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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
DATES: Written questions and comments on this notice must be received on or before July 14, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or the Agency, is issuing an Environmental Assessment (EA) in connection with possible impacts related to the construction and operation of a second 500 megawatt combinedcycle combustion turbine generation unit at Brazos Electric Power Cooperative's (Brazos) existing Jack County Plant Site, as proposed by Brazos, of Waco, Texas.
SUMMARY: Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Brazos is proposing to construct a second 500 MW gasfired combinedcycle electric generation unit at its existing Jack County Plant Site on Henderson Ranch Road near the Joplin Community in Jack County, Texas. The project will consist of two combustion turbines and heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine with a watercooled steam surface condenser.PBS&J, an environmental consultant, prepared an EA for Rural Development that describes the project and assesses the proposed plant's environmental impacts. The Agency has conducted an independent evaluation of the EA and believes that it accurately assesses the impacts of the proposed project. No significant impacts are expected as a result of the construction of the project. The EA is available for public review at addresses provided above in the Notice.
Any final action by Rural Development related to the proposed
project will be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with all
relevant Federal environmental laws and regulations and completion of
environmental review procedures as prescribed by the 7 CFR part 1794, Environmental Policies and Procedures.
Dated: July 8, 2008.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, USDA/Rural Development Utilities Programs.
[FR Doc. E815915 Filed 71108; 8:45 am]
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