[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 58517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23134]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Docket No. NRCS-2013-0004]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and 
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Grand Prairie Area 
Demonstration Project

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision and Findings of No 
Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces NRCS' adoption, under provisions 
provided for in 40 CFR 1506.3 of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) entitled: ``General 
Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the Grand 
Prairie Demonstration Project dated September 1999'' (GRR/EIS) and the 
availability of an associated NRCS ROD. NRCS has also adopted the two 
Environmental Assessments (EAs) associated with the project entitled: 
``Environmental Assessment Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project, 
Post General Reevaluation Design Changes'' (2004 EA) and 
``Environmental Assessment Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project 
Canal Realignment and Pumping Station Borrow Area, Prairie County, 
Arkansas'' (2010 EA), and an NRCS FONSI for each EA is available.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and FONSI are available upon request from 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Room 3416, Federal 
Building, 700 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlotte Bowie, State Irrigation 
Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Room 3416, Federal 
Building, 700 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3225; 
telephone: (501) 301-3148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRCS prepared the ROD and FONSI in 
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act after reviewing 
the EIS and the EAs and concurring with the analysis and findings 
therein, and finding that the proposed project modifications described 
in the EAs will not result in significant impacts to the environment.
    The Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project is located in eastern 
Arkansas and includes portions of Prairie, Arkansas, Lonoke, and Monroe 
Counties. This project will provide for agricultural water supply, 
ground water protection, and wildlife enhancement within the project 
area. The project features include a major pumping station, conveyance 
channels and pipelines, and conservation measures for the Grand Prairie 
area.

    Signed this 13th day of September, 2013, in Washington, DC
Terry J. Cosby,
Acting Regional Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-23134 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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