[Federal Register: November 21, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 225)]

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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 with respect to a request 

from Georgia Transmission Corporation for financing assistance from RUS 

to finance the construction of a 230/115 kV substation and a 230 kV 

transmission line in Cobb County, 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, e-mail at bquigel@rus.usda.gov.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Georgia Transmission Corporation proposes to 

construct a 230 kV transmission line and substation in western Cobb 

County, Georgia. The proposed 230/115 kV McConnell Road Substation will 

be located approximately \1/2\ mile west of the intersection of Lost 

Mountain Road and Dallas Highway (State Road 120). The proposed 

transmission line will traverse east from the proposed substation 

adjacent to Dallas Highway for approximately 6.3 miles and connect to 

an existing 230 kV transmission line near the intersection of Dallas 

Highway and Mt. Calvary Road. The transmission line would be supported 

by steel, single-pole, self-supporting and guyed structures. The 

proposed transmission line will be constructed as an overbuild of the 

existing distribution line along Highway 120 between the 230 kV tap 

point and the Lost Mountain Substation. The distribution line will 

share the proposed 230 kV transmission line structures with 

intermediate poles put in place to reduce sag of the distribution 

conductors. The existing distribution line easement is within the 

Georgia Department of Transportation Dallas Highway right-of-way. 

Georgia Transmission Corporation proposes to place the new poles near 

the same locations as the existing poles wherever possible. However, 

Georgia Transmission Corporation will need to purchase and clear an 

additional 20-feet of easement on private property.

    Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from 

RUS at the address provided herein or from Ms. Gayle Houston of Georgia 

Transmission Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 

30085-2088 telephone (770) 270-7748. Ms. Houston's e-mail address is 

gayle.houston@gatrans.com.



    Dated: November 15, 2002.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 02-29596 Filed 11-20-02; 8:45 am]



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