[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19098-19099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10003]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Cameron-Creole Maintenance Project (CS-4a), Cameron Parish, 
Louisiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

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 
Regulations (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 Cameron-
Creole Maintenance Project (CS-4a), Cameron 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 on this project.
    The purpose of this project is to provide maintenance on a 
completed 113,000 acre PL-566 watershed project through PL-646. The 
original project and maintenance proposal has already gone through 
public review.
    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.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.


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    Dated: April 4, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.

Finding of No Significant Impact; Cameron-Creole Maintenance Project 
(CS-4A), Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Introduction

    The Cameron-Creole Maintenance Project is a federally assisted 
action authorized for funding under Public Law 101-646, Coastal 
Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act. An environmental 
assessment has been completed on this project based upon examination of 
a Final Environment Statement completed on the PL-566 Cameron-Creole 
Watershed Project. This document is available for review at the 
following location: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Water Resources Planning Section, 3727 Government 
Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302.

Recommended Action

    The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS) proposes to provide maintenance on the 
completed PL-566 Cameron-Creole Watershed Project through the 
authorized PL-646 funding.

Effect of the Recommended Action

    The Cameron-Creole Watershed is an 113,000 acre area in Cameron 
Parish, Louisiana. Providing necessary maintenance will insure 
continued benefits of the completed project are sustained, as shown by 
the latest monitoring report.

Consultation--Public Participation

    Upon signature of this Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), a 
Notice of Availability will be sent to concerned federal, state, local 
and other organizations and individuals known to have an interest in 
the proposed project. The proposed project has been coordinated with 
and accepted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and the Governor's 
Office of Coastal Affairs.
    Meetings are being held throughout the process to keep all 
interested parties informed of the project status. Agency consultation 
and public participation to date have shown no unresolved conflicts 
with the proposed implementation of the selected plan.

Conclusion

    This office has assessed the environmental impacts of the proposed 
work and has determined that the project will have no significant 
adverse local, regional, or national impacts on the environment. 
Therefore, no Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or Supplemental EIS 
will be prepared.

    Dated: April 4, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.

Subject: Adoption of Cameron-Creole Watershed Environmental Impact

To: Cameron-Creole Maintenance Project (CS-4A) File

    I have reviewed the Cameron Creole Watershed Final Environment 
Statement which is housed in the Water Resources Planning Section at 
3727 Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana. It adequately 
addresses the potential environmental impacts for the above 
identified action and meets the requirements of Natural Resources 
Conservation Service NEPA as set forth in the regulations of the 
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (40 CFR 1500-1508) and the 
SCS (7 CFR 650).
    This memorandum is adopted as my environmental assessment of the 
subject action.
    Based on an examination and review of the foregoing information, 
I have determined that this project:

______ will have a significant effect on the quality of the human 
environment and an Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared;

XX  will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human 
environment.

    I have made the following compliance determination for the 
listed environmental requirements.

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    Not in compliance         In compliance                             
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______                                    XX   Clean Air Act.           
______                                    XX   Federal Water Pollution  
                                                Control Act.            
______                                    XX   Safe Drinking Water Act--
                                                Section 1924(e).        
______                                    XX   Endangered Species Act.  
______                                    XX   Coastal Barrier Resources
                                                Act.                    
______                                    XX   Coastal Zone Management  
                                                Act-Section 307(c) (1)  
                                                and (2).                
______                                    XX   Wild and Scenic Rivers   
                                                Act.                    
______                                    XX   National Historic        
                                                Preservation Act.       
______                                    XX   Archaeological and       
                                                Historic Preservation   
                                                Act.                    
______                                    XX   Executive Order 11988,   
                                                Floodplain Management.  
______                                    XX   Executive Order 11990,   
                                                Protection of Wetlands. 
______                                    XX   Subtitle B, Highly       
                                                Erodible Land           
                                                Conservation, and       
                                                Subtitle Wetland        
                                                Conservation, of the    
                                                Food Security Act.      
______                                    XX   Farmland Protection      
                                                Policy Act.             
______                                    XX   Departmental Regulation  
                                                9500-3, Land Use Policy.
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    I have reviewed and considered the type and degree of adverse 
environmental impacts identified by this assessment. I have also 
analyzed the proposal for its consistency with NRCS environmental 
policies, particularly those related to land use, and have 
considered the potential benefits of the proposal. Based upon a 
consideration and balancing of these factors, I have determined from 
an environmental standpoint that the project

XX be approved

______ not be approved because of the attached reasons.

    Dated: April 4, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
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