[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2577-2578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1020]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Buffalo Rapids Watershed, Montana

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 Guidelines (40 
CFS Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Guidelines (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 Buffalo 
Rapids Watershed, Custer, Dawson, and Prairie Counties, Montana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Shirley Gammon, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 10 East 
Babcock, Room 443, Bozeman, Montana, 59715, telephone (406) 587-6813.

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, Shirley Gammon, State Conservationist, has 
determined that the preparation and review of an environmental impact 
statement are not needed for this project.
    The project concerns a plan for agricultural water management and 
watershed protection. The planned works of improvement include 19,000 
acres of irrigation water management, nutrient management and 
conservation crop rotation; 2,100 acres of pest management; 500 acres 
of prescribed grazing; 65 miles of gated pipe; 30 miles of on-farm 
pipelines; 1,900 acres of center pivots; 1,900 acres of land leveling; 
73 miles of lateral pipelines; improvements to 12 feedlots; and 8,000 
acres of polyacrylamide application.
    The Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been 
forwarded to the Environmental

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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 evaluation are on file and may be 
reviewed by contacting David Heilig.
    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 provisions of Executive Order 
12372, which requires entrgovernmental consultation with state and 
local officials.)

    Dated: January 3, 2000.
Shirley Gammon,
State Conservationist.
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