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Georgia Transmission Corporation:
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment and To
Hold Public Scoping Meetings
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Assessment and Hold
Public Scoping Meetings.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) intends to prepare an
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Environmental Assessment (EA) and
hold public scoping meetings and to
meet its responsibilities under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Council on Environmental
Quality’s regulations for implementing
NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and
RUS’s Environmental and Policies and
Procedures (7 CFR part 1794) in
connection with potential impacts
related to a proposal by Georgia
Transmission Corporation (GTC). The
proposal consists of constructing
approximately 40 to 45 miles of 230
kilovolt (kV) transmission line in
portions of Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch,
Coffee, and Lanier Counties, Georgia.
GTC is requesting that RUS provide
financial assistance for the proposal.
DATES: RUS will conduct two public
scoping meetings in an open-house
format on: Wednesday, September 26,
2012, from 3 to 7 p.m. at: the Holiday
Inn Express Conference Room, 1636
South Peterson Ave., Douglas, Georgia
31534. Thursday, September 27, 2012,
from 6 to 8 p.m. at: The Threatte Center,
209 South Highway 221, Lakeland,
Georgia 31635. Representatives from
RUS and GTC will be available at the
meetings to discuss the environmental
review process, the proposal, and the
scope of environmental issues currently
under consideration. Written comments
regarding the proposal may be
submitted at the public scoping
meetings or by October 29, 2012, to the
RUS address provided in this Notice.
ADDRESSES: To send comments or for
further information, please contact Ms.
Lauren McGee, Environmental Scientist,
USDA Rural Utilities Service, P.O. Box
776, Haw River, North Carolina 27258–
0776, telephone: (202) 695–2540, fax:
(202) 690–0649, or email:
lauren.mcgee@wdc.usda.gov.
An Alternatives Evaluation and Macro
Corridor Study, which discusses the
purpose and need for the proposal and
the alternatives considered in the
proposal’s development, is available for
public review at the following RUS Web
site: https://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWPEA-DouglasLakelanGA.html; at GTC’s
headquarters office at: 2100 East
Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 30084;
and at the following repositories:
Douglas/Coffee County Public Library,
South Madison Ave., Douglas, Georgia
31533; Pearson Public Library, 56 East
Bullard Ave., Pearson, Georgia 31642;
Willacoochee Public Library, 165 East
Fleetwood Ave., Willacoochee, Georgia
31650; and W.L. Miller Memorial
Library, 124 South Valdosta Road,
Lakeland, Georgia 31635.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GTC
proposes to construct approximately 40
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to 45 miles of 230 kV electric
transmission line from the existing
Douglas 115/230 kV Substation on the
northwest side of the City of Douglas in
Coffee County, Georgia, to an existing
transmission line corridor north of the
City of Lakeland in Lanier County,
Georgia. In general, the project area is
located in the Coastal Plains of South
Georgia, east of Interstate 75 and
northeast of the City of Valdosta.
Proposal activities include acquisition
of a 100 foot easement or right-of-way
(ROW) within which the line would be
sited. GTC anticipates using mostly
single pole structures. Construction and
line maintenance activities mostly
would remain within the transmission
line easement with access to the line
from public ROW. Some construction
activities may require stream and
wetland crossings. GTC’s proposal is
one piece of the proposed Douglas-Pine
Grove Plan (i.e., the preferred electrical
solution). Four other connected actions,
which will be constructed by other
utilities, will be addressed in the
proposed project’s EA.
Among the alternatives that RUS will
address in the EA is the No Action
alternative, under which the proposal
would not be undertaken. In the EA, the
effects of the proposal will be compared
to the existing conditions in the project
area. Public health and safety,
environmental impacts, and engineering
aspects of the proposal will be
considered in the EA.
RUS is the lead federal agency, as
defined at 40 CFR 1501.5, for
preparation of the EA. With this Notice,
federally recognized Native American
Tribes and Federal agencies with
jurisdiction or special expertise are
invited to be cooperating agencies. Such
tribes or agencies may make a request to
RUS to be a cooperating agency by
contacting the RUS contact provided in
this Notice. Designated cooperating
agencies have certain responsibilities to
support the NEPA process, as specified
at 40 CFR 1501.6(b).
As part of its broad environmental
review process, RUS must take into
account the effect of the proposal on
historic properties in accordance with
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (Section 106) and its
implementing regulation, ‘‘Protection of
Historic Properties’’ (36 CFR part 800).
Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3), RUS is
using its procedures for public
involvement under NEPA to meet its
responsibilities to solicit and consider
the views of the public during Section
106 review. Accordingly, comments
submitted in response to scoping will
inform RUS decision-making in its
Section 106 review process. Any party
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wishing to participate more directly
with RUS as a ‘‘consulting party’’ in
Section 106 review may submit a
written request to the RUS contact
provided in this Notice.
RUS will use input provided by
government agencies, private
organizations, and the public in the
preparation of the EA. The EA will be
available for review and comment for 30
days. If RUS finds, based on the EA, that
the proposal will not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human
environment, RUS will prepare a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI). Notification of the EA and
FONSI will be published in the Federal
Register and in newspapers with
circulation in the proposal’s area. If
substantive comments are received on
the EA, RUS may provide an additional
period (15 days) for public review
following the publication of its FONSI.
When appropriate to carry out the
purposes of NEPA, RUS may impose, on
a case-by-case basis, additional
requirements associated with the
preparation of an EA. If at any point in
the preparation of an EA and review of
comments, RUS determines that the
proposal will have a significant effect on
the quality of the human environment,
the preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement will be required.
Any final action by RUS related to the
proposal will be subject to, and
contingent upon, compliance with all
relevant executive orders and federal,
state, and local environmental laws and
regulations in addition to the
completion of the environmental review
requirements as prescribed in RUS’s
Environmental Policies and Procedures,
7 CFR part 1794, as amended.
Dated: September 6, 2012.
