[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27473]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Availability 
of a Finding of No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a 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 in connection with possible 
impacts related to the construction and operation of a 500 megawatt 
combined-cycle combustion turbine generation facility proposed by 
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative (Brazos), of Waco, 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: Brazos is proposing to construct a 500 MW 
gas-fired combined-cycle electric generation station near Joplin in 
Jack County, Texas. The project will consist of two combustion turbines 
and heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine with a water-
cooled steam surface condenser. Associated facilities include the 
construction of a gas pipeline, water and wastewater pipelines and a 
138 kV electric transmission line. Some other transmission facilities 
in the area will be upgraded. RUS may provide financing assistance for 
this project.
    Based on its environmental and engineering assessment of the 
project, RUS has concluded that the construction and operation of the 
proposed facilities would have no significant impact to the quality of 
the human environment. Therefore, RUS will not prepare an environmental 
impact statement for its action related to this project.
    Copies of the FONSI are available for review at, or can be obtained 
from, RUS at the address provided herein.

    Dated: October 28, 2003.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 03-27473 Filed 10-30-03; 8:45 am]
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