[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 24099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11936]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Rock Springs Generation, LLC; 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 
development of a 1,020-megawatt, natural gas fired combustion turbine 
electric generation plant in Cecil County, Maryland, by Old Dominion 
Electric Cooperative and Outwater Limited Funding Partnership. RUS may 
provide financing for the plant to an affiliate of Old Dominion 
Electric Cooperative to be known as the Rock Springs Generation, LLC. 
The specifics of that entity have yet to be determined. The plant will 
be named the Rock Springs Generation Station. Rock Springs Generation, 
LLC, will initially own one-half of the plant (510 megawatts).

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 plant will be located in the community 
of Rock Springs, in northwestern Cecil County, Maryland, at the 
intersection of Old Mill Road and U.S. Route 222. The plant comprises 
six, 170-megawatt, gas-fired General Electric Frame 7FA combustion 
turbines. Each combustion turbine will have a 75-foot exhaust stack. 
The entire plant will be situated on approximately 26 acres of the 93-
acre site. No major natural gas pipeline or electric transmission line 
improvements will be needed beyond the proposed site boundaries. A 
short electric transmission line span will be constructed on a 5-acre 
parcel owned by Rock Springs Generation, LLC adjacent to the plant site 
to tie the plant to an existing 500 kilovolt transmission line located 
southwest of Old Mill Road.
    Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from 
RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. David Smith of Old 
Dominion Electric Cooperative, Insbrook Corporate Center, 4201 Dominion 
Boulevard; Glen Allen, Virginia 23060, telephone (804) 968-4045. Mr. 
Smith's e-mail address is [email protected].

    Dated: May 7, 2001.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 01-11936 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
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