[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9765-9766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-801]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Webber Pond Fish Passage, Webber Pond Watershed, Vassalboro, 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 Webber Pond Fish Passage 
Project, Vassalboro, Maine. NRCS has found that the installation of an 
Alaska Steep Pass Fishway, American eel passage ladder and water 
control structure would not result in a significant impact on the 
quality of the human environment, particularly when focusing on the 
significant adverse effects that National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) is intended to help decision makers avoid and mitigate. 
Therefore, NRCS has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
in compliance with the (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 Amanda Burton, Soil 
Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, 21 Enterprise Drive, Suite 1, Augusta, ME 
04330, (207) 622-7847 ext. 3. For additional information related to 
this notice, contact Dianne C. Guidry, Acting State Conservationist, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Suite 3, 
Bangor, Maine 04401-2700; telephone (207) 990-9100 ext. 3.

DATES: Effective Date: Comments on the EA and FONSI must be received on 
or before the effective date on March 28, 2008.

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

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objective of the sponsoring local organization is to create fish 
passage and water control structure in the Webber Pond 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.

    Dated: February 6, 2008.
Dianne C. Guidry,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 08-801 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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