[Federal Register: February 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 32)]
[Notices]               
[Page 7764-7765]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Natural Resources Conservation Service


 
Upper Knapps Creek Watershed Natural Stream Restoration 
Demonstration Project, Pocahontas County, WV


AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service.


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 Upper 
Knapps Creek Watershed Natural Stream Restoration Demonstration 
Project, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian V. Woods, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 75 High 
Street, Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, telephone (304) 284-
7545.


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, Lillian V. Woods, State Conservationist, 
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental 
impact statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purpose is to restore natural channel geometry and 
profile to


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impaired segments of Upper Knapps Creek in Pocahontas County, West 
Virginia, and to provide the interested public the opportunity to 
observe techniques utilized and results obtained.
    The 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 Lillian V. Woods.
    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)


Lillian V. Woods,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 03-3783 Filed 2-14-03; 8:45 am]

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