[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 34642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14096]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Bayou Des Cannes Watershed, Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry 
Parish, Louisiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice 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 
Regulation (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 Bayou Des 
Cannes Watershed, Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald W. Gohmert, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3737 
Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302, telephone (318) 473-
7751.

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, Donald W. Gohmert, State Conservationist 
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental 
impact statement are not needed for this project.
    The recommended plan will consist of land treatment measures that 
are management type and enduring practices. The plan will treat 
approximately 23,350 acres or about 70 percent of the 33,500 acre 
problem area. Project measures will be installed under 75 long term 
contracts and will allow for the installation of 1,184 grade 
stabilization structures, 42 filter strips, 23 miles of irrigation 
pipelines and 18,860 acres of irrigation land leveling.
    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 file and may be reviewed by contacting 
Britt Paul, Assistant State Conservationist/Water Resources/Rural 
Development, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3737 Government 
Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302, telephone (318) 473-7756.
    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 provision of Executive Order 
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials.)
    Dated: June 4, 2004.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 04-14096 Filed 6-21-04; 8:45 am]
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