[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 131 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17184]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service


Red-White Clay Creeks Watershed, Pennsylvania and Delaware

AGENCY: USDA--Natural Resources Conservation Service.

ACTION: ``Notice of a 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 Guidelines (40 
CFR, Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(formerly the Soil Conservation Service) Guidelines (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 Red-White Clay Creeks Watershed, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet L. Oertly, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Suite 340, One 
Credit Union Place, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-2993, telephone 
(717) 782-2202.

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, Janet L. Oertly, State Conservationist, has 
determined that the preparation and review of an environmental impact 
statement are not needed for this project.
    The project concerns a plan for water quality improvement. The 
planned works of improvement involve extensive accelerated land 
treatment and the acquisition of conservation easements. Land treatment 
measures include agricultural waste management systems; erosion and 
sediment control on cropland; restoration of wetlands; establishment of 
riparian forest buffers; and stabilization of severely eroding 
streambanks. Conservation easements included perpetual floodplain and 
wetland easements.
    The ``Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact'' (FONSI) has 
been forwarded to the Environmental Protection Agency. A limited number 
of copies of the FONSI are available to fill single copy requests at 
the above address. The environmental assessment and basic data may be 
reviewed by contacting Janet L. Oertly.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until thirty (30) days after the date of this publication in the 
Federal Register.
Janet L. Oertly,
State Conservationist.

``(This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance Program 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.)''

[FR Doc. 96-17184 Filed 7-5-96; 8:45 am]
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