[Federal Register: July 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 36740-36741]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Little Reed Island Creek Watershed, Carroll, Pulaski and Wythe
Counties, VA
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture.
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 Guidelines (40
CFR part 1500); and the National 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 Little
Reed Island Creek Watershed in Carroll, Pulaski and Wythe Counties and
the Town of Hillsville, Virginia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. Denise Doetzer, State
Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Culpeper
Building, Suite 209, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229-
5014, telephone (804) 287-1691.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Assessment of this
federally assisted action provides evidence that the project will not
cause significant local, regional, or national impacts on the
environment. As a result of these findings, M. Denise Doetzer, State
Conservationist, has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact and
determined that the preparation and review of an Environmental Impact
Statement are not needed for this project.
The project purposes are to improve water quality, improve fish and
wildlife habitat, and reduce on-farm damages caused by excessive
erosion and sedimentation. The planned works of improvement include the
installation of 15,569 acres of conservation practices on pastureland,
hayland, cropland, woodland and riparian zone land in the Little Reed
Island Creek Watershed in Carroll, Pulaski, and Wythe Counties and the
Town of Hillsville, Virginia. The watershed protection will be
accomplished by the installation of soil and water conservation
practices on private lands.
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 developed during the
Environmental Assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting
M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist.
No administrative action on implementation of the proposed 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. 10.901, Watershed and Flood Prevention, and is
subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials.)
M. Denise Doetzer,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 01-17512 Filed 7-12-01; 8:45 am]
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