[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31745]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Description of System To Rank and Approve Requests for Assistance 
for Rehabilitation of Aging Watershed Dams

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 14 (f) of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act (Pub. L. 83-566), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1012); The 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
gives notice that a system to rank and approve requests for 
rehabilitation of watershed dams has been prepared for use in 
implementation of a rehabilitation program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry W. Caldwell, National Policy 
Coordinator for Aging Watershed Infrastructure, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, 100 USDA Suite 206, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074-
2655.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 83-566 was amended by Section 313 
of Public Law 106-472. One provision of this amendment directed the 
Secretary of Agriculture to establish a system of ranking and approving 
requests for rehabilitation of watershed dams. A description of the 
system that will be implemented in FY 2002 to establish a priority 
ranking of all applications for assistance received in a state has been 
developed. Copies of the description of this ranking and approval 
system are available upon request at the above address.

Roger L. Bensey,
Director, Watersheds and Wetlands Division.
[FR Doc. 01-31745 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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