[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46477-46478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17624]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Southern California Tree Mortality Emergency; Riverside, San 
Bernardino, and San Diego, Counties, CA

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

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 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 an 
environmental impact statement is not being prepared for proposed 
federal assistance for the Southern California Tree Mortality Emergency 
in Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles K. Davis, State Conservation 
Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 430 G Street, Davis, 
California 95616-4164, telephone (530) 792-5622.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this 
federally assisted action indicates that it will not cause significant 
local, regional, or national impacts on the environment. As a result of 
these findings, Charles W. Bell, State Conservationist, has determined 
that the preparation and review of an environmental impact statement 
are not needed for this action.
    The proposed work involves removal of dead and dying trees and 
excess brush that have created an imminent threat of catastrophic 
wildfire. The work will be done in locations where that threat has 
resulted in a hazard to life and property.
    The Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been forwarded to 
the Environmental Protection Agency and to various Federal, State, and 
local agencies. 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

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Charles K. Davis, State Conservation Engineer.

    Dated: July 27, 2004.
Helen R. Flach,
Assistant State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 04-17624 Filed 8-2-04; 8:45 am]
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