]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Lower Silver Watershed, Santa Clara County, CA
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservatiaon Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of a 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 regulations
(40 CFR Part 1500), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service
regulations (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 Supplemental
Watershed Agreement No. 2 for the Lower Silver Creek Watershed, Santa
Clara County, California.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey R. Vonk, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 430 G Street,
Davis, California, 95616-4164, telephone (530) 792-5603.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this
federally assisted action indicates that the modifications to the
project will not cause significant local, regional, or national impacts
on the environment. As a result of these findings, Jeffrey R. Vonk,
State Conservationist, has determined that the preparation and review
of an environmental impact statement are not needed for this project.
The project purpose is flood prevention. The planned project
includes the floodproofing of two structures and channel work to
increase
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flow capacity along 4.64 miles of channel.
The Notice of a 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 developed during the
environmental assessment are no file and may be reviewed by contacting
J.R. Flores, Acting Director, Watershed Planning Services.
No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.
(This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention, and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order
12372, which requies intergovernmental consultation with state and
local officials.)
Dated: March 9, 2001.
Jeffrey R. Vonk,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 01-6465 Filed 3-14-01; 8:45 am]
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