[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-7907]


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[Federal Register: April 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Electrification Administration

 

Cullman Electric Cooperative; 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 
(FONSI) with respect to a proposed new headquarters facility to be 
constructed by Cullman Electric Cooperative of Cullman, Alabama. The 
FONSI is the conclusion of an Environmental Assessment prepared by REA 
for its action related to the project.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new headquarters facility is to be 
located on Eva Road approximately \1/4\ mile south of Highway 157 in 
Cullman County, Alabama. The project as proposed will be made up of the 
following structures:

A 15,337 square foot administration building;
A 27,041 square foot warehouse building of which 11,522 square foot 
will house the engineering, construction right-of-way, and dispatch 
offices;
A 11,776 square foot maintenance building which will house the 
transformer shop and truck maintenance shop;
An exterior area for transformer storage;
A pole yard;
A pole yard,
A covered shed, and
A fuel depot for gasoline and diesel fuel with above ground storage 
tanks.

    The basic structure for all of the buildings will be a pre-
engineered metal frame. The exterior of the administration building 
will be concrete block and brick veneer with a metal stud backup. The 
exterior of the warehouse and maintenance buildings will be concrete 
block with a concrete block backup. All three buildings will have 
single slope metal roofs which drain to gutters and down spouts.
    A 161/25 kV substation to be called the Eva Road Substation will be 
constructed on the same tract of land as the new headquarters facility.
    Alternatives to constructing the new headquarters as proposed 
include no action, an alternative 15-acre site on the north side of 
Alabama Highway 157 between Interstate 65 and U.S. Highway 31, and an 
alternative 20-acre site near the intersection of Alabama Highway 69 
and Trimble Road.
    Copies of the Environmental Assessment and FONSI can be obtained by 
contacting REA at the address provided herein or Mr. Jerry Weathersby, 
Cullman Electric Cooperative, P.O. Box 1168, Cullman Alabama 35056-1168 
telephone (205) 737-3241.

    Dated: March 28, 1994.
Wally Beyer,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-7907 Filed 4-1-94; 8:45 am]
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