[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26475]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


San Carlos Watershed, Pinal County, Arizona

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability 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 
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 San Carlos 
Watershed, Pinal County, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Somerville, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3003 North 
Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona, 85012. Telephone: (602) 
280-8808.

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, Michael Somerville, State Conservationist, 
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental 
impact statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purposes are agricultural water management and includes 
a mixture of land treatment and management practices to conserve 
irrigation water. The planned works of improvement include irrigation 
land leveling, suitable irrigation water conveyance, structures for 
turnouts and water measurement for irrigation water management, and 
plant, and fertility management practices (not cost-shared) including 
irrigation water management, crop residue use, conservation cropping 
sequence, appropriate erosion control practices as needed, nutrient 
management and pest management. All works of improvement are on 
previously cropped land.
    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 the file and may be reviewed by 
contacting Donald Paulus, at (602) 280-8780.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: August 9, 2001.
Michael Somerville,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 01-26475 Filed 10-19-01; 8:45 am]
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