[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44861-44862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18177]


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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION


United States and Mexico; United States Section Notice of 
Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact for Allowing Avian Hunting in Designated Areas Along 
the Rio Grande Canalization Project, Sierra and Do[ntilde]a Ana 
Counties, New Mexico

AGENCY: United States Section, International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment 
(EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final 
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508); and the United States 
Section, Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, 
published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the 
United States Section hereby gives notice that the Final Environmental 
Assessment for Allowing Avian Hunting in Designated Areas Along the Rio 
Grande Canalization Project, Sierra and Do[ntilde]a Ana Counties, New 
Mexico is available.
    A notice of the draft EA was published in the Federal Register on 
July 25, 2013 (Federal Register Notice, Vol. 78, No. 143, Page 44969) 
and provided a thirty (30) day comment period. This EA analyzed the 
potential impacts of allowing migratory and game bird hunting within 
designated areas on USIBWC property in Do[ntilde]a Ana County, New 
Mexico, along the New Mexico portion of the Rio Grande Canalization 
Project, which extends from Percha Dam near Arrey, New Mexico 
downstream to American Dam in El Paso, Texas. The designated hunting 
areas were modified in the Final EA in response to public comments. An 
environmental impact statement will not be prepared.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural 
Resources Specialist, Environmental Management Division; United States 
Section, International Boundary and Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C-
100; El

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Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4701, email: 
[email protected]. Background: Availability: The electronic 
version of the Final EA and FONSI is available from the USIBWC Web 
page: http://www.ibwc.gov/EMD/EIS_EA_Public_Comment.html.

    Dated: July 25, 2014.
Matthew Myers,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-18177 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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