[Federal Register: September 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 171)]
[Notices]
[Page 53265-53266]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 impacts related to the construction, operation,
and maintenance of a 230 kV transmission line and associated
facilities. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
(Tri-State), of Westminster, Colorado, is proposing to construct the
project. The transmission line will extend from Walsenburg, Colorado,
to an area near Gladstone, New Mexico. RUS will provide financing
assistance for the project.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis E. Rankin, Environmental
Protection Specialist, RUS, Engineering and Environmental Staff, Stop
1571, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-1571,
telephone: (202) 720-1953 or e-mail: drankin@rus.usda.gov.; or Karl
Myers, Tri-State, P.O. Box 33695, Denver, Colorado 80233, telephone:
(303) 452-6111 or e-mail: kmyers@tristategt.org.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project will be approximately 115 miles
in length and extend from Tri-State's existing Walsenburg Substation
located at Walsenburg, Colorado, and interconnect to a proposed
substation site near Gladstone, New Mexico. Facilities will be located
in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, and Colfax County, New
Mexico.
Alternative Corridor 2 was identified in the Environmental
Assessment as the preferred corridor. The northern section of the
preferred corridor was subsequently modified based on additional public
input as a result of the local permitting process in Las Animas County,
Colorado. Based on its environmental assessment of the proposed
project, RUS has concluded that the construction, operation and
maintenance of the project will not have a significant impact on the
quality of the human environment. Therefore, RUS will not prepare an
environmental impact statement for this project.
Copies of the FONSI have been sent to Federal, State, and local
agencies and the public who have previously requested a copy. The FONSI
can also be reviewed at libraries located in communities within the
project area and at offices of San Isabel Electric Association in
Pueblo, Walsenburg, and Trinidad, Colorado; Springer Electric
Cooperative, Inc., in Springer, New Mexico; and Southwestern Electric
Cooperative, Inc., in Clayton, New Mexico.
Dated: August 23, 2000.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
[FR Doc. 00-22007 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-P
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