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Notices Federal Register

31886

Vol. 66, No. 114

Wednesday, June 13, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Proposed Posting of Stockyards

The Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration, United

States Department of Agriculture, has

information that the livestock markets

named below are stockyards as defined

in section 302 of the Packers and

Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 202) and

should be made subject to the

provisions of the Packers and

Stockyards Act (Act), 1921, as amended

(7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

AL–192 Southern Star Stockyard,

Elgin, Alabama

AR–176 Bar D Arena, Ash Flat,

Arkansas

Pursuant to the authority under

section 302 of the Act, notice is hereby

given that it is proposed to designate the

stockyards named above as posted

stockyards subject to the provisions of

said Act.

Any person who wishes to submit

written data, views or arguments

concerning the proposed designation

may do so by filing them with the

Director, Office of Policy/Litigation

Support, Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration, Room 1521,

South Building, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250–

3646, by June 28, 2001.

All written submissions made

pursuant to this notice will be made

available for public inspection in the

Office of the Director of the Office of

Policy/Litigation Support during normal

business hours.

Done at Washington, DC this 7th day of

June 2001.

David R. Shipman,

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,

Packers and Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–14868 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Scott’s Pond Watershed Protection

Project Jerome County, Idaho

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Sims, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

9173 W. Barnes Dr., Suite C, Boise,

Idaho 83709–1574, telephone (208) 378–

5700.

NOTICE: Pursuant to section

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Guidelines (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Guidelines (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 Scott’s

Pond Watershed Protection Project,

Jerome County, Idaho.

The Plan/Environmental Assessment

of this federally assisted action indicates

that the project will not cause

significant local, regional, or national

adverse impacts on the environment. As

a result of these findings, Richard Sims,

State Conservationist, has determined

that the preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement was

not needed for this project.

The Scott’s Pond Watershed

Protection Project consists of a system of

land treatment measures designed to

protect the resource base, reduce off-site

sediment and associated nutrients and

bacteria, improve the quality of ground

water, and the waters entering the Snake

River. Planned treatment practices

include: buffer strips, composting

facility, conservation crop rotation,

cover and green manure crop, critical

area planting, dike (berm), fence, forage

harvest management, irrigation pit or

regulating reservoir, irrigation system

(sprinkler), irrigation system (surface—

gated pipe with surge), irrigation water

management, watering facility

(livestock), nutrient management,

pasture and hayland planting, pest

management, prescribed grazing,

pumping plant for water control,

residue management (direct seeding and

no-till), waste management system,

waste storage pond and liner, waste

utilization, well decommissioning

(injection well), wildlife upland habitat

management, wildlife wetland habitat

management, and windbreak/shelterbelt

establishment.

The Notice of Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency. The basic data

developed during the plan/

environmental assessment are on file

and may be reviewed by contacting Mr.

Richard Sims. The FONSI has been sent

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 address stated on the previous

page.

No administrative action on the

proposal will be initiated 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 4, 2001.

Richard Sims,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 01–14835 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Hubbard and Murphree Creeks

Watershed, Tallahatchie County,

Mississippi

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

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