Rescission Notice; Upper Price River Watershed Project, Carbon County, Utah
The NRCS Utah State Office, in coordination with Price City, is rescinding the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper Price Rive...
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION:
Notice; rescission.
SUMMARY:
The NRCS Utah State Office, in coordination with Price City, is rescinding the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper Price River Watershed Project, Carbon County, Utah, which was published in the
Federal Register
on June 3, 2021. NRCS has determined that the NOI was issued prior to confirming viable alternatives and need for an EIS.
DATES:
Effective upon publication, this notice rescinds the NOI to prepare an EIS (86 FR 29739), which was published in the
Federal Register
on June 3, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ammon Boswell; telephone: (435) 459-1621; email:
ammon.boswell@usda.gov.
Individuals with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The NRCS Utah State Office, in coordination with Price City, and consistent with the requirements of 7 CFR 1b.7, is issuing this notice to advise Federal, State, and local government agencies and the public that NRCS will continue the planning process to determine whether an EIS is needed for the Upper Price River Watershed Project. The project area is located within and surrounding the cities of Price, Helper, and Wellington, as well as Price Canyon and Scofield Reservoir in Carbon County, Utah. This notice rescinds the NOI to prepare an EIS (86 FR 29739), published on June 3, 2021.
During the watershed planning process, NRCS determined that the NOI (86 FR 29739) was issued prematurely, before identifying all reasonable alternatives and assessing whether an EIS was needed. If the planning process indicates that an EIS is appropriate, NRCS will publish a new NOI. The watershed planning process is continuing and will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Any public comment received from the original NOI and scoping period will be considered during Watershed Plan development. Watershed planning is authorized by the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 (Pub. L. 83-566), as amended, and the Flood Control Act of 1944 (Pub. L. 78-534).
Travis Mote,
Acting Utah State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
7 CFR 1b.7