[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40499-40500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19860]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
City of Albany, Kentucky, Cagle Water Expansion Project; Final
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision for the City
of Albany, KY, Cagle Water Expansion Project, Final Environmental
Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS),
pursuant to its responsibility as Lead Agency, and in conjunction with
its cooperating agencies, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, and the U. S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration is providing notice of the availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
prepared for the proposed water treatment plant expansion in the City
of Albany, Kentucky. The EIS was prepared pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in
accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations
for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508)
and Agency regulations (7 CFR part 1940, subpart G).
The ROD was signed on July 24, 1997. RUS has decided to fund the
City of Albany's proposal. The proposed action is to finance an
expansion to an existing water treatment plant that will increase its
treatment capacity from 2.0 million gallons per day (MGD) to 5.0 MGD.
As a result of this action, RUS considered the potential environmental
effects of potential businesses that would locate in and around the
Clinton County, Kentucky area as a result of additional
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supplies of potable water becoming available. As a result of this
action, Cagle's, Inc. will likely build a poultry processing plant in
Clinton County and support facilities, such as a feed mill, hatchery,
poultry farms, and associated utility lines. The proposal is supported
by and consistent with local initiatives developed by the Kentucky
Highlands Empowerment Zone and the Clinton County Empowerment Zone
Community, Incorporated.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available on request from: Mark S.
Plank, USDA, Rural Utilities Service, Engineering and Environmental
Staff, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 1571, Washington, DC
20250, telephone (202) 720-1649, fax (202) 720-0820, or e-mail:
mplank@rus.usda.gov.
A copy of the ROD can be obtained over the Internet at http://
www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ees.htm.
Copies of the ROD will be available for public review during normal
business hours at the following locations:
Clinton County Public Library, 205 Burkeville Road, Albany, KY 40601,
(606) 387-5989.
Goodnight Memorial Library, 203 South Main, Franklin, KY 42134, (502)
586-8397.
Simpson County Extension Service, 300 N. Main Street, Franklin, KY
42134, (502) 586-4484.
Warren County Extension Service, 1117 Cabell Drive, Bowling Green, KY
42102-1018, (502) 842-1681.
Bowling Green Public Library, 1225 State Street, Bowling Green, KY
42102, (502) 843-1438.
Helm-Cravers Library, 1 Big Red Way, Western Kentucky University,
Bowling Green, KY 42101, (502) 745-3951.
Dated: July 23, 1997.
Richard H. Mansfield,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Water and Environmental Program.
[FR Doc. 97-19860 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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