[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-00389]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative; Finding of No Significant
Impact
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 by Central Virginia Electric Cooperative for financing
assistance to construct a headquarters office facility in Nelson
County, Virginia. The FONSI is based on a borrower's environmental
report (BER) submitted to RUS by Central Virginia Electric Cooperative.
RUS conducted an independent evaluation of the report and concurs with
its scope and content. In accordance with RUS Environmental Policies
and Procedures, 7 CFR part 1794.61, RUS has adopted the BER as its
environmental assessment for the project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Engineering and Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250-1571, telephone (202)
720-1784.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The headquarters office facility is proposed
to be located west of the unincorporated community of Colleen,
Virginia, south of the intersection of State Routes 56/158 and 665. The
size of the proposed site for the headquarters office facility is
approximately 170 acres of which approximately 40 acres would be
developed.
The headquarters office facility would consist of a 23,000 square
foot headquarters office building, a 15,000 square foot combination
warehouse/division office building, a 6,500 foot mechanics garage and
electrical equipment maintenance shop, a 4,000 square foot open sided
covered truck shed, a 1-acre pole storage yard, a 2-acre electrical
equipment storage area, a 50 foot, self-supporting steel pole to
support microwave and radio communications equipment, a 100 kilowatt
diesel electric generator, a 200 gallon fuel storage tank, and parking
for 100 employee vehicles, 10 visitor vehicles, and 50 service
vehicles.
RUS considered the alternatives of no action, expansion of Central
Virginia Electric Cooperative's existing facilities, renovation of an
existing commercial building, and four alternative site locations.
Under the no action alternative, RUS would not approve financing
assistance for construction of the headquarters office facility. Since
RUS believes that Central Virginia Electric Cooperative has a need to
expand its headquarters facility to adequately accommodate employees,
vehicles, and equipment, RUS considered the no action alternative
unacceptable.
Copies of the BER and FONSI are available for review at, or can be
obtained from, RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. Darryl
Mawyer, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, Front Street, P.O. Box
247, Lovingston, Virginia, 22949, telephone (804) 263-8336.
Dated: January 3, 1997.
Blain D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 97-00389 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-M
