[Federal Register: June 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 122)]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE



Rural Utilities Service:



 

Louisa Generation L.L.C.; 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 the 

construction and operation of a 490-megawatt electric generation plant 

in Louisa County, Virginia. RUS may provide financing for the project 

to Louisa Generation L.L.C. (a subsidiary of Old Dominion Electric 

Cooperative).



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, 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: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative would be 

the agent to construct and operate the proposed plant. The preferred 

plant site is located just east of the Louisa/Albemarle County line at 

the intersection of Klockner Road and a CSX Railroad track. The site is 

approximately 90 acres. About 30 acres of the site would be developed 

for the plant. The plant would be made up of one 170 megawatt, GE Frame 

7FA and four 80 megawatt, 7EA combustion turbines. The nominal output 

of the plant will be 490 megawatts. The primary fuel will be natural 

gas. Low sulfur fuel oil will be used as a back-up fuel.

    The plant will be a peaking facility. It is anticipated that each 

of the five turbines would operate for no more than 1,800 hours per 

year. This would be during periods of high-energy demand in Virginia. 

Columbia Gas of Virginia will provide the natural gas for the plant by 

constructing the natural gas distribution pipeline in an existing gas 

pipeline right-of-way. No new electric transmission lines are required 

to be constructed for the proposed plant. A water pipeline and storage 

tank to be owned and constructed by the Louisa County Water Authority 

will be built to provide water to the generation plant. The length of 

the 12-inch water pipeline is approximately 2.5 miles and will require 

a permanent 20-foot easement for maintenance and operation. The water 

storage tank will have a capacity of 80,000 gallons and will be 

approximately 38 feet high and 20 feet in diameter. The tank will be 

constructed on an approximately \1/4\ acre parcel owned by Louisa 

County.

    Copies of the finding of no significant impact are available from 

RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. David Smith, Old 

Dominion Electric Cooperative, Insbrook Corporate Center, 4201 Dominion 

Boulevard, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060, telephone (804) 968-4045. Mr. 

Smith's E-mail address is dsmith@odec.com.



    Dated: June 20, 2002.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 02-16029 Filed 6-24-02; 8:45 am]

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