Jon Melhus,
Acting Director, Engineering and
Environmental Staff, USDA, Rural Utilities
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Georgia Transmission Corporation: Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment and To Hold Public Scoping Meetings
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment and
Hold Public Scoping Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) and hold public scoping meetings and to
meet its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations for
implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and RUS's Environmental and
Policies and Procedures (7 CFR part 1794) in connection with potential
impacts related to a proposal by Georgia Transmission Corporation
(GTC). The proposal consists of constructing approximately 40 to 45
miles of 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in portions of Atkinson,
Berrien, Clinch, Coffee, and Lanier Counties, Georgia. GTC is
requesting that RUS provide financial assistance for the proposal.
DATES: RUS will conduct two public scoping meetings in an open-house
format on: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, from 3 to 7 p.m. at: the
Holiday Inn Express Conference Room, 1636 South Peterson Ave., Douglas,
Georgia 31534. Thursday, September 27, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. at: The
Threatte Center, 209 South Highway 221, Lakeland, Georgia 31635.
Representatives from RUS and GTC will be available at the meetings to
discuss the environmental review process, the proposal, and the scope
of environmental issues currently under consideration. Written comments
regarding the proposal may be submitted at the public scoping meetings
or by October 29, 2012, to the RUS address provided in this Notice.
ADDRESSES: To send comments or for further information, please contact
Ms. Lauren McGee, Environmental Scientist, USDA Rural Utilities
Service, P.O. Box 776, Haw River, North Carolina 27258-0776, telephone:
(202) 695-2540, fax: (202) 690-0649, or email:
lauren.mcgee@wdc.usda.gov.
An Alternatives Evaluation and Macro Corridor Study, which
discusses the purpose and need for the proposal and the alternatives
considered in the proposal's development, is available for public
review at the following RUS Web site: https://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWP-EA-DouglasLakelanGA.html; at GTC's headquarters office at: 2100 East
Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 30084; and at the following
repositories: Douglas/Coffee County Public Library, South Madison Ave.,
Douglas, Georgia 31533; Pearson Public Library, 56 East Bullard Ave.,
Pearson, Georgia 31642; Willacoochee Public Library, 165 East Fleetwood
Ave., Willacoochee, Georgia 31650; and W.L. Miller Memorial Library,
124 South Valdosta Road, Lakeland, Georgia 31635.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GTC proposes to construct approximately 40
to 45 miles of 230 kV electric transmission line from the existing
Douglas 115/230 kV Substation on the northwest side of the City of
Douglas in Coffee County, Georgia, to an existing transmission line
corridor north of the City of Lakeland in Lanier County, Georgia. In
general, the project area is located in the Coastal Plains of South
Georgia, east of Interstate 75 and northeast of the City of Valdosta.
Proposal activities include acquisition of a 100 foot easement or
right-of-way (ROW) within which the line would be sited. GTC
anticipates using mostly single pole structures. Construction and line
maintenance activities mostly would remain within the transmission line
easement with access to the line from public ROW. Some construction
activities may require stream and wetland crossings. GTC's proposal is
one piece of the proposed Douglas-Pine Grove Plan (i.e., the preferred
electrical solution). Four other connected actions, which will be
constructed by other utilities, will be addressed in the proposed
project's EA.
Among the alternatives that RUS will address in the EA is the No
Action alternative, under which the proposal would not be undertaken.
In the EA, the effects of the proposal will be compared to the existing
conditions in the project area. Public health and safety, environmental
impacts, and engineering aspects of the proposal will be considered in
the EA.
RUS is the lead federal agency, as defined at 40 CFR 1501.5, for
preparation of the EA. With this Notice, federally recognized Native
American Tribes and Federal agencies with jurisdiction or special
expertise are invited to be cooperating agencies. Such tribes or
agencies may make a request to RUS to be a cooperating agency by
contacting the RUS contact provided in this Notice. Designated
cooperating agencies have certain responsibilities to support the NEPA
process, as specified at 40 CFR 1501.6(b).
As part of its broad environmental review process, RUS must take
into account the effect of the proposal on historic properties in
accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(Section 106) and its implementing regulation, ``Protection of Historic
Properties'' (36 CFR part 800). Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3), RUS is
using its procedures for public involvement under NEPA to meet its
responsibilities to solicit and consider the views of the public during
Section 106 review. Accordingly, comments submitted in response to
scoping will inform RUS decision-making in its Section 106 review
process. Any party
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wishing to participate more directly with RUS as a ``consulting party''
in Section 106 review may submit a written request to the RUS contact
provided in this Notice.
RUS will use input provided by government agencies, private
organizations, and the public in the preparation of the EA. The EA will
be available for review and comment for 30 days. If RUS finds, based on
the EA, that the proposal will not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment, RUS will prepare a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI). Notification of the EA and FONSI will be
published in the Federal Register and in newspapers with circulation in
the proposal's area. If substantive comments are received on the EA,
RUS may provide an additional period (15 days) for public review
following the publication of its FONSI. When appropriate to carry out
the purposes of NEPA, RUS may impose, on a case-by-case basis,
additional requirements associated with the preparation of an EA. If at
any point in the preparation of an EA and review of comments, RUS
determines that the proposal will have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment, the preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement will be required.
Any final action by RUS related to the proposal will be subject to,
and contingent upon, compliance with all relevant executive orders and
federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations in
addition to the completion of the environmental review requirements as
prescribed in RUS's Environmental Policies and Procedures, 7 CFR part
1794, as amended.
Dated: September 6, 2012.
Jon Melhus,
Acting Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, USDA, Rural
Utilities Service.
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