[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36740-36741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17512]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Little Reed Island Creek Watershed, Carroll, Pulaski and Wythe 
Counties, VA

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
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 on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 
CFR part 1500); and the National 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 Little 
Reed Island Creek Watershed in Carroll, Pulaski and Wythe Counties and 
the Town of Hillsville, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. Denise Doetzer, State 
Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Culpeper 
Building, Suite 209, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229-
5014, telephone (804) 287-1691.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Assessment of this 
federally assisted action provides evidence that the project will not 
cause significant local, regional, or national impacts on the 
environment. As a result of these findings, M. Denise Doetzer, State 
Conservationist, has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact and 
determined that the preparation and review of an Environmental Impact 
Statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purposes are to improve water quality, improve fish and 
wildlife habitat, and reduce on-farm damages caused by excessive 
erosion and sedimentation. The planned works of improvement include the 
installation of 15,569 acres of conservation practices on pastureland, 
hayland, cropland, woodland and riparian zone land in the Little Reed 
Island Creek Watershed in Carroll, Pulaski, and Wythe Counties and the 
Town of Hillsville, Virginia. The watershed protection will be 
accomplished by the installation of soil and water conservation 
practices on private lands.
    The Notice of 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 
M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposed 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. 10.901, Watershed and Flood Prevention, and is 
subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which requires 
intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials.)
M. Denise Doetzer,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 01-17512 Filed 7-12-01; 8:45 am]
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