[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13590-13591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7154]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Brown Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-09); Calcasieu and Cameron
Parishes, LA
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.
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Description of Action
The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, proposes to implement a hydrologic restoration
plan on the Brown Lake wetlands in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The
project involves the installation of five corrugated aluminum culverts,
each with a ten foot wide variable crest weir inlet section with a six
inch wide vertical slot and a flap gate; a seven foot wide variable
crest structure with flap gate; and two corrugated aluminum pipes with
flap and screw gates; excavate and place approximately 93,000 cubic
yards of earth fill to repair and maintain about 32,000 linear feet of
boundary levee and plug abandoned oil field canals; and excavate and
place approximately 18,300 cubic yards of earth fill to construct
25,000 linear feet of terraces.
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Factors Considered in Determination
The Brown Lane Environmental Assessment was prepared in order to
assess potential impacts of the project. In this document, no
significant adverse impacts to important habitat, endangered species,
recreation, or other resources were found. No known National Register
of Historic Places properties are in the vicinity of the project area.
Impacts to any significant cultural resources in the area will be
minimal, if any.
Public Involvement
Upon signature of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), a
Notice of Availability will be sent to concerned federal, state, local,
and other organizations and individuals known to have an interest in
the proposed project. The proposed project has been coordinated with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Environmental Protection Agency--Region VI, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers--New Orleans District, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, Governor's Executive Assistant for Coastal Activities,
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources--Coastal Restoration
Division, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources--Coastal Management
Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality, and Louisiana State Historic
Preservation Officer.
Conclusion
This office has assessed the environmental impacts of the proposed
work and has determined that the project will have no significant
adverse impacts upon the human environment. Therefore, no Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared.
Dated: March 6, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert.
[FR Doc. 97-7154 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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