[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57397-57398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28193]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.; 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 (FONSI) with respect to the
potential environmental impact related to the construction of a new
headquarters facility proposed by Tri-State Generation and Transmission
Association, Inc. (Tri-State), of Thornton, Colorado. The proposed
project will be located on a site near the intersection of 116th Avenue
and Huron Street in the Town of Westminster in Adams County, Colorado.
RUS has concluded that the environmental impacts from the proposed
project would not be significant and that the proposed action is not a
major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment. Therefore, the preparation of an environmental impact
statement is not required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lawrence R. Wolfe, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist,
Engineering and Environmental Staff, Ag Box 1569, South Agriculture
Building, RUS, Washington, DC 20250, telephone: (202) 720-1784.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS, in accordance with its environmental
policies and procedures, required that Tri-State prepare a Borrower's
Environmental Report (BER) reflecting the potential impacts of the
proposed facilities. The BER, which includes input from Federal, State
and local agencies and the public, has been adopted as RUS's
Environmental Assessment for the project in accordance with 7 CFR
1794.61. RUS has concluded that the BER represents an accurate
assessment of the environmental impacts of the project. The proposed
project should have no impact on cultural resources, floodplains,
wetlands, important farmland, and federally listed or proposed for
listing threatened or endangered species or their critical habitat.
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Alternatives considered to the proposed project included no action,
expansion of Tri-State's existing headquarters facility, lease of new
office space, and construction of an annex building at the existing
headquarters site. RUS has considered these alternatives and concluded
that the project as proposed meets the needs of Tri-State to reduce
overcrowding at the present facility, provide increased space for
equipment storage, consolidate operations done at various existing
facilities and provide adequate space for future expansion.
Copies of the BER and FONSI are available for review at RUS at the
address provided herein; or can be reviewed at or obtained from the
office of Tri-State, 12076 Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado 80233,
telephone (303) 452-6111, during normal business hours.
Dated: November 7, 1995.
Adam M. Golodner,
Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 95-28193 Filed 11-14-95; 8:45 am]
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