[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58040-58041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28674]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Hohokam Watershed, Pinal County, Arizona
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Availability 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 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 the Hohokam
Watershed, Pinal County, Arizona.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Somerville, State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix,
Arizona 85012. Telephone: (602) 280-8808.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this
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, Mike Somerville, State Conservationist, has
determined that the preparation and review of an environmental impact
statement are not needed for this project.
The project purposes are agricultural water management and includes
a mixture of land treatment and management practices to conserve
irrigation water. The planned works of improvement include irrigation
land leveling, suitable irrigation water conveyance, structures for
turnouts and water measurement for irrigation water management, and
plant, and fertility management practices (not cost-shared) including
irrigation water management, crop residue use, conservation cropping
sequence, appropriate erosion control practices as needed, nutrient
management and pest management.
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 on the file and may be reviewed by
contacting Don Paulus, at (602) 280-8780.
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 NO. 10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention,
and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which
requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local
officials.)
Dated: November 1, 1995.
Michael Somerville,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 95-28674 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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