[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34052-34053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9196]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Highland Lake Fish Passage, Highland Lake Watershed, Westbrook, 
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 prepared 
an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Highland Lake Fish Passage 
Project, Westbrook, Maine. NRCS has found that the restoration of the 
Highland Lake Stream channel and alteration to the fishway 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. Wayne Munroe, District 
Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, 306 U.S. Route One, Suite A1, Scarborough, 
ME 04074, (207) 883-0159 ext. 101. 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.

DATES: Effective Date: Comments on the EA and FONSI must be postmarked 
on or before the effective date of June 19, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sponsoring local organization, Maine 
Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), concurs with this determination 
and agrees with carrying forward the proposed project. The objective of 
the sponsoring local organization is to create a stable unbraided 
stream channel and improve a fish ladder in the Highland Lake Dam in 
order to provide passage for migrating anadromous fish.
    The FONSI has been forwarded to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Agency and to various Federal, State and local agencies and interested 
parties.
    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.


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    Dated: June 5, 2006.
Joyce A. Swartzendruber,
State Conservationist.
 [FR Doc. E6-9196 Filed 6-12-06; 8:45 am]
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