[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 68534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19959]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Availability for the Coal Creek Flood Control and 
Parkway Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Record of Decision (ROD) for the Coal Creek Flood Control 
and Parkway Final Environmental Impact Statement is now available to 
the public. On September 1, 2006, the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service (NRCS) published a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended, to disclose potential effects to the human environment 
resulting from proposed flood control improvements to Coal Creek in 
Cedar City, Utah. A notice of availability for the ROD was previously 
published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2006. Availability was 
delayed due to additional information about the proximity of Utah 
prairie dogs, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. 
The NRCS is now completing formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (FWS). No construction will begin until the NRCS has 
received a biological opinion from the FWS. The ROD authorizes 
implementation of Alternative C (Replace Main Street diversion/drop 
structure) in conjunction with the North Field Canal Option and Parkway 
Option C1.

DATES: Effective Date: November 13, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marnie Wilson, Coal Creek EIS, USDA--
NRCS, Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, 125 South State Street, Room 
4402, Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1100. Project information is also 
available on the Internet at: http://www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov under Public 
Notices.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Final EIS and ROD are 
available by request from Marnie Wilson at the address listed above. 
Basic data developed during the environmental evaluation are on file 
and may be reviewed by contacting Sylvia Gillen, Utah State 
Conservationist.

    Signed in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 9, 2006.
Sylvia A. Gillen,
State Conservationist.
 [FR Doc. E6-19959 Filed 11-24-06; 8:45 am]
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