94-10266. Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of no Significant Impact (FNSI) For Draft Army Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Management Guidelines

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of no Significant 
Impact (FNSI) For Draft Army Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Management 
Guidelines

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army has prepared an environmental 
assessment (EA) and made a finding of no significant impact (FNSI) for 
draft Army-wide guidelines for the management of the red-cockaded 
woodpecker (RCW) on federally-owned Army installations. The RCW is a 
federally listed endangered species found on Army installations in the 
southeastern United States, extending from North Carolina to Louisiana. 
Currently, the RCW is found on Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort 
Stewart, Georgia; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia; 
Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal, North 
Carolina. The following Army installations do not currently have RCWs 
but have had RCWs historically: Fort Gordon, Georgia; Fort McClellan, 
Alabama; and Louisiana Army Ammunition Point, Louisiana. The guidelines 
will be used by Army installations that manage RCW habitat as baseline 
standards in preparing and revising installation RCW management plans. 
The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure effective Army-wide RCW 
management in compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). 
The new guidelines will replace existing guidelines approved in 1984.
    As part of the guidelines development process, the Army has 
prepared an EA and made a FNSI in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. Additionally, the Army has 
prepared a biological assessment under the ESA to assess the effects of 
the guidelines on endangered and threatened species. The Army announced 
commencement of the guidelines development process in the Federal 
Register on February 16, 1993, and invited public participation (58 FR 
8588). The EA addresses the comments received from the public and 
scientific community during the process. The EA concludes that the 
guidelines will not have a significant effect upon the environment. As 
a result, the Army has made a FNSI and proposes to approve Army RCW 
management guidelines, subject to completion of consultation with the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance with the ESA.

APPROVAL DATE: The Army will proceed to approve RCW management 
guidelines 30 days after publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or requests to obtain a copy of the EA and 
FNSI, with supporting documentation, may be forwarded to the U.S. Army 
Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL), ATTN: Mr. Tim 
Hayden, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding this action may be 
directed to USACERL, Mr. Tim Hayden, [phone] (extension 609) or 
Mr. Phil Pierce, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Attn: DAIM-ED-N, 
Washington, DC 20310-0400, [phone].
Lewis D. Walker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 94-10266 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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