[Federal Register: December 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 239)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
South Mississippi Electric Power Association; 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 South Mississippi Electric Power Association for
assistance to finance the construction of a 255 megawatt electric
generating station in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.
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: No comments were received by RUS via e-mail
or telephone during the 30-day comment period which closed on November
30, 2001. However, mail service to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
has been disrupted during the comment period due to screening of mail
for potential anthrax contamination. Any person that sent written
comments on the environmental assessment through the U.S. Postal
Service to RUS during the comment period should contact RUS at the
telephone number listed above within 5 working days of this notice to
ensure their comments are considered prior to project construction.
Should RUS conclude that any written comments that may have been
submitted during the official comment period warrant further review and
would cause reconsideration of RUS' decision, the public would be so
notified. Otherwise, this FONSI notice will serve as the final public
notice of this project.
The project is to be named the Silver Creek Generating Station.
South Mississippi Electric Power Association proposes to construct the
generating station. The station site is located approximately 6 miles
east of Silver Creek in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. The plant
and associated facilities will include 3 GE 7EAs, a 115 kV switchyard
and substation, approximately 6 miles of 115 kV transmission line, a
natural gas metering station, and approximately 0.5 miles of natural
gas pipeline.
Copies of the FONSI are available for review at, or can be obtained
from, RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. Joey Ward, South
Mississippi Electric Power Association, 7037 U.S. Highway 49, North,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39404-5849, telephone (601) 268-2083. Mr.
Ward's e-mail address is jward@smepa.com.
Alfred Rodgers,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 01-30743 Filed 12-11-01; 8:45 am]
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