[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57048-57049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23153]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


New Creek Site 14 Rehabilitation Project, New Creek--Whites Run 
Subwatershed of the Potomac River Watershed, Grant County, WV

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(40 CFR Part 1500); 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 impact statement is not being prepared for the New Creek 
Site 14 Rehabilitation Project of the New Creek--Whites Run 
Subwatershed of the Potomac River Watershed, Grant County, West 
Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Wickey, State Conservationist, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, 75 High Street, Room 301, 
Morgantown, WV 26505, Phone: 304-284-7540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this 
federally assisted action indicates that the project will not cause 
significant local, regional or national impacts on the environment. As 
a result of these findings, Kevin Wickey, State Conservationist, has 
determined that the preparation and review of an environmental impact 
statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purposes are to rehabilitate Site 14 to bring the site 
into compliance with current Natural Resources Conservation Service 
design criteria and performance standards. The planned works of 
improvement include: Raising the effective top of dam to prevent 
overtopping during the probable maximum precipitation (PMP) event; 
Installation of a new intake riser; Lining the principal spillway pipe; 
Installing

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an impact basin; Installing an embankment surface drainage system; and 
Mitigating the temporary elimination of the lake's fishery.
    Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been 
forwarded to the Environmental Protection Agency and to various 
Federal, State and local agencies and interested parties. A limited 
number of copies of the FONSI are available to fill single copy 
requests at the above address. Basic data developed during the 
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting 
Kevin Wickey.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under NO. 10.904. Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention, and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials.)

    Dated: September 18, 2008,
Kevin Wickey,
State Conservationist.
 [FR Doc. E8-23153 Filed 9-30-08; 8:45 am]
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