[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1815-1816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-712]


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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 with respect to a request 
from Georgia Transmission Corporation for financing assistance from RUS 
to finance the construction of a 230/115 kV switching station and a 230 
kV transmission line in Heard and Coweta Counties, 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, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Georgia Transmission Corporation proposes to 
construct a 230 kV transmission line between its existing Yellowdirt 
Substation located within the boundary of Plant Wansley in Heard 
County, Georgia, to a proposed 230 kV switching station to be located 
in Coweta County, Georgia. The proposed switching station is to be 
identified as the Dresden Switching Station. The Dresden Switching 
Station will be located approximately 0.4 miles south of the 
intersection of Highway 34 and Quimby Jackson Road at the intersection 
of the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia's existing Yates-
LaGrange 230 kV and Georgia Power Company's 500 kV O'Hara-Wansley 
Transmission Lines. The proposed transmission line will parallel 
Georgia Power Company's 500 kV O'Hara-Wansley Transmission line

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for 7 miles, then turn west and be routed for 1.12 miles, cross the 
Chattahoochee River, and traverse another mile to connect to the 
Yellowdirt Substation.
    The transmission line conductors and static wire would be supported 
by concrete, single-pole, self-supporting and guyed structures. Georgia 
Transmission Corporation will need to purchase and clear an additional 
75-feet of easement for 7 miles where the proposed transmission line 
will parallel Georgia Power Company's existing 500 kV transmission line 
and 100-feet of easement for 2.12 miles where the transmission line is 
cross country.
    Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from 
RUS at the address provided herein or from Ms. Gayle Houston of Georgia 
Transmission Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 
30085-2088 telephone (770) 270-7748. Ms. Houston's e-mail address is 
[email protected]

    Dated: December 12, 2002.
Alfred Rodgers,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities 
Service.
[FR Doc. 03-712 Filed 1-13-03; 8:45 am]
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