[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 60183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29877]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 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 South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC) for assistance 
from RUS to finance the construction and operation of a 177 MW 
combined-cycle combustion turbine generation facility in Victoria 
County, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis E. Rankin, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, RUS, Engineering and Environmental Staff, Stop 
1571, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1571, 
telephone: (202) 720-1953 or e-mail: [email protected]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: STEC is proposing to construct a combined-
cycle combustion turbine generation plant at the existing Sam Rayburn 
Plant which is located in Nursery, Texas. The 177 MW capacity project 
would consist of three combustion turbine units connected to a single 
combined-cycle unit. Approximately 5.5 acres of the existing site will 
be needed for the proposed project. The existing plant infrastructure 
will be utilized for this new generation addition including existing 
gas lines, cooling water ponds and switchyard.
    Copies of the Environmental Assessment and FONSI are available for 
review at, or can be obtained from, RUS at the address provided herein, 
or from Mr. John Packard, STEC, FM 447, Nursery, Texas 77976, 
telephone: (361) 575-6491.

    Dated: November 26, 2001.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 01-29877 Filed 11-30-01; 8:45 am]
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