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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative,
Inc.: Notice of Availability of an
Environmental Assessment
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of Availability of an
Environmental Assessment.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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
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operation of a second 500 megawatt
combined-cycle combustion turbine
generation unit at Brazos Electric Power
Cooperative’s (Brazos) existing Jack
County Plant Site, as proposed by
Brazos, of Waco, Texas.
DATES: Written questions and comments
on this notice must be received on or
before July 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the EA,
or for further information, contact:
Dennis E. Rankin, Environmental
Protection Specialist, USDA Rural
Development Utilities Programs,
Engineering and Environmental Staff,
Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1571, or email: drankin@wdc.usda.gov; Rob Reid,
Project Director, PBS&J, 206 Wild Basin
Road, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78746–
8342, telephone: (512) 329–8342 or email: rreid@pbsj.com; or David
McDaniel, Brazos, 2404 LaSalle Avenue,
Waco, Texas 76702–2585, telephone:
(254) 750–6324 or e-mail:
dmcdaniel@brazoselectric.com. The EA
can be reviewed online at the Agency’s
Web site: https://www.usda.gov/rus/
water/ees/ea/htm and at the following
locations:
USDA, Rural Development Utilities
Programs, 1400 Independence
Avenue, Room 2244, Washington, DC
20250;
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, 2404
La Salle Avenue, Waco, TX 76702;
Wise Electric Cooperative, Corner of
Hale & Cowan Streets, Decatur, TX
76234;
Gladys Johnson Ritchie Public Library,
620 West College Street, Jacksboro,
TX 76458;
Bridgeport Public Library, 2159 Tenth
Street, Bridgeport TX 76426.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Brazos is
proposing to construct a second 500
MW gas-fired combined-cycle 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 water-cooled 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.
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.: Notice of Availability
of an Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment.
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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 combined-cycle combustion
turbine generation unit at Brazos Electric Power Cooperative's (Brazos)
existing Jack County Plant Site, as proposed by Brazos, of Waco, Texas.
DATES: Written questions and comments on this notice must be received
on or before July 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the EA, or for further information,
contact: Dennis E. Rankin, Environmental Protection Specialist, USDA
Rural Development Utilities Programs, Engineering and Environmental
Staff, Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-
1571, or e-mail: drankin@wdc.usda.gov; Rob Reid, Project Director,
PBS&J, 206 Wild Basin Road, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78746-8342,
telephone: (512) 329-8342 or e-mail: rreid@pbsj.com; or David McDaniel,
Brazos, 2404 LaSalle Avenue, Waco, Texas 76702-2585, telephone: (254)
750-6324 or e-mail: dmcdaniel@brazoselectric.com. The EA can be
reviewed online at the Agency's Web site: https://www.usda.gov/rus/
water/ees/ea/htm and at the following locations:
USDA, Rural Development Utilities Programs, 1400 Independence Avenue,
Room 2244, Washington, DC 20250;
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, 2404 La Salle Avenue, Waco, TX
76702;
Wise Electric Cooperative, Corner of Hale & Cowan Streets, Decatur, TX
76234;
Gladys Johnson Ritchie Public Library, 620 West College Street,
Jacksboro, TX 76458;
Bridgeport Public Library, 2159 Tenth Street, Bridgeport TX 76426.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Brazos is proposing to construct a second
500 MW gas-fired combined-cycle 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 water-cooled 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. E8-15915 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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