[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52978-52979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24749]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Job Corps: Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
for the Installation of a Small Wind Turbine at the North Texas Job 
Corps Center Located at 1701 North Church Street, McKinney, TX

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 a 
Small Wind Turbine Installation to be located at the North Texas Job 
Corps Center,

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1701 North Church Street, McKinney, Texas.

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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 North 
Texas Job Corps Center, 1701 North Church Street, McKinney, Texas, and 
that the proposed plan for the construction of a wind turbine at the 
North Texas 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 November 16, 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 single 50 kW rated wind turbine at the North Texas 
Job Corps Center.
    The wind turbine will be installed on self-supporting towers 
approximately 120' above the ground. The wind turbine will produce 
clean energy for the North Texas 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 the Wind Turbine Installation at the North Texas 
Job Corps Center, 1701 North Church Street, McKinney, Texas will not 
create any significant adverse impacts on the environment.

    Dated: October 7, 2009.
Lynn Intrepidi,
Interim National Director of Job Corps.
[FR Doc. E9-24749 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
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