[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14355-14356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6075]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


East Kentucky Power Cooperative; Notice of Finding of No 
Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.

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    Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has 
made a finding of no significant impact with respect to a request from 
East Kentucky Power Cooperative for financing assistance from RUS to 
finance the construction of the J.K. Smith Unit 5 Combustion Turbine 
and a 12 mile, 138 kV electric transmission line.

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 J.K. Smith Unit 5 Combustion Turbine 
will be installed adjacent to existing combustion turbines located at 
East Kentucky Power Cooperative's J.K. Smith Combustion Turbine Site 
located in Clark County, Kentucky, approximately 9 miles southeast of 
Winchester on Kentucky Highway 89. The combustion turbine will be fired 
by natural gas or #2 fuel oil. Natural gas will be supplied by an 
existing natural gas pipeline on site. Fuel oil will be trucked to the 
site and stored in a 4 million gallon storage tank located on the site. 
Twelve miles of 138 kV electric transmission line will need to be 
constructed to tie the power output of Unit 5 to East Kentucky Power 
Cooperative's electric transmission gird. The transmission line will 
begin at the J.K. Smith Combustion Turbine Site and traverse in a 
southerly direction into Madison County, Kentucky.
    Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from 
RUS at the address provided herein or from Jeff Hohman, East Kentucky 
Power Cooperative, PO Box 707, Winchester, Kentucky 40391, telephone 
(606) 744-4812.

    Dated: February 20, 2001.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 01-6075 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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