Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Rio Grande Rectification Project in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, TX

Federal Register: August 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 149)

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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Draft

Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for

Improvements to the Rio Grande Rectification Project in El Paso and

Hudspeth Counties, TX

AGENCY: United States Section, International Boundary and Water

Commission, United States and Mexico (USIBWC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality Final

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508), and the United States

Section's Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the

USIBWC hereby gives notice of availability of the Draft Environmental

Assessment and FONSI for Improvements to the Rio Grande Rectification

Project (RGRP) located in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas are available. An environmental impact statement will not be prepared unless additional information which may affect this decision is brought to our attention within 30 days from the date of this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Santana, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Environmental Management Division, United States Section,

International Boundary and Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C-100; El

Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4707; e-mail: lisasantana@ibwc.gov.

DATES: Comments on the Draft EA and Draft FONSI will be accepted through September 2, 2008

Availability: Single hard copies of the Draft Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact are available by request at the above address. Electronic copies are available from the

USIBWC homepage at http://www.ibwc.gov/Organization/Environmental/EIS_

EA_Public_Comment.html.

Dated: July 28, 2008.

Susan Daniel,

General Counsel.

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