[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22049]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Jackson County Water Association, Jackson County Lake Project and 
Notice of Public Scoping Meeting; Correction

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent and notice of meeting; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains clarifications to the Notice of Intent 
to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public 
Scoping Meeting published Friday, August 1, 1997, (62 FR 41336). The 
notice failed to specifically mention that the proposed project, 
because it may inundate National Forest System Lands, may involve 
negotiating a land exchange with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The 
project proposes to construct a 115 foot tall dam on the Laurel Fork of 
the Rockcastle River in Jackson County, Kentucky creating a 640 acre 
lake, storing approximately 28,440 acre feet of water and is located 
within the Daniel Boone National Forest. Any of the alternatives 
evaluated in the Environmental Impact Statement that may impact 
National Forest System Lands will involve negotiations with the USFS 
pursuant to its land exchange process promulgated at 36 CFR 254.

DATES: Written comments on the scope of the EIS will be accepted 15 
days after the scoping meeting is held.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Mark S. Plank, USDA, Rural 
Utilities Service, Engineering and Environmental Staff, Mail Stop 1571, 
Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-1649 or fax (202) 720-0820, 
e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark S. Plank at the address and 
telephone number above or John Strojan, District Ranger, Daniel Boone 
National Forest, London Ranger District, 761 South Laurel Road, London, 
KY 40744, (606) 864-4163, fax (606) 878-0811.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
John P. Romano,
Deputy Administrator, Water and Environmental Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-22049 Filed 8-19-97; 8:45 am]
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