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Second Creek Watershed, Adams County, MS

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 [Federal Register: June 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 109)]
[Notices]
[Page 33907]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06jn03-37]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
 
Second Creek Watershed, Adams County, MS

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of a 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 Regulations 
(40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Regulations (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 Second Creek 
Watershed, Adams County, Mississippi.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Homer L. Wilkes, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Suite 1321, 
A.H. McCoy Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Jackson, 
Mississippi 39269, Telephone 601-965-5205.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this federal 
assisted action indicates that the project will not cause significant 
local, regional, or national impacts on the environment. As a result of 
these findings, Homer L. Wilkes, State Conservationist has determined 
that the preparation and review of an environmental impact statement 
are not needed for this project.

Second Creek Watershed, Adams County, Mississippi

Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact

    The project concerns a watershed plan to provide supplemental flood 
protection and reduce threat to loss of life from sudden dam failure to 
the residents of the Second Creek Watershed and others. The planned 
works of improvement consists of rehabilitating floodwater retarding 
structure (FWRS) No. 10B and No. 12. The notice of a 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 
developed during the environmental assessment are on file and may be 
reviewed by contacting Homer L. Wilkes. 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 intergovernmental consultation with State and local 
officials.)

    Dated: May 15, 2003.
Homer L. Wilkes,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 03-14307 Filed 6-5-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-16-P

 
 

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