[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 32770] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-16148] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices [[Page 32770]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Natural Resources Conservation Service Chestnut Creek Watershed; Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CF Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (CF 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 Chestnut Creek Watershed in Carroll and Grayson Counties and the City of Galax, Virginia and Surry and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Culpeper Building, Suite 209, Federal Building, Richmond, VA 23229-5014, telephone (804) 287- 1691. 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, M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist, has determined that the preparation and review of an Environmental Impact Statement are not needed for this project. Chestnut Creek Watershed The project concerns a watershed plan for the protection of 12,883 acres of pastureland, hayland, cropland, woodland and riparian zone in Carroll and Grayson Counties and the City of Galax, Virginia and Surry and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina. This protection will be accomplished by the installation of soil and water conservation practices on private lands. The Notice of 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. 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 M. Denise Doetzer, 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. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 10901, Resource Conservation and Development Program. Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernment review of Federal and federally-assisted programs and projects is applicable.) Dated: June 19, 1996. L. Willis Miller, Jr., Acting State Conservationist. [FR Doc. 96-16148 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-16-M