[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58517-58518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23133]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Docket No. NRCS-2013-0005]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Bayou Meto Basin 
Project, Arkansas

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision and Finding of No 
Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces NRCS' adoption, under provisions 
provided for in 40 CFR 1506.3 of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) entitled: ``General 
Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the Bayou 
Meto Basin project dated November 2006 and revised March 2007'' (GRR/
EIS) and the availability of an associated NRCS ROD. NRCS has

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also adopted the Environmental Assessment (EA) entitled ``Final 
Environmental Assessment Bayou Meto Basin, Arkansas Post General 
Reevaluation Design Changes'' dated July 21, 2010, and an NRCS FONSI 
for the EA is available.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and FONSI are available upon request from 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Room 3416, Federal 
Building, 700 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlotte Bowie, State Irrigation 
Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Room 3416, Federal 
Building, 700 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3225; 
telephone: (501) 301-3148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRCS prepared the ROD and FONSI in 
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act after reviewing 
the EIS and the EA and concurring with the analysis and findings 
therein, and finding that the proposed project modifications described 
in the EA will not result in significant impacts to the environment.
    The project area is located in east central Arkansas in Lonoke, 
Pulaski, Prairie, Jefferson, and Arkansas Counties, which forms the 
Bayou Meto Improvement Project Area. The project provides a water 
supply and on-farm infrastructure for irrigation, waterfowl habitat, 
and flood damage reduction of the Bayou Meto area of Arkansas.

    Signed this 13th day of September, 2013, in Washington, DC
Terry J. Cosby,
Acting Regional Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-23133 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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