[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8645]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Oglethorpe Power 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 with respect to the 
construction and operation of a 652-megawatt, natural gas fired 
combustion turbine electric generation plant in Talbot County, Georgia. 
Oglethorpe Power Corporation proposes to be the agent to construct and 
operate the plant. RUS may provide financing for the plant to an entity 
made up of members of Oglethorpe Power Corporation. The specifics of 
that entity have yet to be determined.

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) 
720-0468, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Oglethorpe Power Corporation proposes to 
construct the plant at a site in Talbot County, Georgia. The site is 
near the junction of the Muscogee and Harris County lines in southwest 
Talbot County off Cartledge Road near Highway 80. The proposed site for 
the project will require approximately 25 acres for the generation 
facility and supporting structures and 11 acres for the on-site 
electric transmission lines. Five to six miles of natural gas pipeline 
requiring a 50-foot wide right-of-way will need to be constructed from 
the site north to tie the generation facility to Southern Natural Gas 
mainline. Additional land will be purchased and maintained intact with 
natural vegetation to provide a buffer zone between the plant and the 
existing environment.
    The proposed plant will be made up of six 108-megawatt (nominal) 
Siemens V84.2 natural gas fired, simple cycle combustion turbines. The 
turbines could be retrofitted at a later date so they could be fired by 
fuel oil. The major generation equipment will consist of the combustion 
turbines and generators, equipment modules, and step-up transformers. 
Each combustion turbine package will have an inlet air filter, weather 
enclosure, 90-foot exhaust stack, fuel system, lubrication and 
hydraulic systems, control panel, and fire protection system.
    Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from 
RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. Greg Jones of Oglethorpe 
Power Corporation, PO Box 1349, Tucker, Georgia 30085-1349, (800) 241-
5374 x7890; [email protected]. Copies of the environmental assessment 
are available for review at Oglethorpe Power Corporation and RUS at the 
addresses provided herein.

    Dated: April 2, 2001.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 01-8645 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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