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Vol. 74, No. 147 

Monday, August 3, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Tri-State Generation and Transmission 

Association, Inc., 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. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) intends to hold public scoping 

meetings and prepare an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) to meet its 

responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 7 

CFR part 1794 in connection with 

potential impacts related to a proposed 

project in Colorado by Tri-State 

Generation and Transmission 

Association, Inc. (Tri-State) and Public 

Service Company of Colorado (Public 

Service), an Xcel Energy Operating 

Company. The proposed San Luis 

Valley-Calumet-Comanche 

Transmission Project (proposed action) 

consists of the following: a proposed 

230/345-kilovolt (kV) Calumet 

Substation to be located approximately 

6 miles north of the existing Walsenburg 

Substation in Huerfano County; a 

proposed double-circuit 230-kV 

transmission line between the existing 

San Luis Valley Substation in Alamosa 

County and the Calumet Substation; a 

proposed single-circuit 230-kV 

transmission line between the Calumet 

Substation and the Walsenburg 

Substation; and a proposed doublecircuit 345-kV transmission line 

connecting the Calumet Substation to 

the existing Comanche Substation in 

Pueblo County. Tri-State is requesting 

that RUS provide financial assistance 

for the proposed action. 

DATES: RUS will conduct public scoping 

meetings in an open house format to 

provide information and solicit 

comments for the preparation of the EA. 

The scoping meetings will be held on 

the following dates: Monday, August 17, 

2009, from 4–7 p.m. at the Blanca/Fort 

Garland Community Center, 17591 

Highway 160, Blanca, Colorado 81123; 

Tuesday, August 18, 2009, from 4–7 

p.m. at the Alamosa Recreation Center, 

2222 Old Sanford Road, Alamosa, 

Colorado 81101; Wednesday, August 19, 

2009, from 9 a.m.–11 a.m. at the 

Gardner Community Center, 28 County 

Road 632, Gardner, Colorado 81040; 

Wednesday, August 19, 2009, from 4–7 

p.m. at the Walsenburg Community 

Center, 928 Russell Avenue, 

Walsenburg, Colorado 81089–2155; 

Thursday, August 20, 2009, from 9 

a.m.–11 a.m. at the Hollydot Golf 

Course, 55 North Parkway Drive, 

Colorado City, Colorado 81019; and 

Thursday, August 20, 2009, from 4–7 

p.m. at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and 

Conference Center, 210 N. Santa Fe 

Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado 81003. All 

written questions and comments must 

be received by RUS by September 21, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: To send comments or for 

further information, contact: Dennis 

Rankin, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, USDA Rural Utilities Service, 

at 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250– 

1571, or e-mail: 

dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov. A 

combined Alternative Evaluation Study 

(AES) and Macro Corridor Study (MCS) 

has been prepared for the San Luis 

Valley to Walsenburg portion of the 

proposed project, and an AES and MCS 

have been prepared for the Calumet to 

Comanche portion of the proposed 

project. All documents are available for 

public review prior to and at the public 

scoping meetings. The reports are 

available at the RUS address provided 

in this notice and on the agency’s Web 

site: http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/ 

ees/eis.htm. The documents are also 

available for review at the offices of TriState and its member cooperatives San 

Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative 

and San Isabel Electric Cooperative. In 

addition, the following repositories will 

have the AES and MCS available for 

public review: 

Tri-State Generation & Transmission, 

1100 West 116th Avenue, 

Westminster, CO 80234–2814, 

San Isabel Electric Association, 893 East 

Enterprise Drive, Pueblo West, CO 

81007–1476 

La Veta Public Library District, 310 

Main Street, La Veta, CO 81055–0028 

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, 

100 East Abriendo Avenue, , Pueblo, 

CO 81004–4232 

Costilla County Public Library, 418 

Gasper Street, San Luis, CO 81152– 

0351 

San Luis Valley Rural Electric 

Cooperative, 3625 U.S. Highway 160 

W, Monte Vista, CO 81144–9300 

Southern Peaks Public Library, 423 

Fourth Street , Alamosa, CO 81101– 

2601 

Carnegie Public Library, 120 Jefferson 

Street, Monte Vista, CO 81144–1797 

Lamb Branch Library, 2525 South 

Pueblo Boulevard, Pueblo, CO 81005– 

2700 

Spanish Peaks Library District, 323 

Main Street, Walsenburg, CO 81089– 

1842 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose for the proposed action 

is to improve the electric service and 

increase reliability for Tri-State and 

Public Service customers in the San 

Luis Valley and Front Range areas. The 

proposed action would also provide a 

transmission outlet for renewable 

energy generation in the San Luis 

Valley. This proposed action will assist 

Tri-State and Public Service in meeting 

their respective transmission needs in 

the region by using one common 

transmission corridor instead of two 

separate corridors. This joint approach 

will minimize potential impacts to 

property owners and the environment. 

