[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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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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