[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 6509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02944]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Docket No. NRCS-2017-0004]


South Branch Potomac River Subwatershed of the Potomac River 
Watershed, Highland County, Virginia and Pendleton and Grant Counties, 
West Virginia

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of intent to deauthorize Federal funding.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Flood Control Act and the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS) Guidelines (7 CFR part 622), NRCS gives 
notice of the intent to deauthorize Federal funding for the South 
Branch Potomac River Subwatershed of the Potomac River Watershed 
project, Highland County, Virginia and Pendleton and Grant Counties, 
West Virginia.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments within 60 days 
of this notice being published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be sent 
to either John Bricker, VA State Conservationist, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, 
Suite 209, Richmond, Virginia 23229. Telephone: (804) 287-1691 or 
email: [email protected] or Louis Aspey, WV State 
Conservationist, 1550 Earl L. Core Road, Suite 200, Morgantown, West 
Virginia 26505. Telephone: (304) 284-7540 or email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions about this 
notice, please contact Wade Biddix, (804) 287-1675 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A determination has been made by John 
Bricker, NRCS State Conservationist in Virginia, and Louis Aspey, NRCS 
State Conservationist in West Virginia, that the proposed works of 
improvement for the South Branch Potomac River Subwatershed of the 
Potomac River Watershed project will not be installed. The sponsoring 
local organizations have concurred in this determination and agree that 
Federal funding should be deauthorized for the project. Information 
regarding this determination may be obtained from John Bricker, NRCS 
State Conservationist in Virginia, and Louis Aspey, NRCS State 
Conservationist in West Virginia, at the above addresses and telephone 
numbers.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposed 
deauthorization will be taken until 60 days after the date of this 
publication in the Federal Register.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 10.904, 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention. Executive Order 12372 
regarding State and local clearinghouse review of Federal and 
federally assisted programs and project is applicable)

    Dated: December 21, 2017.
John A. Bricker,
VA State Conservationist.
    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Louis Aspey,
WV State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2018-02944 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
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