Notice2022-16704
Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Funding Opportunity
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Published
August 4, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentNatural Resources Conservation Service
Abstract
NRCS is announcing the draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity is available for public review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 47690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16704]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
[Docket No. NRCS-2022-0009]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Funding
Opportunity
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability and finding of no significant impact.
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SUMMARY: NRCS is announcing the draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the
Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity is
available for public review and comment.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by August 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on the PEA and FONSI. You
may submit comments:
<bullet> By going through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRCS-22-0009.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All comments will be posted without change and will be publicly
available on <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
A copy of the draft PEA and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) may be obtained from:
<bullet> <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> search for Docket ID NRCS-22-0009,
supporting documents;
<bullet> <a href="https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities">https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities</a>; or
<bullet> Email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#493a2a263d3d672b25282a222b3c3b27093c3a2d28672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdceded2c9c993dfd1dcded6dfc8cfd3fdc8ced9dc93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a> with ``Request for PEA'' in
the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Blackburn; telephone: (202) 360-
8195; or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e69585899292c8848a87858d84939488a693958287c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47342428333369252b26242c25323529073234232669202831">[email protected]</span></a>. Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA
Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities
is a voluntary USDA funding opportunity with funding made available
through NRCS for partnerships to support the production and marketing
of climate-smart commodities. Partnerships for Climate-Smart
Commodities is designed to use the funds and authorities of the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) (15 U.S.C. 714-714f) to support the
development of markets and production of agricultural commodities using
agricultural (farming, ranching, or forestry) production practices that
reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon. NRCS is
administering the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities on behalf
of CCC.
The environmental impacts of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart
Commodities funding opportunity have been considered in a manner
consistent with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347), the regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and the NRCS
regulations for compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part 650). A draft PEA has
been prepared and based on this analysis, NRCS has preliminarily
determined there will not be a significant impact to the human
environment. As a result, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has
not been initiated (40 CFR 1501.6).
In efforts to diligently involve the public, NRCS is making the
draft EA and FONSI available for review and comment for 14 calendar
days from the date of publication of this document in the Federal
Register. NRCS will consider this input and determine whether there is
any new information provided relevant to environmental concerns and
bearing on the proposed action or its impacts that warrant
supplementing or revising the draft PEA and FONSI. After the comment
period, NRCS will issue either a Final EA and FONSI, or it will issue a
Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
Terry Cosby,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-16704 Filed 8-3-22; 8:45 am]
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