[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63669-63670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30453]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Georgia Transmission 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 (FONSI) with respect to a 
request from Georgia Transmission Corporation for assistance from the 
RUS to finance the

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construction of a 230 kV transmission line in Mitchell County, Georgia.

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, fax (202) 720-0820, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No comments were received by RUS via e-mail 
or telephone during the 30-day comment period, which closed on November 
5, 2001. However, mail service to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
has been disrupted during the comment period due to screening of mail 
for potential anthrax contamination. Any person that sent written 
comments on the environmental assessment through the U.S. Postal 
Service to RUS during the comment period should contact RUS at the 
telephone number listed above within 5 working days of this notice to 
ensure their comments are considered prior to project construction. 
Should RUS conclude that any written comments that may have been 
submitted during the official comment period warrant further review and 
would cause reconsideration of RUS' decision, the public would be so 
notified. Otherwise, this FONSI notice will serve as the final public 
notice of this project.
    The project is to be named the Raccoon Creek Transmission Line. 
Georgia Transmission Corporation proposes to construct the 230 kV 
electric transmission line south of Albany, Georgia, in Mitchell 
County. The approximate length of the transmission line is 6 miles. It 
will traverse between Plant Mitchell located west of Route 19 near the 
Dougherty/Mitchell County line to the 500/230 kV Raccoon Creek 
Substation which is currently under development near the intersection 
of Jackson Darry Road and Stagecoach Road.
    Copies of the FONSI are available for review at, or can be obtained 
from, RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. John Lasseter, 
Georgia Transmission Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker, 
Georgia 30085-2088, telephone (770) 270-7710. Mr. Lasseter's e-mail 
address is [email protected].

    Dated: December 4, 2001.
Alfred Rodgers,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities 
Service.
[FR Doc. 01-30453 Filed 12-7-01; 8:45 am]
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