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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Fitzgerald 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.
AGENCY:
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,
intends to hold public scoping meetings
and prepare an Environmental
Assessment (EA) in connection with
potential impacts related to a project
proposed by Fitzgerald Renewable
Energy, LLC (FRE), with headquarters in
Winter Park, FL. The proposal consists
of the construction of a 55 megawatt
(MW) biomass power plant located in
Ben Hill County, Georgia on Peachtree
Road. FRE is requesting the Agency to
provide financial assistance for the
proposed action.
DATES: USDA Rural Development will
conduct a Scoping Meeting in an open
house format, seeking the input of the
public and other interested parties for
the preparation of an EA. The meeting
will be held on January 29, 2009, from
5 p.m. until 7 p.m., at The Grand
Conference Center, 115 South Main
Street, Fitzgerald, GA 31750, Telephone
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(229) 426–5090. Comments regarding
the proposed action may be submitted
(orally or in writing) at the public
scoping meeting or in writing and
received within 30 days after the
scoping meeting by Rural Development
at the address provided in this notice.
To send comments or 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 Site Selection Study Report
(Report), prepared by FRE, will be
presented at the public scoping meeting.
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 Fitzgerald Renewable Energy,
LLC, 152 Lincoln Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789, and at the Fitzgerald/Ben Hill
County Library, 123 North Main Street,
Fitzgerald, GA 31750, Telephone: 229–
426–5080.
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FRE
proposes to construct a 55 MW biomass
power plant on approximately 40 acres
on Peachtree Road in Fitzgerald, GA. It
is anticipated that 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
FRE will be available at the scoping
meeting to discuss the Agency’s
environmental review process, describe
the proposal, the purpose and need for
the proposal, alternatives under
consideration, and to discuss the scope
of environmental issues to be
considered, answer questions, and
accept comments.
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From information provided in the
Report, input that may be provided by
government agencies, private
organizations, and the public, FRE will
prepare an environmental report to be
submitted to the Agency for review. The
Agency will use the environmental
report to determine the significance of
the impacts of the proposal and, if
acceptable, will adopt it as its EA for the
proposal. The Agency’s EA would be
available for review and comment for 30
days.
Should the Agency determine, based
on the EA, 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;
otherwise, the Agency would proceed to
prepare an environmental impact
statement. Public notification of a
finding of no significant impact or the
intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement 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: January 9, 2009.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental
Staff, USDA/Rural Development Utilities
Programs.
[FR Doc. E9–775 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Fitzgerald 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.
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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 a project proposed by Fitzgerald Renewable Energy, LLC
(FRE), with headquarters in Winter Park, FL. The proposal consists of
the construction of a 55 megawatt (MW) biomass power plant located in
Ben Hill County, Georgia on Peachtree Road. FRE is requesting the
Agency to provide financial assistance for the proposed action.
DATES: USDA Rural Development will conduct a Scoping Meeting in an open
house format, seeking the input of the public and other interested
parties for the preparation of an EA. The meeting will be held on
January 29, 2009, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., at The Grand Conference
Center, 115 South Main Street, Fitzgerald, GA 31750, Telephone (229)
426-5090. Comments regarding the proposed action may be submitted
(orally or in writing) at the public scoping meeting or in writing and
received within 30 days after the scoping meeting by Rural Development
at the address provided in this notice.
ADDRESSES: To send comments or 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 Site Selection Study Report
(Report), prepared by FRE, will be presented at the public scoping
meeting. 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 Fitzgerald Renewable Energy, LLC,
152 Lincoln Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789, and at the Fitzgerald/Ben
Hill County Library, 123 North Main Street, Fitzgerald, GA 31750,
Telephone: 229-426-5080.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRE proposes to construct a 55 MW biomass
power plant on approximately 40 acres on Peachtree Road in Fitzgerald,
GA. It is anticipated that 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 FRE will be available at
the scoping meeting to discuss the Agency's environmental review
process, describe the proposal, the purpose and need for the proposal,
alternatives under consideration, and to discuss the scope of
environmental issues to be considered, answer questions, and accept
comments.
From information provided in the Report, input that may be provided
by government agencies, private organizations, and the public, FRE will
prepare an environmental report to be submitted to the Agency for
review. The Agency will use the environmental report to determine the
significance of the impacts of the proposal and, if acceptable, will
adopt it as its EA for the proposal. The Agency's EA would be available
for review and comment for 30 days.
Should the Agency determine, based on the EA, 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; otherwise, the Agency would proceed to prepare an
environmental impact statement. Public notification of a finding of no
significant impact or the intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement 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: January 9, 2009.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, USDA/Rural Development
Utilities Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-775 Filed 1-14-09; 8:45 am]
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