[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 33051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13060]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Non-Rock Alternatives to Shoreline Protection Demonstration 
Project (LA-16) Iberia, Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes, LA

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of 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 Guidelines (40 
CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Guidelines (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 Non-Rock 
Alternatives to Shoreline Protection Demonstration Project (LA-16), 
Iberia, Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Britt Paul, Acting State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3737 
Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302; telephone (318) 473-
7751.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An environmental assessment of the 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, W. Britt Paul, Acting State Conservationist, has 
determined that preparation and review of an environmental impact 
statement is not needed for this project.
    The project will install and monitor various shoreline protection 
systems in areas of the state where physical, logistical and 
environmental limitations preclude the use of rock structures. The 
shoreline protection systems will be demonstrated in up to three (3) 
test sites in coastal Louisiana. Up to five (5) ``non-rock'' shoreline 
protection systems will be installed in 500 linear foot sections at 
each site, extending a maximum of 4,200 linear feet (including buffer 
areas) along the shoreline at each site. The sites selected include the 
western side of the peninsula separating Vermilion and Weeks Bay in 
Iberia Parish; the southeast shoreline of Lake Salvador in Jefferson 
Parish; and the western shoreline of Bayou Perot in Lafourche Parish.
    The Notice of 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 collected during the 
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting 
W. Britt Paul.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.

W. Britt Paul,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2013-13060 Filed 5-31-13; 8:45 am]
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