E9-26501. Job Corps: Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Solar PV Project Located at Westover Job Corps Center, 103 Johnson Drive, Chicopee, MA

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary (OSEC), Department of Labor.

Recovery: This project will be wholly funded under the American Recovery and Reconstruction Act of 2009.

ACTION:

Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Solar PV Project located at Westover Job Corp Center, 103 Johnson Drive, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

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 final notice of the proposed construction of a solar photovoltaic system at the Westover Job Corps Center, and that this project will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment. In accordance with 29 CFR 11.11(d) and 40 CFR 1501.4(e)(2), a preliminary FONSI for the project was published in the September 1, 2009 Federal Register (74 FR 45252). No comments were received regarding the preliminary FONSI. OSEC has reviewed the conclusion of the environmental assessment (EA), and agrees with the finding of no significant impact. This notice serves as the Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Solar PV Project located at Westover Job Corps Center, 103 Johnson Drive, Chicopee, Massachusetts. The preliminary FONSI and the EA are adopted in final with no change.

DATES:

Effective Date: These findings are effective as of October 16, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William A Dakshaw, Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4460, Washington, DC 20210, [phone] (this is not a toll-free number).

Lynn Intrepidi,

Interim National Director of Job Corps.