[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40499-40500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19860]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


City of Albany, Kentucky, Cagle Water Expansion Project; Final 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision for the City 
of Albany, KY, Cagle Water Expansion Project, Final Environmental 
Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), 
pursuant to its responsibility as Lead Agency, and in conjunction with 
its cooperating agencies, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and the U. S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development 
Administration is providing notice of the availability of the Record of 
Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 
prepared for the proposed water treatment plant expansion in the City 
of Albany, Kentucky. The EIS was prepared pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in 
accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations 
for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508) 
and Agency regulations (7 CFR part 1940, subpart G).
    The ROD was signed on July 24, 1997. RUS has decided to fund the 
City of Albany's proposal. The proposed action is to finance an 
expansion to an existing water treatment plant that will increase its 
treatment capacity from 2.0 million gallons per day (MGD) to 5.0 MGD. 
As a result of this action, RUS considered the potential environmental 
effects of potential businesses that would locate in and around the 
Clinton County, Kentucky area as a result of additional

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supplies of potable water becoming available. As a result of this 
action, Cagle's, Inc. will likely build a poultry processing plant in 
Clinton County and support facilities, such as a feed mill, hatchery, 
poultry farms, and associated utility lines. The proposal is supported 
by and consistent with local initiatives developed by the Kentucky 
Highlands Empowerment Zone and the Clinton County Empowerment Zone 
Community, Incorporated.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available on request from: Mark S. 
Plank, USDA, Rural Utilities Service, Engineering and Environmental 
Staff, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 1571, Washington, DC 
20250, telephone (202) 720-1649, fax (202) 720-0820, or e-mail: 
[email protected].
    A copy of the ROD can be obtained over the Internet at http://
www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ees.htm.
    Copies of the ROD will be available for public review during normal 
business hours at the following locations:

Clinton County Public Library, 205 Burkeville Road, Albany, KY 40601, 
(606) 387-5989.
Goodnight Memorial Library, 203 South Main, Franklin, KY 42134, (502) 
586-8397.
Simpson County Extension Service, 300 N. Main Street, Franklin, KY 
42134, (502) 586-4484.
Warren County Extension Service, 1117 Cabell Drive, Bowling Green, KY 
42102-1018, (502) 842-1681.
Bowling Green Public Library, 1225 State Street, Bowling Green, KY 
42102, (502) 843-1438.
Helm-Cravers Library, 1 Big Red Way, Western Kentucky University, 
Bowling Green, KY 42101, (502) 745-3951.

    Dated: July 23, 1997.
Richard H. Mansfield,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Water and Environmental Program.
[FR Doc. 97-19860 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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