34432 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 120 / Friday, June 22, 2007 / Notices 

for public comment is a direct result of 

those requests. 

The Draft Strategy provides a 

framework to focus existing and new 

Forest Service actions for open space 

conservation. Accordingly, comments 

on the Draft Strategy should focus 

broadly on the strategic objectives and 

actions described in the document. 

Input regarding the following three 

questions is most useful: 

1. Are there major actions or concepts 

for conserving open space missing in 

the Draft Strategy; 

2. Has the Draft Strategy outlined 

strategic priorities that will best leverage 

Forest Service expertise, resources, and 

partnerships to conserve open space; 

and 

3. Are the proposed priority actions 

feasible and complementary to other 

conservation efforts? 

By receiving input from people with 

diverse interests and perspectives, the 

Agency hopes to attain an array of 

viewpoints and ideas regarding the 

Open Space Conservation Strategy. 

Feedback from a range of interested 

individuals will assist the Agency in 

developing a well-informed, focused, 

and effective strategy to address the loss 

of open space threat. 

Dated: June 14, 2007. 

James Hubbard, 

Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry. 

[FR Doc. E7–12149 Filed 6–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Environmental Assessment; City of 

Wilber Flood Control, Lower Big Blue 

Watershed, Saline County, NE 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability, finding of 

no significant impact. 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS) has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

in compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

amended. Pursuant to the implementing 

regulations for NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); the USDA Departmental 

Policy for the NEPA (7 CFR part 1b); the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

Regulations (7 CFR part 650); and the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

policy (General Manual Title 190, Part 

410); the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service gives notice that 

an environmental impact statement is 

not being prepared for constructing a 

single floodwater retarding dam in the 

Lower Big Blue Watershed, Saline 

County, Nebraska. The Environmental 

Assessment was developed in 

coordination with the sponsoring local 

organization (Lower Big Blue Natural 

Resources District) for a proposed 

floodwater retarding dam in the Lower 

Big Blue Watershed to reduce flood 

damages downstream of the site, 

including the city of Wilber, Nebraska. 

Upon consideration of the affected 

environment, alternatives, 

environmental consequences, and 

comments and coordination with 

concerned public and agencies, the 

State Conservationist for NRCS, 

Nebraska found that based on the 

significance and context and intensity 

that the proposed action is not a major 

federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

Thus, a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) was made. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen K. Chick, State Conservationist, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, Federal 

Building, Room 152, 100 Centennial 

Mall North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508–

3866; telephone (402) 437–5300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

sponsoring local organization concurs 

with this determination and supports 

the proposed project to construct a 

single floodwater retarding dam to 

current NRCS High Hazard Class 

requirements and for a design life 

expediency of 100 years. The following 

action is proposed to construct a 

floodwater retarding dam across an 

unnamed tributary approximately onefourth mile upstream from the area of 

concern and Wilber city limit. 

Information regarding this finding may 

be obtained at the contact information 

listed above. No administrative action 

on implementation of the proposed 

funding action will be taken until 30 

days after the date of this publication in 

the Federal Register. 

Stephen K. Chick, 

State Conservationist. 

[FR Doc. E7–12154 Filed 6–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to Section 

IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 

State Technical Guide for review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia 

that changes must be made in the NRCS 

State Technical Guide specifically in 

practice standard: #382, Fence. This 

practice will be used to plan and install 

conservation practices on cropland, 

pastureland, woodland, and wildlife 

land. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with the 

date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker, 

State Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 1606 

Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, 

Virginia 23229–5014; Telephone 

number (804) 287–1691; Fax number 

(804) 287–1737. Copies of the practice 

standards will be made available upon 

written request to the address shown 

above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site: 

http://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

draftstandards.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made after 

enactment of the law to NRCS State 

technical guides used to carry out 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law shall be made 

available for public review and 

comment. For the next 30 days, the 

NRCS in Virginia will receive comments 

relative to the proposed changes. 

Following that period, a determination 

will be made by the NRCS in Virginia 

regarding disposition of those comments 

and a final determination of change will 

be made to the subject standards. 

Dated: June 14, 2007. 

John A. Bricker, 

State Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Richmond, Virginia. 

[FR Doc. 07–3067 Filed 6–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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