[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13597]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Maricopa-Stanfield Watershed, Pinal County, Arizona

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of finding of no significant impact.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Regulations (7 CFR 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 Maricopa-
Stanfield Watershed, Pinal County, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Somerville, State 
Conservation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3003 North 
Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona, 85012. Telephone: (602) 
280-8808.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this 
federally assisted action indicated that the project will not cause 
significant local, regional, or national impacts on the environmental. 
As a result of these findings, Michael Somerville, State Conservation, 
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental 
impact statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purposes are agricultural water management and includes 
a mixture of land treatment and management practices to conserve 
irrigation water. The planned works of improvement include irrigation 
land leveling, suitable irrigation water conveyance, structures for 
turnouts and water measurement for irrigation water management, and 
plant, and fertility management practices (not cost-shared) including 
irrigation water management, crop residue use, conservation cropping 
sequence, appropriate erosion control practices as needed, nutrient 
management and pest management.
    The Notice of a 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. A limited 
number of copies of the FONSI are available to fill single copy 
requests at the above address. Basic data developed during the 
environmental assessment are on the file and may be reviewed by 
contacting Don Paulus, at (602) 280-8780.
    No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be 
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under NO. 10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention, and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 
12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and 
local officials.)

    Dated: May 8, 1998.

Michael Somerville,
State Conservation.
[FR Doc. 98-13597 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]
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