[Federal Register: August 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 157)]
[Notices]
[Page 48598-48599]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Georgia Transmission Corporation; Notice of 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 with respect to a request
from Georgia Transmission Corporation for financing assistance from RUS
to finance the construction of a 230 kV transmission line in Heard,
Douglas, and Carroll Counties, Georgia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Engineering and Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202)
720-0468, e-mail at bquigel@rus.usda.gov <mailto:bquigel@rus.usda.gov>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Georgia Transmission Corporation proposes to
construct a 230 kV transmission line between its existing 230/115 kV
Yellowdirt Switching Station located within the boundary of Plant
Wansley in Heard County, Georgia, to the 230/115 kV Hickory Level
Substation located approximately 1 mile south of Interstate 20 and 1.4
miles west of State Route 61 and is east of South Van Wert Road in
Carroll County, Georgia. The length of the proposed transmission line
is approximately 31 miles. The majority of the transmission line will
parallel the existing 500 kV Plant Wansley to Villa Rica Transmission
Line. The transmission line conductors will be supported by single
concrete poles with an above ground height from 66 to 112 feet. The
span between poles will vary from 300 to 1050 feet.
Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from
RUS at the address provided herein or from Ms. Gayle Houston of Georgia
Transmission Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia
30085-2088 telephone (770) 270-7748. Ms. Houston's e-mail address is
gayle.houston@gatrans.com <mailto:
gayle.houston@gatrans.com>.
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Dated: August 8, 2003.
Blaine D. Stockton,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 03-20761 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-P
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