Rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 10 of the Mountain Creek Watershed, Ellis County, TX, 38768 [2010-16240]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding
Structure No. 10 of the Mountain Creek
Watershed, Ellis County, TX
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AGENCY: Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
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
notice that an environmental impact
statement is not being prepared for the
rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding
Structure No. 10 of the Mountain Creek
Watershed, Ellis County, Texas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald W. Gohmert, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 101 South Main,
Temple, Texas 76501–7682, Telephone
(254) 742–9800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
environmental assessment of this
federally assisted action indicates that
the project will not cause significant
local, regional, or national impacts on
the environment. As a result of these
findings, Donald W. Gohmert, State
Conservationist, has determined that the
preparation and review of an
environmental impact statement is not
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needed for this project. The project will
rehabilitate Floodwater Retarding
Structure No. 10 to maintain the present
level of flood control benefits and
comply with the current performance
and safety standards.
Rehabilitation of the site will require
the dam to be modified to meet current
performance and safety standards for a
high hazard dam. The modification will
consist of raising the net elevation of the
top of dam elevation 3.1 feet to 602.4
feet, install a new two-stage principal
spillway (standard drop inlet type) with
a port at elevation 575.14 feet and crest
at elevation 576.8 feet, install a new 42
inch pipe, and install an impact basin
to replace the existing plunge pool. The
new principal spillway crest elevation
will be raised by 1.5 feet. Flatten the
back slope to a 31⁄2:1 slope, lime treat
the embankment slopes, and install a
new toe drain system along back toe of
dam. Lower the crest of the auxiliary
spillway 1.4 feet to elevation 592.6 feet
and reshape the outlet section of the
auxiliary spillway. All disturbed areas
will be planted to adapted native and/
or introduced plant species. The
proposed work will not have a
significant effect on any prime
farmland, endangered or threatened
species, wetlands, or cultural resources.
Federal assistance will be provided
under authority of the Small Watershed
Rehabilitation Amendments of 2000
(Section 313, Pub. L. 106–472). Total
project cost is estimated to be
$2,805,600, of which $1,981,100 will be
paid from the Small Watershed
Rehabilitation funds and $824,500 from
local funds.
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
Donald W. Gohmert, State
Conservationist.
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: June 28, 2010.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ashley National Forest, UT, High
Uintas Wilderness—Colorado River
Cutthroat Trout Habitat Enhancement
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Ashley National Forest in
cooperation with Utah Division of
Wildlife Resources (UDWR) proposes to
restore genetically pure Colorado River
cutthroat trout (CRCT; Onchorhynchus
clarki pleuriticus) populations to
suitable habitats within the High Uintas
Wilderness. Implementation of this
proposal would require the use of
rotenone (a fish toxicant) to remove
competing and hybridizing nonnative
fish species from selected streams and
lakes within the High Uintas Wilderness
on the Roosevelt/Duchesne Ranger
District. Nonnative fish species to be
removed are primarily brook trout
(Salvelinus fontinalis), Yellowstone
cutthroat trout (Onchorhynchus clarki
bouvieri) and hybridized cutthroat trout.
Removal of nonnative fish is necessary
to enhance habitat and restore
genetically pure CRCT populations to
suitable habitats within the High Uintas
Wilderness.
Headwater subdrainages and basins
proposed to be treated and monitored
over a period of ten or more years
include selected lakes and associated
stream segments in the Garfield Basin
and Swasey Hole in the Yellowstone
River drainage, Fish Creek (a tributary to
Moon Lake), Ottoson Basin and Oweep
Creek in the Lake Fork River drainage,
and Fall Creek in the Rock Creek
drainage.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
August 5, 2010. The draft environmental
impact statement is expected February
2011 and the final environmental
impact statement is expected June 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Ron Brunson, Roosevelt/Duchesne
Ranger District, P.O. Box 981, Duchesne,
Utah 84021. Comments may also be sent
via e-mail to rbrunson@fs.fed.us, or via
facsimile to (435) 781–5215.
It is important that reviewers provide
their comments at such times and in
such a way that they are useful to the
Agency’s preparation of the EIS.
Therefore, comments should be
provided prior to the close of the
comment period and should clearly
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and
contentions.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 10 of the
Mountain Creek Watershed, Ellis County, TX
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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 the
rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 10 of the Mountain
Creek Watershed, Ellis County, Texas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald W. Gohmert, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 101 South
Main, Temple, Texas 76501-7682, Telephone (254) 742-9800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment of this
federally assisted action indicates that the project will not cause
significant local, regional, or national impacts on the environment. As
a result of these findings, Donald W. Gohmert, State Conservationist,
has determined that the preparation and review of an environmental
impact statement is not needed for this project. The project will
rehabilitate Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 10 to maintain the
present level of flood control benefits and comply with the current
performance and safety standards.
Rehabilitation of the site will require the dam to be modified to
meet current performance and safety standards for a high hazard dam.
The modification will consist of raising the net elevation of the top
of dam elevation 3.1 feet to 602.4 feet, install a new two-stage
principal spillway (standard drop inlet type) with a port at elevation
575.14 feet and crest at elevation 576.8 feet, install a new 42 inch
pipe, and install an impact basin to replace the existing plunge pool.
The new principal spillway crest elevation will be raised by 1.5 feet.
Flatten the back slope to a 3\1/2\:1 slope, lime treat the embankment
slopes, and install a new toe drain system along back toe of dam. Lower
the crest of the auxiliary spillway 1.4 feet to elevation 592.6 feet
and reshape the outlet section of the auxiliary spillway. All disturbed
areas will be planted to adapted native and/or introduced plant
species. The proposed work will not have a significant effect on any
prime farmland, endangered or threatened species, wetlands, or cultural
resources.
Federal assistance will be provided under authority of the Small
Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 2000 (Section 313, Pub. L. 106-
472). Total project cost is estimated to be $2,805,600, of which
$1,981,100 will be paid from the Small Watershed Rehabilitation funds
and $824,500 from local funds.
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
Donald W. Gohmert, State Conservationist.
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: June 28, 2010.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2010-16240 Filed 7-2-10; 8:45 am]
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