Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2001 / Notices 31887

notice that an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for

Hubbard and Murphree Creeks

Watershed, Tallahatchie County,

Mississippi.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Homer L. Wilkes, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

Suite 1321, A.H. McCoy Federal

Building, 100 West Capitol Street,

Jackson, Mississippi 39269, Telephone

601–965–5205.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federal assisted action indicates that the

project will not cause significant local,

regional, or national impacts on the

environment. As a result of these

findings, Homer L. Wilkes, State

Conservationist has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

Hubbard and Murphree Creeks

Watershed, Tallahatchie County,

Mississippi Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact

The project concerns a watershed

plan to provide supplemental flood

protection and reduce threat to loss of

life from sudden dam failure to the

residents of the Hubbard and Murphree

Creeks Watershed and others. The

planned works of improvement consists

of rehabilitating three floodwater

retarding structures (FWRS) Y–17–72,

Y–17–73, and Y–17–74.

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

file and may be reviewed by contacting

Homer L. Wilkes. No administrative

action on implementation of the

proposal will be taken until 30 days

after the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Homer L. Wilkes,

State Conservationist.

‘‘(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.)’’

[FR Doc. 01–14920 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Field Office Technical Guide, Changes;

South Dakota

AGENCY: USDA Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

proposed changes to conservation

practice standards in Section IV of the

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of

NRCS in South Dakota for review and

comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

South Dakota to issue revised

conservation practice standards in

Section IV of the FOTG for the following

practice Constructed Wetland (656).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received within 30 days from the

publication date in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning

the proposed conservation practice

standard changes should be addressed

to: Ronald Nadwornick, State Resource

Conservationist, NRCS, 200 Fourth

Street SW, Huron, South Dakota 57350.

Copies of these standards will be made

available upon written request.

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Ronald Nadwornick,

State Resource Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Huron,

South Dakota 57350.

[FR Doc. 01–14836 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

4 of the Field Office Technical Guide

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the Field Office

Technical Guide. NRCS is also seeking

review and comments to the proposed

changes.

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the

NRCS State Conservationist for

Washington State, that changes must be

made in the Field Office Technical

Guide specifically for the following

practice standards:

• Nutrient Management, practice code

number 590

• Waste Utilization, practice code

number 633

• Interim standard; Grass Buffer Strips,

practice code number 741

Proposed changes are to include new

and improved technology.

DATES: Comments will be received for a

period of 30 days following the

publication date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leonard Jordan, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

316 West Boone Avenue, Suite 450,

Spokane, WA, 99201–2348; phone (509)

323–2900; or FAX (509) 323–2909.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you

would like to review any of the practice

standards mentioned, contact Leonard

Jordan at the above address or phone

number to receive a copy of the draft

standards.

For the next 30 days the NRCS will

receive comments relative to the

proposed changes.

Following that period a determination

will be made by the NRCS regarding

disposition of those comments and a

final determination of change will be

made to the subject standards.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Leonard Jordan,

State Conservationist, Washington.

[FR Doc. 01–14837 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

BROADCASTING BOARD OF

GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: June 19, 2001; 1 p.m.–

4 p.m.

PLACE: Radio Free Asia, Suite 300, 2025

M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

will meet in closed session to review

and discuss a number of issues relating

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting.

They will address internal procedural,

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well

as sensitive foreign policy issues

relating to potential options in the U.S.

international broadcasting field. This

meeting is closed because if open it

likely would either disclose matters that

would be properly classified to be kept

secret in the interest of foreign policy

under the appropriate executive order (5

U.S.C. 552b. (c)(1)) or would disclose

information the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b. (c)(9)(B))

In addition, part of the discussion will

relate solely to the internal personnel

and organizational issues of the BBG or