[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.
[FR Doc. 97-10003 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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