[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 32770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16148]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Chestnut Creek Watershed; Notice of a Finding of No Significant
Impact
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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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
CF Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Guidelines (CF 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 Chestnut Creek Watershed
in Carroll and Grayson Counties and the City of Galax, Virginia and
Surry and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources
Conservation Service 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Culpeper Building, Suite
209, Federal Building, Richmond, VA 23229-5014, telephone (804) 287-
1691.
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, M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist,
has determined that the preparation and review of an Environmental
Impact Statement are not needed for this project.
Chestnut Creek Watershed
The project concerns a watershed plan for the protection of 12,883
acres of pastureland, hayland, cropland, woodland and riparian zone in
Carroll and Grayson Counties and the City of Galax, Virginia and Surry
and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina. This 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. 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
proposal will be taken until 30 days after the date of this publication
in the Federal Register.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 10901, Resource
Conservation and Development Program. Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernment review of Federal and federally-assisted
programs and projects is applicable.)
Dated: June 19, 1996.
L. Willis Miller, Jr.,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 96-16148 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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