[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 3497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1359]


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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment and 
Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental Assessment: Non-
Native Plant Control and Re-Establishment of Riparian Habitats Along 
the Rio Grande on U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission 
(USIBWC) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands in Seldon Canyon, 
Do[ntilde]a Ana County, NM

AGENCY: United States Section, International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment 
(EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final 
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508); and the United States 
Section, Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, 
published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the 
United States Section hereby gives notice that the Draft Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Non-native Plant 
Control and Re-establishment of Riparian Habitats Along the Rio Grande 
on U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission and Bureau of Land 
Management Lands are available. An environmental impact statement will 
not be prepared unless additional information which may affect this 
decision is brought to our attention within 30-days from the date of 
this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gilbert Anaya, Division Chief, 
Environmental Management Division; United States Section, International 
Boundary and Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C-100; El Paso, Texas 
79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4702, email: [email protected].
    Background: This proposed project would be part of a regional 
initiative to restore the form and function of the Rio Grande 
floodplain that has been undertaken by other Federal, State, and non 
government organizations. The overarching goals of the project are to 
improve the ecosystem integrity within the project area by shifting 
conditions to match those that historically existed. This project will 
focus on restoring 31.35 acres divided between two tracts of federal 
lands (25.85 ac USIBWC and 5.5 ac BLM) from salt cedar to native 
riparian habitats by utilizing validated mechanical and chemical 
control methods to remove and control salt cedar.
    Availability: Electronic copies of the Draft EA and FONSI are 
available from the USIBWC Home Page: http://www.ibwc.gov/Organization/Environmental/EIS_EA_Public_Comment.html.

    Dated: January 17, 2012.
Steven Fitten,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-1359 Filed 1-23-12; 8:45 am]
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