[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 250 (Friday, December 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 67349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31451]
========================================================================
Notices
Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
========================================================================
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 250 / Friday, December 29, 1995 /
Notices
[[Page 67349]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Delta-Montrose Electric Association, Inc.; 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 the
potential environmental impact related to the construction of a new
headquarters facility proposed by Delta-Montrose Electric Association,
Inc. (DMEA), of Delta, Colorado. The proposed project will be located
on a site 2.0 miles north of the City of Montrose, Colorado, on County
Road 6300 near U.S. Highway 50 in Montrose 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, room 1246, 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 DMEA 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 Part
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, flood-plains,
wetlands, important farmland, and federally listed or proposed for
listing threatened or endangered species or their critical habitat.
Alternatives considered to the proposed project included no action,
expansion of DMEA's existing headquarters facility, renovation of an
existing commercial building, consolidation of DMEA facilities at one
of the existing service center sites, and alternate sites. RUS has
considered these alternatives and concluded that the project as
proposed meets the needs of DMEA 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
offices of DMEA, P.O. Box 59, Delta, Colorado 81416-0059, telephone
(970) 874-8081, during normal business hours.
Dated: December 21, 1995.
Adam M. Golodner,
Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 95-31451 Filed 12-28-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-M
