[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17060-17061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6645]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Natural Resources Conservation Service

TE-48 Raccoon Island Shore Protection/Marsh Creation Project 
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy

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Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR 
part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines 
(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 Raccoon Island Shore 
Protection/Marsh Creation Project (TE-48), Terrebonne 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 the 
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 preparation and review of an environmental impact 
statement is not needed for this project.
    The project will protect the Raccoon Island rookery and seabird 
colonies threatened by a retreating shoreline by reducing the rate of 
erosion along the western end of the island and creating more land and 
avian habitat along the northern shoreline. The proposed project 
consists of installing eight segmented rock breakwaters immediately 
west of the existing Raccoon Island Breakwater Demonstration Project 
(TE-29); installing an eastern terminal groin structure extending to 
existing breakwater 0; and creating approximately 60 acres of new 
habitat for bird species on the northeast portion of the island by 
backfilling open water areas with suitable dredged material.
    The Notice of 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 collected during the 
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting 
Donald W. Gohmert.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.

Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 05-6645 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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