[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9731]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service


Lamar Electric Membership Corporation; 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 by Lamar Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) to use its 
general funds to construct an office and operations center in Lamar 
County, Georgia. The FONSI is based on a Borrower's Environmental 
Report (BER) submitted to RUS by Lamar EMC. RUS conducted an 
independent evaluation of the report and concurs with its scope and 
content. In accordance with RUS Environmental Policies and Procedures, 
7 CFR 1794.61, RUS has adopted the BER as its environmental assessment 
for the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lawrence R. Wolfe, Chief, Environmental Compliance Branch, Electric 
Staff Division, RUS, Ag. Box 1569, Washington, DC 20250-1569, telephone 
(202) 720-1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The office and operations center is proposed 
to be located at the 1300 block of Highway 341/Georgia Highway 7 
approximately 1.5 miles south of Barnesville, Georgia, on the west side 
of Highway 341. The size of the proposed site for the center is 16.8 
acres of which 10 acres will be developed for buildings, storage, 
parking, traffic lanes, and a landscaped yard.
    The office and operations center will consist of the following:

A 38,000 square foot building to be made up of 13,083 square feet of 
office space and 24,829 square feet of warehouse, loading dock, and 
vehicle storage space,
A 3,600 square foot building that will contain an equipment maintenance 
area and wash bay for vehicles and equipment,
Outdoor concrete pads and platforms for storage of special equipment 
such as regulators and transformers,
A fuel service island with two 10,000 gallon fuel storage tanks,
Sixty-eight employee parking spaces and 27 visitor parking spaces, and 
Traffic lanes into, around, and out of the facility.

    RUS considered the alternatives of no action and remodeling Lamar 
EMC's existing headquarters facility and adding a warehouse at that 
site as opposed to approving the use of general funds for construction 
at the proposed site.
    Copies of the environmental assessment and FONSI are available for 
review at, or can be obtained from, RUS at the address provided herein 
or from Lamar Electric Membership Corporation, 314 College Drive, 
Barnesville, Georgia 30204, telephone (404) 358-1383.

    Dated: April 13, 1995.
Adam M. Golodner,
Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 95-9731 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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