[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32918-32919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8842]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Sandy River, Kennebec River Watershed, Madison, ME

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Finding of No Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has adopted 
the Environmental Assessment (EA), prepared by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in April, 2006, for the Sandy River 
Project, Madison, Maine (FERC Project No. 11433-016). Upon an 
independent review of the EA document, NRCS found that the removal of 
the Sandy River Project dam would not result in a significant impact on 
the quality of the human environment, particularly when focusing on the 
significant adverse effects that NEPA is intended to help decision 
makers avoid and mitigate against. Therefore, NRCS has prepared a 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, and gives notice 
that an environmental impact statement is not being prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Single copies of the EA and FONSI 
documents, may be obtained by contacting Mr. Kevin White, District 
Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, 12 High Street, Suite 3, Skowhegan, ME 
04976-1998, (207) 474-8324. For additional information related to this 
notice, contact Joyce Swartzendruber, State Conservationist, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Suite 3, Bangor, 
ME 04401-2700; telephone (207) 990-9100, Ext. 3. Comments on the EA and 
FONSI must be received no later than 30 days after this notice is 
published.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sponsoring local organization, Madison 
Electric Works, concurs with this determination and agrees with 
carrying forward the proposed project. The objective of the sponsoring 
local organization is to remove a hydroelectric dam to provide passage 
for migrating anadromous fish, including Atlantic Salmon and Atlantic 
Shad.
    The FONSI has been forwarded to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Agency and to various Federal, State and local agencies and interested 
parties.

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    No administrative action on implementation of the proposed action 
will be taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: May 31, 2006.
Joyce A. Swartzendruber,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. E6-8842 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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