[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-4232]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Oglethorpe Power Corp.; Finding of No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Electrification Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Electrification 
Administration (REA) has made a Finding of No Significant Impact with 
respect to the potential environmental impacts resulting from a 
proposal by Oglethorpe Power Corporation to construct a 500 kV 
transmission line between its Rocky Mountain Switching Station at its 
Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro-Generation Facility located 
northwest of the City of Rome, in Floyd County, Georgia, to Georgia 
Power Company's 230/115 kV Pinson Substation located near Pinson, also 
in Floyd County, Georgia.
    The Finding of No Significant Imapct is based on a Borrower's 
Environmental Report prepared by Oglethorpe Power Corporation and 
submitted to REA. REA conducted an independent evaluation of the report 
and concurs with its scope and content. In accordance with REA 
Environmental Policies and Procedures, 7 CFR 1794.61, REA has adopted 
the Borrower's Environmental Report as its Environmental Assessment for 
the 500 kV Rocky Mountain to Pinson Transmission Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence R. Wolfe, Chief, 
Environmental Compliance Branch, Electric Staff Division, Rural 
Electrification Administration, South Agriculture Building, Washington, 
DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The length of the transmission line is 
approximately 18 miles. The proposed transmission line would require a 
180 foot wide right-of-way easement. The right-of-way width may 
increase to 200 feet in areas where a transmission line span (spacing 
between structures) will exceed 1,500 feet. Lattice steel towers with 
four ``feet'' anchored to concrete piers will be used to construct the 
proposed transmission line. A triple bundle 1113 ACSR conductor has 
been selected for the transmission line. It is projected that the 
transmission line will be constructed by the summer of 1995. Although 
the transmission line will be designed for 500 kV operation, it will be 
initially energized and operated at 230 kV.
    Alternatives considered to the project as proposed were no action, 
construction of a 230 kV transmission line now and a 500 kV 
transmission line at a later date, and three transmission line 
corridors for the proposed transmission line.
    Copies of the Environmental Assessment and Finding Of No 
Significant Imapct are available for review at, or can be obtained 
from, REA at the address provided herein or from Mr. John Lasseter, 
Oglethorpe Power Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 
30085-1349, telephone (404) 270-7600.

    Dated: February 17, 1994.
Wally Beyer,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-4232 Filed 2-24-94; 8:45 am]
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