[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14570]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Upcountry Maui
Watershed, Maui County, Hawaii
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision.
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SUMMARY: Kenneth M. Kaneshiro, Responsible Federal Official for
projects administered under the provisions of Public Law 83-566 in the
State of Hawaii, is hereby providing notification that a record of
decision to proceed with the installation of the Upcountry Maui
Watershed project, signed May 20, 1997, is available.
The record of decision documents the intent to implement
Alternative 2--Agricultural Water Distribution System as set forth in
the final Watershed Plan-Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the
Upcountry Maui Watershed, Maui County, Hawaii. The project will address
the problems of inadequate and inconsistent irrigation water supply
that prevent area farmers from full utilization of cropland and cause
crop damage and losses during drought. The project will install a
separate agricultural water system to supply untreated water for
irrigation purposes to farmers in the Upper Kula area. The economic
benefits derived by project implementation will exceed economic costs.
The project meets the needs of the sponsoring local organizations.
The record of decision documents that the Upcountry Maui Watershed
project uses all practicable means, consistent with other essential
considerations of national policy, to meet the goals established in the
National Environmental Policy Act. The FEIS has been prepared,
reviewed, and accepted in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act.
ADDRESSES: Single copies of this record of decision may be obtained
from Kenneth M. Kaneshiro, State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 300 Ala Moana Blvd. Room 4316, P.O. Box 50004,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Kolman, Assistant State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 300 Ala Moana
Blvd. Room 4316, P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850, telephone
(808) 541-2602.
(This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under 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: May 20, 1997.
Kenneth M. Kaneshiro,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 97-14570 Filed 6-3-97; 8:45 am]
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