[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 63670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30454]


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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 construction of a 230 kV transmission line and a 
230/25 kV substation in Hall 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 
23, 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 transmission line will tap off of the existing 230 kV 
Gainesville #2--Winder transmission line at a point approximately \1/2\ 
mile southeast of the junction of Lee Land Road and Webb Girth Road. 
The transmission line will traverse approximately 8.25 miles in a 
southwesterly direction paralleling Georgia Power Company's 500 kV 
Norcross-Oconee transmission line to the proposed 230/25 kV Spout 
Spring Substation which is to be located approximately 2000 feet east 
of the intersection of Williams Road and Spout Springs Road. The 
transmission line and substation would require virtually no clearing or 
major earth movement activities. The transmission line support 
structures will be between 60 and 80 feet tall. The substation will 
require 2.25 acres.
    Copies of the FONSI are available for review at, or can be obtained 
from, RUS at the address provided herein or from Ms. Wende Martin, 
Georgia Transmission Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker, 
Georgia 30085-2088, telephone (770) 270-7591. Ms. Martin's e-mail 
address is [email protected].

    Dated: December 4, 2001.
Alfred Rodgers,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities 
Service.
[FR Doc. 01-30454 Filed 12-7-01; 8:45 am]
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