[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57397-57398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28193]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service


Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, 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 Tri-State Generation and Transmission 
Association, Inc. (Tri-State), of Thornton, Colorado. The proposed 
project will be located on a site near the intersection of 116th Avenue 
and Huron Street in the Town of Westminster in Adams County, Colorado.

    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, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist, 
Engineering and Environmental Staff, 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 Tri-State 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's 
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. 

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    Alternatives considered to the proposed project included no action, 
expansion of Tri-State's existing headquarters facility, lease of new 
office space, and construction of an annex building at the existing 
headquarters site. RUS has considered these alternatives and concluded 
that the project as proposed meets the needs of Tri-State to reduce 
overcrowding at the present facility, provide increased space for 
equipment storage, consolidate operations done at various existing 
facilities and provide adequate space for future expansion.
    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 
office of Tri-State, 12076 Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado 80233, 
telephone (303) 452-6111, during normal business hours.

    Dated: November 7, 1995.
Adam M. Golodner,
Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 95-28193 Filed 11-14-95; 8:45 am]
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