[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24177]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Bayou Bourbeux Watershed, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice 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
Regulation (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 Bayou
Bourbeux Watershed, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald W. Gohmert, State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 3737 Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana,
71302, telephone (318) 473-7751.
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, Donald W. Gohmert, State Conservationist,
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental
impact statement are not needed for this project.
The project features include the installation of flood control
measures consisting of both structural and nonstructural measures to
protect thirty-two residences within the floodplain of Bayous Yarbor
and Callahan; land treatment on 3,200 acres of critically eroding
cropland; acquiring agricultural easements on approximately 3,000 acres
of land through the Wetlands Reserve Program; and 11 miles of channel
restoration on Bayous Bellevue and Bourbeux.
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 file and may be reviewed by contacting
Bruce Lehto, Assistant State Conservationist/Water Resources, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, 3737 Government Street, Alexandria,
Louisiana 71302, telephone (318) 473-7756.
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 under NO. 10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention, and is subject to the provision of Executive Order
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and
local officials.)
Dated: September 3, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 97-24177 Filed 9-11-97; 8:45 am]
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