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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC:
Notice of Intent To Hold Public
Scoping Meetings and Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to hold public
scoping meetings and prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), an Agency delivering the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Development Utilities
Programs, hereinafter referred to as
Rural Development and/or the Agency,
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intends to hold public scoping meetings
and prepare an Environmental
Assessment (EA) in connection with
potential impacts related to projects
proposed by Hertford Renewable
Energy, LLC (HRE), with headquarters
in Winter Park, FL. The proposal
consists of the construction of a 50
Megawatt (MW) biomass power plant.
The proposed power plant would be
located in Hertford County, North
Carolina on Joe Holloman Road. HRE is
requesting the Agency to provide
financial assistance for the proposed
action.
DATES: The Agency will conduct a
Scoping Meeting in an open house
format, seeking the input of the public
and other interested parties. The
meeting will be held from 5 p.m. until
7 p.m., on June 10, 2008. Comments
regarding the proposed action may be
submitted (orally or in writing) at the
public scoping meetings or in writing
within 30 days after the scoping meeting
to Rural Development at the address
provided in this notice.
ADDRESSES: The June 10, 2008, meeting
will be held at the Roanoke Chowan
Community College, Jernigan
Auditorium, 109 Community College
Road, Ahoskie, NC 27910, Phone: 252–
862–1200. For further information,
please contact Stephanie Strength,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
USDA, Rural Development Utilities
Programs, Engineering and
Environmental Staff, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571,
Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone
(202) 720–0468, or e-mail
stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov.
An Electric Alternatives Evaluation
and Macro Corridor Study Report,
prepared by Hertford Renewable Energy,
LLC, will be presented at the public
scoping meetings. The Report will be
available for public review at the
Agency’s address provided in this
notice, at the Agency’s Web site: https://
www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ea.htm, at
Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC, 152
Lincoln Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789
and at the: Hertford County Library, 303
West Tryon Street, Winton, NC 27986,
Phone: 252–358–7855; Ahoskie Public
Library, 210 E. Church Street, Ahoskie,
NC 27910, Phone: 252–332–5500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hertford
Renewable Energy, LLC proposes to
construct a 50 MW biomass power plant
on approximately 93 acres on Joe
Holloman Road east of Millennium, NC.
A wastewater line may be required offsite. It is anticipated that all of the
facilities would be in service in 2011.
Government agencies, private
organizations, and the public are invited
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to participate in the planning and
analysis of the proposed project.
Representatives from the Agency and
Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC will be
available at the scoping meeting to
discuss the Agency’s environmental
review process, describe the project, the
need for the project, alternatives under
consideration, and to discuss the scope
of environmental issues to be
considered, answer questions, and
accept comments. Comments regarding
the proposed action may be submitted
(orally or in writing) at the public
scoping meetings or in writing within
30 days after the June 10, 2008, scoping
meeting to Rural Development at the
address provided in this notice.
From information provided in the
alternative evaluation and site selection
study, input that may be provided by
government agencies, private
organizations, and the public, Hertford
Renewable Energy, LLC will use to
prepare an environmental analysis to be
submitted to the Agency for review. The
Agency will use the environmental
analysis to determine the significance of
the impacts of the project and if
acceptable will adopt it as its
environmental assessment of the
project. The Agency’s environmental
assessment of the project would be
available for review and comment for 30
days.
Should the Agency determine, based
on the Environmental Assessment of the
project, that the impacts of the
construction and operation of the power
plant would not have a significant
environmental impact, it will prepare a
finding of no significant impact. Public
notification of a finding of no significant
impact would be published in the
Federal Register and in newspapers
with a circulation in the project area.
Any final action by the Agency
related to the proposed project will be
subject to, and contingent upon,
compliance with environmental review
requirements as prescribed by the
Agency’s environmental policies and
procedures (7 CFR part 1794).
Dated: May 20, 2008.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental
Staff, USDA/Rural Development Utilities
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC: Notice of Intent To Hold Public
Scoping Meetings and Prepare an Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to hold public scoping meetings and prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA).
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an Agency delivering the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development
Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or
the Agency, intends to hold public scoping meetings and prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in connection with potential impacts
related to projects proposed by Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC (HRE),
with headquarters in Winter Park, FL. The proposal consists of the
construction of a 50 Megawatt (MW) biomass power plant. The proposed
power plant would be located in Hertford County, North Carolina on Joe
Holloman Road. HRE is requesting the Agency to provide financial
assistance for the proposed action.
DATES: The Agency will conduct a Scoping Meeting in an open house
format, seeking the input of the public and other interested parties.
The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., on June 10, 2008.
Comments regarding the proposed action may be submitted (orally or in
writing) at the public scoping meetings or in writing within 30 days
after the scoping meeting to Rural Development at the address provided
in this notice.
ADDRESSES: The June 10, 2008, meeting will be held at the Roanoke
Chowan Community College, Jernigan Auditorium, 109 Community College
Road, Ahoskie, NC 27910, Phone: 252-862-1200. For further information,
please contact Stephanie Strength, Environmental Protection Specialist,
USDA, Rural Development Utilities Programs, Engineering and
Environmental Staff, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571,
Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202) 720-0468, or e-mail
stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov.
An Electric Alternatives Evaluation and Macro Corridor Study
Report, prepared by Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC, will be presented
at the public scoping meetings. The Report will be available for public
review at the Agency's address provided in this notice, at the Agency's
Web site: https://www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ea.htm, at Hertford
Renewable Energy, LLC, 152 Lincoln Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789 and at
the: Hertford County Library, 303 West Tryon Street, Winton, NC 27986,
Phone: 252-358-7855; Ahoskie Public Library, 210 E. Church Street,
Ahoskie, NC 27910, Phone: 252-332-5500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC proposes to
construct a 50 MW biomass power plant on approximately 93 acres on Joe
Holloman Road east of Millennium, NC. A wastewater line may be required
off-site. It is anticipated that all of the facilities would be in
service in 2011.
Government agencies, private organizations, and the public are
invited to participate in the planning and analysis of the proposed
project. Representatives from the Agency and Hertford Renewable Energy,
LLC will be available at the scoping meeting to discuss the Agency's
environmental review process, describe the project, the need for the
project, alternatives under consideration, and to discuss the scope of
environmental issues to be considered, answer questions, and accept
comments. Comments regarding the proposed action may be submitted
(orally or in writing) at the public scoping meetings or in writing
within 30 days after the June 10, 2008, scoping meeting to Rural
Development at the address provided in this notice.
From information provided in the alternative evaluation and site
selection study, input that may be provided by government agencies,
private organizations, and the public, Hertford Renewable Energy, LLC
will use to prepare an environmental analysis to be submitted to the
Agency for review. The Agency will use the environmental analysis to
determine the significance of the impacts of the project and if
acceptable will adopt it as its environmental assessment of the
project. The Agency's environmental assessment of the project would be
available for review and comment for 30 days.
Should the Agency determine, based on the Environmental Assessment
of the project, that the impacts of the construction and operation of
the power plant would not have a significant environmental impact, it
will prepare a finding of no significant impact. Public notification of
a finding of no significant impact would be published in the Federal
Register and in newspapers with a circulation in the project area.
Any final action by the Agency related to the proposed project will
be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with environmental
review requirements as prescribed by the Agency's environmental
policies and procedures (7 CFR part 1794).
Dated: May 20, 2008.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, USDA/Rural Development
Utilities Programs.
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