Tri-State is seeking financing from 

RUS for its percent ownership in the 

proposed project. Prior to making a 

financial decision about whether to 

provide financial assistance for a 

proposed project, RUS is required to 

conduct an environmental review under 

the NEPA in accordance with the RUS 

policies and procedures codified in 7 

CFR Part 1794. Government agencies, 

private organizations, and the public are 

invited to participate in the planning 

and analysis of the proposed action. 

Representatives from the RUS, Tri-State, 

and Public Service will be available at 

the scoping meetings to discuss the 

environmental review process, describe 

the proposed action, discuss the scope 

of environmental issues to be 

considered, answer questions, and 


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accept comments. RUS will use 

comments and input provided by 

government agencies, private 

organizations, and the public in the 

preparation of the Draft EA. If RUS 

finds, based on the EA, that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment, RUS will prepare 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). Public notification of a 

Finding of No Significant Impact would 

be published in the Federal Register 

and in newspapers with circulation in 

the project area. RUS may take its final 

action on proposed actions requiring an 

EA (§ 1794.23) any time after 

publication of applicant notices that a 

FONSI has been made and any required 

review period has expired. When 

substantive comments are received on 

the EA, RUS may provide an additional 

period (15 days) for public review 

following the publication of its FONSI 

determination. Final action will not be 

taken until this review period has 

expired. Where 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, RUS 

determines that the proposed action 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 

proposed action will be subject to, and 

contingent upon, compliance with all 

relevant Federal, State, and local 

environmental laws and regulations and 

completion of the environmental review 

requirements as prescribed in the RUS 

Environmental Policies and Procedures 

(7 CFR part 1794). 

Dated: July 28, 2009. 

Mark S. Plank, 

Director, Engineering and Environmental 

Staff, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–18413 Filed 7–31–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Healthy Urban Food Enterprise 

Development Center Request for 

Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: The Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) is announcing the 

release of the FY 2009 Healthy Urban 

Food Enterprise Development Center 

(HUFED–Center) Request for 

Applications (RFA) via Grants.gov. 

DATES: The FY 2009 Healthy Urban 

Food Enterprise Development Center 

(HUFED–Center) RFA was posted to 

Grants.gov on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 

and applications must be received via 

Grants.gov by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on 

Wednesday, August 12, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Tuckermanty 202–205–0241 

(phone), 202–401–6488 (fax), or 

etuckermanty@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

Section 4402 of the Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–246) amended section 25 of 

the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

which requires that the Secretary of 

Agriculture provide a grant to a 

nonprofit organization to establish and 

support a healthy urban food enterprise 

development center. The purpose of the 

HUFED Center is to increase access to 

healthy, affordable foods, including 

locally produced agricultural products, 

to underserved communities. The 

HUFED Center will provide training and 

technical assistance for healthy food 

enterprises and award sub-grants to 

eligible entities for healthy food 

enterprise development. The HUFED 

Center shall provide two main 

functions: (1) Provide for training and 

technical assistance (T&TA) for healthy 

food enterprises; and (2) implement a 

competitive sub-grant program for 

healthy food enterprises. 

The HUFED Center was created to 

respond to the need to redevelop a food 

enterprise structure in the United States 

in order to make more healthy, 

affordable food available in low-income 

areas, to improve access for small and 

mid-sized agricultural producers, and to 

promote the positive economic activities 

generated from attracting food 

enterprises into underserved 

communities. 

The estimated amount available for 

support of this program in FY 2009 is 

$900,000. The eligibility criteria for the 

project and applicants, and the 

application forms and associated 

instructions needed to apply for a 

HUFED Center award can be accessed 

through the Grants.gov Web site at 

http://www.grants.gov. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

July 2009. 

Ralph A. Otto, 

Associate Administrator, Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension Service. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the New Hampshire Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, that the New Hampshire 

Advisory Committee will convene a 

briefing meeting and planning meeting 

at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 14, 2009, 

at the Legislative Office Building, Room 

201, Concord, New Hampshire 03301. 

The purpose of the briefing meeting is 

to hear presentations from experts about 

civil rights issues in the State. The 

purpose of the planning meeting is for 

the Committee to discuss possible topics 

for the Committee’s future civil rights 

project. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by September 14, 2009. 

The address is the Eastern Regional 

Office, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Suite 740, 

Washington, DC 20425. Persons wishing 

to e-mail their comments, or who desire 

additional information should contact 

Alfreda Greene, Secretary, at 202–376– 

7533 or by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the rules and regulations of 

the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, July 29, 2009. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E9–18464 Filed 7–31–09; 8:45 am] 

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