[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13163]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 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 the 
potential environmental impact related to the construction of a new 
headquarters facility proposed by Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc. 
(Pioneer), of Ulysses, Kansas. The proposed project will be located on 
a site 0.5 miles west of the City of Ulysses near the intersection of 
State Highway 160 and County Road I in Grant County, Kansas.
    RUS has concluded that the environmental impacts from the proposed 
project would not be significant and that the proposed action is not a 
major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. Therefore, the preparation of an environmental impact 
statement is not required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lawrence R. Wolfe, Chief, Environmental Compliance Branch, Electric 
Staff Division, room 1246, Ag Box 1569, South Agriculture Building, 
RUS, Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS, in accordance with its environmental 
policies and procedures, required that Pioneer prepare a Borrower's 
Environmental Report (BER) reflecting the potential impacts of the 
proposed facilities. The BER, which includes input from Federal, State 
and local agencies and the public, has been adopted as RUS' 
Environmental Assessment for the project in accordance with 7 CFR 
1794.61. RUS has concluded that the BER represents an accurate 
assessment of the environmental impacts of the project. The proposed 
project should have no impact on cultural resources, floodplains, 
wetlands, important farmland, and federally listed or proposed for 
listing threatened or endangered species or their critical habitat.
    Alternatives considered to the project included no action, 
expansion of Pioneer's existing headquarters facility, and alternative 
construction sites. RUS has considered these alternatives and concluded 
that the project as proposed meets the needs of Pioneer to reduce 
overcrowding at the present facility and provide increased space for 
equipment storage.
    Copies of the BER and FONSI are available for review at RUS at the 
address provided herein; or can be reviewed at or obtained from the 
offices of Pioneer, West Highway 160, Ulysses, Kansas 67880, telephone 
(316) 356-1211, during normal business hours.

    Dated: May 22, 1995.
Adam M. Golodner,
Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 95-13163 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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