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impact statement is required for
national implementation of the program.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments on the EA and FONSI must
be postmarked on or before February 10,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to
the Director of the Financial Assistance
Programs Division, NRCS, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box
2890, Room 5241–S, Washington, DC
20013–2890.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the FONSI, the Final EA, or
additional information on matters
related to this Federal Register Notice
can be obtained by contacting one of the
following individuals at the addresses
and telephone numbers shown below:
Mr. Craig Derickson, Conservation
Security Program Branch Chief,
Financial Assistance Programs
Division, NRCS, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, Room
5233–S, Washington, DC 20013–2890,
Telephone: (202) 720–3524.
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Ms. Andree DuVarney, National
Environmental Specialist, Ecological
Sciences Division, NRCS, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box
2890, Room 6158–S, Washington, DC
20013–2890, Telephone: (202) 720–
4925.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the Proposed Action
The Conservation Security Program
(CSP) is a voluntary program providing
both technical and financial assistance
to producers of agricultural operations
for the conservation and improvement
of the quality of soil, water, air, energy,
plant and animal life on working lands.
The intent of the program is to recognize
producers financially for the significant
environmental goods and services they
provide to the public through their
annual and ongoing conservation
stewardship efforts, to motivate other
agricultural producers to do the same,
and to secure the Nations ability to
produce food and fiber. The need to
which NRCS is responding by proposing
action is the need to implement CSP in
a manner that achieves the purposes for
which Congress authorized it, including
providing payments to producers who
practice good conservation stewardship
on their agriculture operations,
providing payments to producers to
maintain conservation practices they
have implemented, to provide financial
assistance to producers to implement
new conservation practices, and to
provide payments to producers as
incentives to enhance their conservation
achievements. Participation in the CSP
requires that a Conservation Security
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Program Plan be developed which
includes an inventory of the agricultural
operation to identify existing resource
concerns and benchmark conditions of
the land as well as determining the
extent of existing conservation
treatment. Annual payments made
under CSP contracts may include a
stewardship payment for existing
conservation treatments, cost-share and
maintenance payments, and an
enhancement payment for exceptional
conservation effort. A three tiered
approach is used to determine the level
and limitations of all payments.
The Chief of NRCS has authority
under CSP to assist producers who
participate in the CSP to develop a
comprehensive, long term strategy for
improving and maintaining all natural
resources of the producer’s agricultural
operation. All participants must meet
the highly erodible land and wetland
conservation provisions of the Food
Security Act of 1985, as amended.
The CSP authorizes activities that
reward agricultural producers for
actions they have already taken to
improve the quality and quantity of
natural resources, and to implement
new conservation measures that will
also do so. NRCS has in the past and
will continue to document the results of
an environmental evaluation on a sitespecific level consistent with NRCS
policy and, as stated in the
Environmental Assessment, will consult
with the appropriate organizations to
avoid, reduce or mitigate adverse
impacts on protected resources. NRCS
will comply with requirements
protecting unique geographic features
and other resources, as well as NRCS
policies protecting natural and cultural
resources. Thus, any adverse effects that
may result from this program will occur
at a much lower threshold than the
Environmental Impact Statement
threshold. Because the purpose of the
program is to improve the quality of
natural resources and because of the
steps NRCS will take to work with other
agencies as necessary on a site-specific
basis to avoid, mitigate and reduce any
potential collateral adverse effects, there
is no threat of a violation of any Federal,
State or local law or other requirements
for the protection of the environment
resulting from the proposed rule to
implement the CSP. There is no impact
on public health or safety identified in
this EA or otherwise expected.
Implementation of the CSP rule is not
sufficiently related to other actions that
either individually or cumulatively is
likely to result in the type of significant
impacts that NEPA is intended to
address. Based on the information in the
EA for the CSP, the Chief of the NRCS
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finds that the proposed actions are not
a major Federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment that requires preparation
of an EIS.
Copies of the EA and FONSI may be
reviewed at the following location:
Financial Assistance Programs Division,
NRCS, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5241–S, Washington, DC 20013–
2890. The documents may also be
accessed on the Internet, at https://
www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/
Env_Assess/CSP/CSP.html.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
20, 2004.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Lower Payette River Ditch Diversion,
Replacement Payette County, ID
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft
Environmental Assessment for review
and comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: 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 a draft environmental assessment
has been prepared for a federally
assisted proposed project by the Lower
Payette Ditch Company, Payette County,
Idaho.
DATES: Comments will be received for a
45 day period commencing with this
date of publication.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
preliminary information of this federally
assisted proposed action indicates that
the proposed action will not cause
significant local, regional, or national
impacts on the environment. As a result
of these findings, Richard Sims, State
Conservationist, has determined that the
preparation and review of an
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environmental assessment is needed for
this project.
The objective of the Lower Payette
Ditch Company proposed action is to
provide efficient water delivery,
operator safety and low maintenance,
reliability, and adequate fish and
recreational boater passage, while not
adversely affecting the environment.
The proposed project would replace the
existing deteriorating diversion
structure with an automated inflatable
diversion dam. Alternatives evaluated to
meet these objectives include: No
Action, Upgrade Existing Diversion Dam
with an Automated Inflatable Dam,
Replace Existing Diversion Dam with a
Push-Up Diversion Dam.
