[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24177]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Bayou Bourbeux Watershed, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture.

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 
Regulation (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 Bayou 
Bourbeux Watershed, St. Landry 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 for this project.
    The project features include the installation of flood control 
measures consisting of both structural and nonstructural measures to 
protect thirty-two residences within the floodplain of Bayous Yarbor 
and Callahan; land treatment on 3,200 acres of critically eroding 
cropland; acquiring agricultural easements on approximately 3,000 acres 
of land through the Wetlands Reserve Program; and 11 miles of channel 
restoration on Bayous Bellevue and Bourbeux.
    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. Basic data developed during the 
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting 
Bruce Lehto, Assistant State Conservationist/Water Resources, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, 3737 Government Street, Alexandria, 
Louisiana 71302, telephone (318) 473-7756.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.

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

    Dated: September 3, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 97-24177 Filed 9-11-97; 8:45 am]
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