[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14266]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Upper Deckers Creek Watershed, Preston and Monongalia Counties, 
West Virginia

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture.

ACTION:  Notice of a 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 of 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 than an 
environmental impact statement is not being prepared for the Upper 
Deckers Creek Watershed Project, Preston and Monongalia Counties, West 
Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Hartman, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 75 High 
Street, Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505, telephone 304-284-
7545.

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, William J. Hartman, State Conservationist, 
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental 
impact statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purpose is water quality improvement through acid mine 
drainage remediation. Planned actions include mine spoil regrading, 
highwall elimination, revegetation, limestone channels, passive 
treatment systems, grouting, and addition of limestone fines to 
streams.
    The 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 William J. Hartman.
    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 intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials.)
William J. Hartman,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 00-14266 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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