[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2154]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


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) regarding its 
approval of front end financing for purchase of combustion turbines by 
borrowers prior to the completion of a site specific environmental 
review.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence R. Wolfe, Engineering and 
Environmental Staff, Rural Utilities Service, Stop 1571, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202) 
720-1784. The E-mail address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 11, 2000, the Rural Utilities 
Service (RUS) issued a programmatic analysis that reconciles RUS 
procedural requirements for environmental analysis with the emerging 
needs of a deregulating electric utility industry.
    No potential significant impacts resulting from the implementation 
of this proposed action have been identified. Therefore, RUS has 
determined that this finding of no significant impact fulfills its 
obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and RUS'' Environmental Policies and 
Procedures (7 CFR part 1794) for the proposed action.
    RUS has determined that its action will not have a significant 
impact on the quality of the human environment. Therefore, an 
environmental impact statement will not be prepared for this action.

    Dated: January 18, 2001.
Blaine D. Stockton, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator-Electric Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 01-2154 Filed 1-23-01; 8:45 am]
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