[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-556]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation; Notice of 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 from Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation for financing 
assistance from the RUS to finance the construction of a 153 megawatt 
(MW) combustion turbine electric generating plant in southwest 
Arkansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Engineering and Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202) 
720-0468, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project will consist of a single 153 MW 
gas-fired, simple-cycle combustion turbine generating unit. Other on-
site facilities include a 90-foot exhaust stack, step-up and auxiliary 
transformers, motor control centers, bus ductwork, an electric 
substation, and control, maintenance, and operations buildings. The 
project also includes 4 miles of 115 kV transmission line that will tie 
the station to the existing transmission grid. The transmission line 
will be built to 161 kV specifications in anticipation that additional 
transmission line capacity may be needed in the future.
    The facility is designed to accommodate conversion of the unit to 
combined cycle operation, but will be initially operated as a simple 
cycle unit. The site has been sized to accommodate additional simple or 
combined cycle units that may be added in the future.
    Copies of the FONSI are available from RUS at the address provided 
herein or form Curtis Warner, Arkansas Electric Cooperative 
Corporation, P.O. Box 194208, Little Rock, Arkansas 72219-4208. 
Telephone (501) 570-2462.

    Dated: January 3, 2001.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 01-556 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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