[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 168 (Tuesday, September 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 45254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20975]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Job Corps: Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
for Small Wind Turbine Installation at the Cassadaga, NY Job Corps 
Center located at 8115 Glasgow Road in Pomfret, NY 14063

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Labor.
    Recovery: This project will be wholly funded under the American 
Recovery and Reconstruction Act of 2009.

ACTION: Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Small 
Wind Turbine Installation to be located at the Cassadaga, NY Job Corp 
Center, 8115 Glasgow Road in Pomfret, New York 14063.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(40 CFR part 1500-08) implementing procedural provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of Labor, 
Office of the Secretary (OSEC) in accordance with 29 CFR 11.11(d), 
gives notice that an Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared 
for a proposed Wind Turbine Installation to be located at the 
Cassadaga, NY Job Corp Center, 8115 Glasgow Road in Cassadaga (Town of 
Pomfret), New York 14063, and that the proposed plan for the 
construction of a wind turbine at the Cassadaga, NY Job Corps Center 
will have no significant environmental impact. This Preliminary Finding 
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) will be made available for public 
review and comment for a period of 30 days.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by October 1, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Any comment(s) are to be submitted to William A. Dakshaw, 
P.E., Division of Facilities and Asset Management, Department of Labor, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4460, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 
693-2867 (this is not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the EA are available to 
interested parties by contacting William A. Dakshaw, P.E., Division of 
Facilities and Asset Management, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room N-4460, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-2867 (this is 
not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EA summary addresses the proposed 
construction of a two--10kW or one 20 kW rated wind turbine at the 
Cassadaga, NY Job Corps Center.
    The wind turbines will be installed on self supporting towers 
approximately 80 feet above the ground. The wind turbines will produce 
clean energy for the Cassadaga, NY Job Corps Center, demonstrate 
renewable energy capabilities to Job Corps Students and help the 
program meet federal requirements in Executive Order 13423 for 
renewable energy production.
    This project is not expected to have a negative impact on 
population demographics, the surrounding area, environmental quality, 
or natural systems and heritage.
    Based on the information gathered during the preparation of the EA, 
the construction of a wind turbine at the Cassadaga, NY Job Corp 
Center, 8115 Glasgow Road in Pomfret, New York 14063 will not create 
any significant adverse impacts on the environment.

    Dated: August 25, 2009.
Lynn Intrepidi,
Interim National Director of Job Corps.
[FR Doc. E9-20975 Filed 8-31-09; 8:45 am]
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