[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13590-13591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7154]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Brown Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-09); Calcasieu and Cameron 
Parishes, LA

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.

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Description of Action

    The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, proposes to implement a hydrologic restoration 
plan on the Brown Lake wetlands in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The 
project involves the installation of five corrugated aluminum culverts, 
each with a ten foot wide variable crest weir inlet section with a six 
inch wide vertical slot and a flap gate; a seven foot wide variable 
crest structure with flap gate; and two corrugated aluminum pipes with 
flap and screw gates; excavate and place approximately 93,000 cubic 
yards of earth fill to repair and maintain about 32,000 linear feet of 
boundary levee and plug abandoned oil field canals; and excavate and 
place approximately 18,300 cubic yards of earth fill to construct 
25,000 linear feet of terraces.

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Factors Considered in Determination

    The Brown Lane Environmental Assessment was prepared in order to 
assess potential impacts of the project. In this document, no 
significant adverse impacts to important habitat, endangered species, 
recreation, or other resources were found. No known National Register 
of Historic Places properties are in the vicinity of the project area.
    Impacts to any significant cultural resources in the area will be 
minimal, if any.

Public Involvement

    Upon signature of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), a 
Notice of Availability will be sent to concerned federal, state, local, 
and other organizations and individuals known to have an interest in 
the proposed project. The proposed project has been coordinated with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region VI, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers--New Orleans District, Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, Governor's Executive Assistant for Coastal Activities, 
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources--Coastal Restoration 
Division, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources--Coastal Management 
Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana 
Department of Environmental Quality, and Louisiana State Historic 
Preservation Officer.

Conclusion

    This office has assessed the environmental impacts of the proposed 
work and has determined that the project will have no significant 
adverse impacts upon the human environment. Therefore, no Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared.

    Dated: March 6, 1997.
Donald W. Gohmert.
[FR Doc. 97-7154 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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