[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26073-26074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8790]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Availability of Finding of No Significant Impact and 
Environmental Assessment for Use of NRCS Conservation Practices To 
Address Natural Resource Concerns on Non-Federal Lands in the New 
England States and New York

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability of finding of no significant impact and 
environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended; the Council of Environmental Quality 
Guidelines (40 CFR Part 650); 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 assessment (EA) has been prepared for the use of NRCS 
conservation practices to address natural resource concerns on non-
federal lands in the New England States and New York. The environmental 
assessment of this federally assisted action indicates that the 
provision of financial assistance to implement common conservation 
practices identified within the EA will not result in significant 
individual or cumulative impacts on the quality of the human 
environment, particularly when focusing on the significant adverse 
impacts that NEPA is intended to help decision makers avoid and 
mitigate against. As a result of these findings, Ms. Margo L. Wallace 
(Connecticut), Ms. Joyce Swartzendruber (Maine), Ms. Christine Clarke 
(Massachusetts), Mr. George Cleek, IV, (New Hampshire), Mr. Ron 
Alvarado (New York), Ms. Roylene Rides at the Door (Rhode Island), and 
Ms. Judith M. Doerner (Vermont), State Conservationists, have made a 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and determined that the 
preparation and review of an environmental impact statement are not 
required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joyce Swartzendruber, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 967 Illinois 
Avenue, Suite 3, Bangor, ME 04401. Telephone 207-990-9100 
extension3.
    Single copies of the EA or additional information on matters 
related to this Federal Register Notice, may be obtained by contacting 
Ms. Joyce Swartzendruber at the above address or Web site at:

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/ENTSC/Outgoing/FONSI_and_Regional_EA.pdf.

    Comments can be posted online at the www.regulations.gov Web site 
or mailed to the above address. Comments must be received no later than 
30 days after this notice is published.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments on the EA and FONSI must be 
received or post-marked on or before 30 days from publication on this 
EA and FONSI in the Federal Register.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No administrative action on

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implementation of the proposal will be taken until 30 days after the 
date of this publication in the Federal Register.

     Dated: April 30, 2007.
Joyce A. Swartzendruber,
State Conservationist, Maine.
[FR Doc. E7-8790 Filed 5-7-07; 8:45 am]
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