[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24559-24560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10033]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Little Wood River Irrigation District, Gravity Pressurized 
Irrigation Delivery System, Blaine County, Idaho

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 012(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 that a Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been prepared and published 
for a proposed federally assisted project by the Little Wood River 
Irrigation District, Blaine County, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Final EIS are available 
on the NRCS Web site at http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/ and Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, 9173 W. Barnes Dr., Suite C, Boise, 
Idaho 83709-1574. A limited number of copies of the EIS 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 Richard Sims, State Conservationist, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, 9173 W. Barnes Dr., Suite C, Boise, Idaho 93709-
1574; telephone: 208-378-5700.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS addresses the effects of 
constructing a proposed gravity pressurized irrigation delivery system. 
The document analyzes the proposed action and two other alternatives, 
including no action. The proposed action includes the construction, 
operation and maintenance of two High-Density Polyethylene pipelines 
that provide irrigation water under gravity pressure to 8,800 irrigated 
acres and to 2,000 acres with booster pumps. The proposed action would 
cross the Little Wood River channel three times, several county roads, 
U.S. Highways 20 and 26, and adjacent to historic Little Wood River 
floodplains. This document describes Direct, Indirect, and Cumulative 
Effects of three Alternatives on ecological, aesthetic, historic, 
cultural, economic, social, and health conditions.

    Dated: April 26, 2004.
Richard Sims,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 04-10033 Filed 5-3-04; 8:45 am]
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