[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 56472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15776]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan No. 1 and Environmental 
Assessment Plum Creek Watershed, Rehabilitation of Flood Retarding 
Structure (FRS) 18

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Plum Creek FRS 18 
Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Kentucky State Office, gives notice that a draft 
supplemental watershed plan/environmental assessment for the 
rehabilitation of Plum Creek FRS 18 is now available for 
public review and comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Kuhn, Acting State 
Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service, 771 Corporate 
Drive, Suite 210, Lexington, KY 40503-5479, telephone (859) 224-7350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This project was initiated due to the 
Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW) Office of Dam Safety issuance of a 
notice of violation (NOV) to the Plum Creek Watershed Conservancy 
District for Plum Creek FRS 18. Construction of FRS18 
was completed in 1957 under the Pilot Watershed Program and authorized 
by the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (PL 83-566). Due 
to changes in KDOW dam safety regulations and a pre-existing home below 
the dam, the KDOW is now requiring the dam to be upgraded to meet class 
C criteria (high hazard) or to remove the threat of flooding to the 
downstream home. The preferred alternative for this project is 
Alternative 2--demolition of the existing home and 
construction of a new elevated home on the same site. The proposed 
alternative would upgrade the dam to meet NRCS and KDOW current 
standards and criteria for a ``Significant'' or ``Moderate'' hazard 
(class B) dam and would replace the concrete riser and add a 
supplemental toe drain system to the dam.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Basic data developed during the 
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting 
Anita Arends, Resource Conservationist, telephone (859) 224-7354. 
Copies of the draft Plan/EA are available upon request. The public 
comment period will end 45-days after the date of this publication in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: September 20, 2006.
Jacob Kuhn,
Acting State Conservationist.
 [FR Doc. E6-15776 Filed 9-26-06; 8:45 am]
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