[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8215-8216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3313]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decisions (ROD) for 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) In Cooperation With the 
Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Project FHWA-TN-EIS-04-
01-F

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in cooperation with the 
Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Project FHWA-TN-EIS-04-
01-F.

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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 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 
cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to 
construct a limited access expressway to cross NRCS held conservation 
easements associated with the Federal Highway Administration 
(Interstate 69, Section of Independent Utility 9 Project in 
Desoto County, Mississippi). The project will affect approximately one 
NRCS held WRP easement in Mississippi. The Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) approved the re-evaluation environmental impact 
statement (EIS) to fulfill requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA). FHWA issued the order of issuing certificate on June 
17, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS are available upon request from 
the Natural Resources 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 
and found no reasonable route alternatives that would be 
environmentally preferable to the proposed route. The final EIS 
determined that the proposed Project FHWA-TN-EIS-04-01-F as modified by 
the recommended mitigation measures is the preferred

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alternative. Potential impacts to wetlands will be avoided, minimized 
and mitigated through Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 
cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) of 
numerous route variations, implementation of agency recommendations and 
requirements, and development of site-specific plans.

Al Garner,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2012-3313 Filed 2-13-12; 8:45 am]
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