[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 55028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22332]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decisions (ROD) for Texas 
Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) Fayetteville/Greenville Expansion 
Project

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) Fayetteville/Greenville 
Expansion Project.

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SUMMARY: This notice presents the Record of Decision (ROD) regarding 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) decided to 
subordinate its rights, acquired under the Wetland Reserve Program 
(WRP), to allow the Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) to cross 
NRCS held conservation easements associated with the Arkansas 
Fayetteville Lateral to Mississippi Greenville Lateral Expansion 
Project in Humphreys County, Mississippi. The project will affect 
approximately one NRCS held WRP easement in Mississippi creating a 50-
foot permanent right-of-way, being 5 feet on each side of the center of 
the pipeline, and the temporary right-of-way shall be no greater than 
25 feet wide. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) prepared 
a final environmental impact statement (EIS) to fulfill requirements of 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). FERC issued the order of 
issuing certificate on May 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS are available upon request from 
the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Suite 1321, Federal 
Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39269.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Decunda Duke-Bozeman, State WRP 
Coordinator, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Suite 1321, 
Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39269, or by 
telephone at (601) 965-4139, extension 120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The alternatives analysis is the final EIS 
found no reasonable routes alternatives that would be environmentally 
preferable to the proposed routes. The final EIS determined that the 
proposed Fayetteville/Greenville Expansion Project as modified by the 
recommended mitigation measures is the preferred alternative. Potential 
impacts to wetlands will be avoided, minimized and mitigated through 
Texas Gas Transmission of numerous route variations, implementation of 
agency recommendations and requirements, and development of site-
specific crossing plans.

Homer L. Wilkes,
State Conservationist.
 [FR Doc. E8-22332 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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