The Lower Payette Ditch Company
invites participation and consultation of
agencies and individuals that have
special expertise, legal jurisdiction, or
interest in the preparation of the draft
environmental assessment. A limited
number of copies of the EA are available
to fill single copy requests at the above
address. Basic data developed during
the environmental assessment is on file
and may be reviewed by contacting
Richard Sims.
Further information on the proposed
action or future public meetings may be
obtained from Richard Sims, State
Conservationist, at the above address or
telephone (208) 378–5700.
Dated: December 23, 2004.
Richard Sims,
State Conservationist.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Composting Facility (317), Well
Decommissioning (351), Waste
Treatment Lagoon (359), Atmospheric
Resource Quality Management (370),
Silvopasture Establishment (381), Field
Border (386), Irrigation Water
Conveyance—Ditch and Canal Lining,
Flexible Membrane (428B), Irrigation
System, Sprinkler (442), Forest Site
Preparation (490), Heavy Use Area
Protection (561), Nutrient Management
(590), Pest Management (595) and
Salinity and Sodic Soil Management
(610).
Comments will be received for a
30-day period commencing with this
date of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to Richard W. Sims,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), 9173 W.
Barnes Dr., Suite C, Boise, Idaho 83709.
Copies of the practice standards will be
made available upon written request.
You may also submit your electronic
requests and comments to
barbara.albiston@id.usda.gov.
DATES:
Section
343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
states that revisions made after
enactment of the law to NRCS State
Technical Guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland
provisions of the law shall be made
available for public review and
comment. For the next 30 days, the
NRCS in Idaho will receive comments
relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination
will be made by the NRCS in Idaho
regarding disposition of those comments
and a final determination of change will
be made.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 23, 2004.
Richard W. Sims,
State Conservationist, Boise, Idaho.
[FR Doc. 05–508 Filed 1–10–05; 8:45 am]
Notice of Proposed Change to the
Natural Resources Conservation
Service’s National Handbook of
Conservation Practices
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Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA, Idaho
State Office.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed changes in the NRCS National
Handbook of Conservation Practices,
Section IV of the Idaho State NRCS
Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) for
review and comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS
in Idaho to issue revised conservation
practice standards in its National
Handbook of Conservation Practices.
The revised standards are: Alley
Cropping (311), Waste Storage Facility
(313), Brush Management (314),
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–485–803]
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for
the Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Cut–
To-Length Carbon Steel Plate from
Romania
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2005.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brandon Farlander at (202) 482–0182 or
Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482–1374,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
On
September 7, 2004, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)
published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain cut–to-length carbon steel
plate from Romania. See Certain Cut–toLength Carbon Steel Plate From
Romania: Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Notice of Intent To Rescind
in Part, 69 FR 54108 (September 7,
2004). Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, (‘‘the Act’’), the
final results are currently due on
January 5, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Extension of Time Limit for Final
Results
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, as amended, the Department may
extend the deadline for completion of
the final results of an administrative
review if it determines that it is not
practicable to complete the final results
within the statutory time limit of 120
days from the date on which the
preliminary results were published. The
Department has determined that due to
the complexity of the issues arising from
Romania’s graduation to market
economy status during the review
period, it is not practicable to complete
this review within the time limits
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) of
the Department’s regulations. Therefore,
the Department is extending the time
limit for the completion of these final
results by 30 days. Accordingly, the
final results of this review will now be
due on February 4, 2005.
This notice is published in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and section 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) of the Department’s
regulations.
Dated: January 5, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Lower Payette River Ditch Diversion, Replacement Payette County,
ID
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft Environmental Assessment for
review and comment.
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SUMMARY: 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 a draft
environmental assessment has been prepared for a federally assisted
proposed project by the Lower Payette Ditch Company, Payette County,
Idaho.
DATES: Comments will be received for a 45 day period commencing with
this date of publication.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The preliminary information of this
federally assisted proposed action indicates that the proposed action
will not cause significant local, regional, or national impacts on the
environment. As a result of these findings, Richard Sims, State
Conservationist, has determined that the preparation and review of an
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environmental assessment is needed for this project.
The objective of the Lower Payette Ditch Company proposed action is
to provide efficient water delivery, operator safety and low
maintenance, reliability, and adequate fish and recreational boater
passage, while not adversely affecting the environment. The proposed
project would replace the existing deteriorating diversion structure
with an automated inflatable diversion dam. Alternatives evaluated to
meet these objectives include: No Action, Upgrade Existing Diversion
Dam with an Automated Inflatable Dam, Replace Existing Diversion Dam
with a Push-Up Diversion Dam.
The Lower Payette Ditch Company invites participation and
consultation of agencies and individuals that have special expertise,
legal jurisdiction, or interest in the preparation of the draft
environmental assessment. A limited number of copies of the EA are
available to fill single copy requests at the above address. Basic data
developed during the environmental assessment is on file and may be
reviewed by contacting Richard Sims.
Further information on the proposed action or future public
meetings may be obtained from Richard Sims, State Conservationist, at
the above address or telephone (208) 378-5700.
Dated: December 23, 2004.
Richard Sims,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 05-509 Filed 1-10-05; 8:45 am]
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