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Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan No. 1 and Environmental Assessment Plum Creek Watershed, Rehabilitation of Flood Retarding Structure (FRS) #18

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 [Federal Register: September 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 187)]
[Notices]
[Page 56472]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr27se06-47]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
 
Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan No. 1 and Environmental 
Assessment Plum Creek Watershed, Rehabilitation of Flood Retarding 
Structure (FRS) #18

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Plum Creek FRS #18 
Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Kentucky State Office, gives notice that a draft 
supplemental watershed plan/environmental assessment for the 
rehabilitation of Plum Creek FRS #18 is now available for 
public review and comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Kuhn, Acting State 
Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service, 771 Corporate 
Drive, Suite 210, Lexington, KY 40503-5479, telephone (859) 224-7350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This project was initiated due to the 
Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW) Office of Dam Safety issuance of a 
notice of violation (NOV) to the Plum Creek Watershed Conservancy 
District for Plum Creek FRS #18. Construction of FRS#18 
was completed in 1957 under the Pilot Watershed Program and authorized 
by the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (PL 83-566). Due 
to changes in KDOW dam safety regulations and a pre-existing home below 
the dam, the KDOW is now requiring the dam to be upgraded to meet class 
C criteria (high hazard) or to remove the threat of flooding to the 
downstream home. The preferred alternative for this project is 
Alternative #2--demolition of the existing home and 
construction of a new elevated home on the same site. The proposed 
alternative would upgrade the dam to meet NRCS and KDOW current 
standards and criteria for a ``Significant'' or ``Moderate'' hazard 
(class B) dam and would replace the concrete riser and add a 
supplemental toe drain system to the dam.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Basic data developed during the 
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting 
Anita Arends, Resource Conservationist, telephone (859) 224-7354. 
Copies of the draft Plan/EA are available upon request. The public 
comment period will end 45-days after the date of this publication in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: September 20, 2006.
Jacob Kuhn,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. E6-15776 Filed 9-26-06; 8:45 am]
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