Non-Rock Alternatives to Shoreline Protection Demonstration Project (LA-16) Iberia, Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes, LA, 33051 [2013-13060]
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community adjacent to the river.
Beyond the riparian community are
agricultural fields on the east side of the
diversion dam and BLM land on the
west side of the diversion dam that is
primarily comprised of desert shrubs
and grasses.
Environmental resources consist of
the natural and man-made environment.
Preliminary resource concerns
associated with the rehabilitation of the
diversion dam may include both
beneficial and negative impacts to water
quality and supply, fish, threatened and
endangered species, cultural, recreation,
aesthetics, and public health and safety.
Alternatives—NRCS is analyzing the
following conceptual alternatives to
rehabilitate the diversion dam:
• Repair Existing Diversion Dam:
Repair the existing diversion to safely
pass flood events.
• Replace Existing Diversion Dam:
Demolish the existing diversion dam
and install a new dam in the same
location.
• Replace Diversion Dam
Downstream: Demolish the existing
diversion dam and install a new
diversion dam downstream.
• Replace Diversion Dam Upstream:
Demolish the existing diversion dam
and install a new diversion dam
upstream.
• Diversion Decommissioning:
Completely remove the diversion dam
from the river and stabilize the
diversion site. The existing water rights
at the dam would be supplemented via
pumping out of the river or other
options to provide water to the water
rights holders.
• Fish Passage Upstream/
Downstream: Construct a passage
system(s) on the dam to allow safe
upstream and downstream passage of
fish over the diversion dam.
• Electric Fish Barrier: Install an
electric fish barrier to prevent fish from
swimming into the powerhouse and
irrigation canal on the west side of the
diversion dam.
• Fish Barrier: Install a fish barrier to
prevent fish from swimming into
irrigation canal on the east side of the
diversion dam.
• Boat Passage Upstream/
Downstream: Construct a passage
system(s) on the dam to allow safe
downstream passage of boats past the
diversion dam.
NRCS will consider any viable
alternatives brought forward during
scoping if it is substantially different
from the alternatives described above.
NRCS will also study a No-Action
alternative which would consist of no
Federal money used for the
rehabilitation of the diversion dam.
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Cooperating Agencies—Federal, state,
and local agencies that may be
interested in or affected by the project
may request or be requested by NRCS to
become a cooperating agency in the
development of the EIS.
Signed this 24th day of May, 2013, in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
David C Brown,
Utah State Conservationist, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–13062 Filed 5–31–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Non-Rock Alternatives to Shoreline
Protection Demonstration Project (LA–
16) Iberia, Jefferson, and Lafourche
Parishes, LA
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Finding of No
Significant Impact.
AGENCY:
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 Non-Rock
Alternatives to Shoreline Protection
Demonstration Project (LA–16), Iberia,
Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes,
Louisiana.
SUMMARY:
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shoreline protection systems will be
demonstrated in up to three (3) test sites
in coastal Louisiana. Up to five (5)
‘‘non-rock’’ shoreline protection systems
will be installed in 500 linear foot
sections at each site, extending a
maximum of 4,200 linear feet (including
buffer areas) along the shoreline at each
site. The sites selected include the
western side of the peninsula separating
Vermilion and Weeks Bay in Iberia
Parish; the southeast shoreline of Lake
Salvador in Jefferson Parish; and the
western shoreline of Bayou Perot in
Lafourche Parish.
The Notice of 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 collected during the
environmental assessment are on file
and may be reviewed by contacting W.
Britt Paul.
No administrative action on
implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this
publication in the Federal Register.
W. Britt Paul,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2013–13060 Filed 5–31–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–53–2013]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Notification of Proposed Production
Activity, The Gas Company, LLC dba
Hawai’i Gas, Subzone 9F (Synthetic
Natural Gas), Kapolei, Hawaii
An
environmental assessment of the
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, W. Britt Paul, Acting State
Conservationist, has determined that
preparation and review of an
environmental impact statement is not
needed for this project.
The project will install and monitor
various shoreline protection systems in
areas of the state where physical,
logistical and environmental limitations
preclude the use of rock structures. The
The Gas Company, LLC dba Hawai’i
Gas (Hawai’i Gas), operator of Subzone
9F, submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the Foreign-Trade
Zones (FTZ) Board for their facility in
Kapolei, Hawaii. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
400.22) was received on May 22, 2013.
The subzone currently has authority
to produce synthetic natural gas, carbon
dioxide, hydrogen, hydrocarbon gas
mixtures and zinc sulfide using certain
foreign-status feedstocks produced
within Subzone 9A. The current request
would allow Hawai’i Gas to admit the
feedstocks listed below from any source
in foreign status. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
to the specific foreign-status materials
and components and specific finished
W.
Britt Paul, Acting State Conservationist,
Natural Resources Conservation Service,
3737 Government Street, Alexandria,
Louisiana 71302; telephone (318) 473–
7751.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Non-Rock Alternatives to Shoreline Protection Demonstration
Project (LA-16) Iberia, Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes, LA
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of 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 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 Non-Rock
Alternatives to Shoreline Protection Demonstration Project (LA-16),
Iberia, Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Britt Paul, Acting State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 3737
Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302; telephone (318) 473-
7751.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An environmental assessment of the 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, W. Britt Paul, Acting State Conservationist, has
determined that preparation and review of an environmental impact
statement is not needed for this project.
The project will install and monitor various shoreline protection
systems in areas of the state where physical, logistical and
environmental limitations preclude the use of rock structures. The
shoreline protection systems will be demonstrated in up to three (3)
test sites in coastal Louisiana. Up to five (5) ``non-rock'' shoreline
protection systems will be installed in 500 linear foot sections at
each site, extending a maximum of 4,200 linear feet (including buffer
areas) along the shoreline at each site. The sites selected include the
western side of the peninsula separating Vermilion and Weeks Bay in
Iberia Parish; the southeast shoreline of Lake Salvador in Jefferson
Parish; and the western shoreline of Bayou Perot in Lafourche Parish.
The Notice of 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 collected during the
environmental assessment are on file and may be reviewed by contacting
W. Britt Paul.
No administrative action on implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.
W. Britt Paul,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2013-13060 Filed 5-31-13; 8:45 am]
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