[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-00389]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service


Central Virginia Electric Cooperative; 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 Central Virginia Electric Cooperative for financing 
assistance to construct a headquarters office facility in Nelson 
County, Virginia. The FONSI is based on a borrower's environmental 
report (BER) submitted to RUS by Central Virginia Electric Cooperative. 
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 part 1794.61, RUS has adopted the BER as its 
environmental assessment for the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Engineering and Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250-1571, telephone (202) 
720-1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The headquarters office facility is proposed 
to be located west of the unincorporated community of Colleen, 
Virginia, south of the intersection of State Routes 56/158 and 665. The 
size of the proposed site for the headquarters office facility is 
approximately 170 acres of which approximately 40 acres would be 
developed.
    The headquarters office facility would consist of a 23,000 square 
foot headquarters office building, a 15,000 square foot combination 
warehouse/division office building, a 6,500 foot mechanics garage and 
electrical equipment maintenance shop, a 4,000 square foot open sided 
covered truck shed, a 1-acre pole storage yard, a 2-acre electrical 
equipment storage area, a 50 foot, self-supporting steel pole to 
support microwave and radio communications equipment, a 100 kilowatt 
diesel electric generator, a 200 gallon fuel storage tank, and parking 
for 100 employee vehicles, 10 visitor vehicles, and 50 service 
vehicles.
    RUS considered the alternatives of no action, expansion of Central 
Virginia Electric Cooperative's existing facilities, renovation of an 
existing commercial building, and four alternative site locations. 
Under the no action alternative, RUS would not approve financing 
assistance for construction of the headquarters office facility. Since 
RUS believes that Central Virginia Electric Cooperative has a need to 
expand its headquarters facility to adequately accommodate employees, 
vehicles, and equipment, RUS considered the no action alternative 
unacceptable.
    Copies of the BER and FONSI are available for review at, or can be 
obtained from, RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. Darryl 
Mawyer, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, Front Street, P.O. Box 
247, Lovingston, Virginia, 22949, telephone (804) 263-8336.

    Dated: January 3, 1997.
Blain D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 97-00389 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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