[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43393-43394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14830]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Environmental Statement; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has 
prepared an Environmental Assessment in compliance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, the implementing 
regulations for NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and NRCS policy. The St. 
George and Washington Canal Washington Fields Pipeline Project is a 
federally assisted action authorized as a Congressional Earmark under 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004. The Environmental Assessment 
was developed in coordination with the Washington County Water 
Conservancy District and the Bureau of Land Management. Upon review of 
the Environmental Assessment, the State Conservationist for NRCS, Utah, 
made a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and the determination 
was made that no environmental impact statement is required to support 
the project. 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 the St. 
George and Washington Canal Washington Fields Pipeline Project. Written 
comments regarding this action may be submitted to: Sylvia Gillen, 
State Conservationist, USDA/NRCS, Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, 
125 South State Street, Room 4402, Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1100. 
Comments must be received no later than 30 days after this notice is 
published.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sylvia Gillen, State Conservationist, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wallace F. Bennett Federal 
Building, 125 South State Street, Room 4402, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84138-1100; telephone (801) 524-4550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Assessment of this 
federally assisted action documents that the project will not cause 
significant local, regional, state, or national impacts on the human 
environment. The findings of Sylvia Gillen, State Conservationist, 
indicate that the preparation and review of an environmental impact 
statement is not needed for this project.
    The objectives of the proposed project are:
     To decrease the amount of water loss from the canal caused 
through seepage.
     To decrease the potential liability associated with the 
canal washing out and the resulting flooding.
     To increase public safety by piping the canal.
    The proposed action is to replace the St. George and Washington 
Canal with a buried pipeline. The existing concrete canal lining would 
be removed and a pipeline would be placed in the existing trench. 
Approximately 9 miles of pipeline would be welded together and then 
lifted and placed into the canal alignment.
    Copies of the FONSI and Environmental Assessment are available by 
request from Sylvia Gillen, Utah State Conservationist. Basic data 
developed during the environmental evaluation are on file and may be 
reviewed by contacting Sylvia Gillen, Utah State Conservationist. 
Requests may be submitted to: Sylvia Gillen, State Conservationist, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wallace F. Bennett Federal 
Building, 125 South State Street, Room 4402, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84138-1100; telephone (801) 524-4550.
    No administrative action on implementation of this project will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this notice is published.
    (This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under No. 10.902, Soil and Water Conservation and 
Environmental Quality Incentive Program 10.912.)

    Signed in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 20, 2005.
Sylvia A. Gillen,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 05-14830 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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