[Federal Register: March 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 51)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

 
Lower Silver Watershed, Santa Clara County, CA

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservatiaon Service, USDA.

ACTION:  Notice of a 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 Supplemental 
Watershed Agreement No. 2 for the Lower Silver Creek Watershed, Santa 
Clara County, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey R. Vonk, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 430 G Street, 
Davis, California, 95616-4164, telephone (530) 792-5603.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this 
federally assisted action indicates that the modifications to the 
project will not cause significant local, regional, or national impacts 
on the environment. As a result of these findings, Jeffrey R. Vonk, 
State Conservationist, has determined that the preparation and review 
of an environmental impact statement are not needed for this project.
    The project purpose is flood prevention. The planned project 
includes the floodproofing of two structures and channel work to 
increase

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flow capacity along 4.64 miles of channel.
    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 no file and may be reviewed by contacting 
J.R. Flores, Acting Director, Watershed Planning Services.
    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 requies intergovernmental consultation with state and 
local officials.)

    Dated: March 9, 2001.
Jeffrey R. Vonk,
State Conservationist.
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