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Supplemental Watershed Plan No. 1 and Environmental Assessment for Big Slough Watershed, Clay County, AR

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[Federal Register: July 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 127)]
[Notices]
[Page 31910-31911]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06jy09-24]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Supplemental Watershed Plan No. 1 and Environmental Assessment
for Big Slough Watershed, Clay County, AR

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 the Big Slough
Watershed Supplement No.1, Clay County, Arkansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kalven L. Trice, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Rm 3416
Federal Building, 700 West Capital Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201-3225,
Telephone (501) 301-3121.

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, Kalven L. Trice, State Conservationist, has
determined that the preparation and review of an environmental impact
statement is not needed for this project.
    This project will allow the installation of seven floodwater
retarding structures (FWRS Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, and 11) to be
constructed and will provide storage for flood prevention and 100-year
sediment storage. All seven structures will be designed and constructed
as high hazard dams, capable of safely storing and discharging the
runoff from the Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) storm without
overtopping the dams.
    Federal assistance will be provided under the authority of the
Flood Prevention Program authorized by the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act (Pub. L. 83-566), as amended.
    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

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single copy requests at the above address. Basic data developed during
the environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by
contacting Kalven L. Trice, State Conservationist.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be taken
until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal Register.

    Dated: June 22, 2009.
Kalven L. Trice,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. E9-15711 Filed 7-2-09; 8:45 am]
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