[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14570]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Upcountry Maui 
Watershed, Maui County, Hawaii

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision.

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SUMMARY: Kenneth M. Kaneshiro, Responsible Federal Official for 
projects administered under the provisions of Public Law 83-566 in the 
State of Hawaii, is hereby providing notification that a record of 
decision to proceed with the installation of the Upcountry Maui 
Watershed project, signed May 20, 1997, is available.
    The record of decision documents the intent to implement 
Alternative 2--Agricultural Water Distribution System as set forth in 
the final Watershed Plan-Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
Upcountry Maui Watershed, Maui County, Hawaii. The project will address 
the problems of inadequate and inconsistent irrigation water supply 
that prevent area farmers from full utilization of cropland and cause 
crop damage and losses during drought. The project will install a 
separate agricultural water system to supply untreated water for 
irrigation purposes to farmers in the Upper Kula area. The economic 
benefits derived by project implementation will exceed economic costs. 
The project meets the needs of the sponsoring local organizations.
    The record of decision documents that the Upcountry Maui Watershed 
project uses all practicable means, consistent with other essential 
considerations of national policy, to meet the goals established in the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The FEIS has been prepared, 
reviewed, and accepted in accordance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act.

ADDRESSES: Single copies of this record of decision may be obtained 
from Kenneth M. Kaneshiro, State Conservationist, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, 300 Ala Moana Blvd. Room 4316, P.O. Box 50004, 
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Kolman, Assistant State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 300 Ala Moana 
Blvd. Room 4316, P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850, telephone 
(808) 541-2602.

(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 provisions of Executive Order 
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials)

    Dated: May 20, 1997.
Kenneth M. Kaneshiro,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 97-14570 Filed 6-3-97; 8:45 am]
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