[Federal Register: March 11, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 47)]
[Notices]
[Page 10889-10890]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Georgia Transmission Corporation; Notice of Finding of No
Significant Impact
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to a
request from Georgia Transmission Corporation for assistance from the
RUS to finance the construction of a 230/115 kV transmission line in
Gwinnett and Hall Counties, Georgia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Engineering and Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202)
720-0468, fax (202) 720-0820,
e-mail at bquigel@rus.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Georgia Transmission Corporation proposes to
construct a 230 kV electric transmission line from the Spout Springs
Road Substation to be located in Hall County 2000 feet East of the
intersection of Williams Road and Spout Springs Road, and traverse
southwest paralleling an existing Georgia Power Company 500 kV
transmission line for approximately 4 miles. Approximately \1/2\ mile
of this line will deviate from the existing right-of-way to minimize
impacts to local residences. The right-of-way for this portion of the
transmission line will be widened 100 feet. At about \1/2\ mile
southwest of Hamilton Mill Road in Gwinnett County the transmission
line
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will turn to the northwest on an existing Georgia Power Company 115 kV
transmission line right-of-way for approximately 5 miles. The existing
115 kV transmission line will be reconstructed as an underbuild of the
230 kV transmission line. (The 230 kV and 115 kV transmission lines
would share the same transmission line support structures.) The
existing right-of-way will not need to be widened. The transmission
line would then turn to the southwest on a new right-of-way along
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard for approximately 1.6 miles to the Shoal
Creek Substation to be located in Gwinnett County southwest of the
intersection of Tuggle Greer Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.
(Georgia Power Company will construct the Shoal Creek Substation.) The
new right-of-way will be forty (40) feet in width. This portion of the
transmission line will also be underbuilt with a 115 kV transmission
line. Both the 230 kV and the 115 kV transmission lines will connect to
the Shoal Creek Substation. The portion of the 230 kV transmission line
to parallel the 500 kV transmission line will be supported by single
pole concrete structures. The 230 kV portion of the transmission line
to be underbuilt with the 115 kV transmission line will be supported by
single pole steel or concrete structures. It is anticipated that the
transmission lines will be completed and energized by May 2003.
Copies of the FONSI are available for review at, or can be obtained
from, RUS at the address provided herein or from Ms. Wende Martin,
Georgia Transmission Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker,
Georgia 30085-2088, telephone (770) 270-7591. Ms. Martin's e-mail
address is wende.martin@gatrans.com.
Dated: March 5, 2002.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 02-5734 Filed 3-8-02; 8:45 am]
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