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Buffalo Rapids Watershed, Montana

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 [Federal Register: January 18, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2577-2578]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Buffalo Rapids Watershed, Montana

AGENCY:  Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

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
CFS 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 Buffalo
Rapids Watershed, Custer, Dawson, and Prairie Counties, Montana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Shirley Gammon, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 10 East
Babcock, Room 443, Bozeman, Montana, 59715, telephone (406) 587-6813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this
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, Shirley Gammon, State Conservationist, has
determined that the preparation and review of an environmental impact
statement are not needed for this project.
    The project concerns a plan for agricultural water management and
watershed protection. The planned works of improvement include 19,000
acres of irrigation water management, nutrient management and
conservation crop rotation; 2,100 acres of pest management; 500 acres
of prescribed grazing; 65 miles of gated pipe; 30 miles of on-farm
pipelines; 1,900 acres of center pivots; 1,900 acres of land leveling;
73 miles of lateral pipelines; improvements to 12 feedlots; and 8,000
acres of polyacrylamide application.
    The Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been
forwarded to the Environmental

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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
developed during the environmental evaluation are on file and may be
reviewed by contacting David Heilig.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.904--Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention--and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order
12372, which requires entrgovernmental consultation with state and
local officials.)

    Dated: January 3, 2000.
Shirley Gammon,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 00-1020 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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