[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14796]
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[Federal Register: June 17, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Electrification Administration
Dickson Electric System; Finding of No Significant Impact
AGENCY: Rural Electrification Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Electrification
Administration (REA) has made a finding of no significant impact
(FONSI) with respect to the potential environmental impacts resulting
from a proposal by Dickson Electric System to construct a new
headquarters, operations center, and warehouse in Dickson, Dickson
County, Tennessee. The FONSI is based on a Borrower's Environmental
Report submitted to REA by Dickson Electric System. REA conducted an
independent evaluation of the report and concurs with its scope and
content. In accordance with REA Environmental Policies and Procedures,
7 CFR 1794.61, REA has adopted the borrower's environmental report as
its environmental assessment for the proposed facility.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence R. Wolfe, Chief,
Environmental Compliance Branch, Electric Staff Division, REA, South
Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-1784.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed facility is to be located on
Cowan Road 0.75 mile south of downtown Dickson on the south edge of the
developed commercial and light industrial area of the city. The
facility will require approximately 13 acres of clearing on a 28.75
acre tract of land.
The proposed facility will include the following:
A 15,800-square foot headquarters building,
A 15,000-square foot warehouse,
A 5-bay vehicle maintenance building with covered islands for gasoline
and diesel fuel pumps,
A small PCB testing building with an outdoor concrete transformer
storage pad approximately 20 foot by 120 foot,
A 3-acre pole storage yard,
Paved public and employee parking spaces, and
A 180-foot radio tower.
Alternatives considered to the project as proposed were no action
and constructing the new facility adjacent to Dickson Electric System's
existing warehouse.
Copies of the environmental assessment and FONSI are available for
review at, or can be obtained from, REA at the address provided herein
or Mr. E.R. Brown, Manager, Dickson Electric System, P.O. Box 627,
Dickson, Tennessee 37056, telephone (615) 446-9051.
Date: June 8, 1994.
Adam M. Golodner,
Deputy Administrator Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-14796 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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