Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 26, 2007 / Notices 35031 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southwest Mississippi Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Meeting notice for the 

Southwest Mississippi Resource 

Advisory Committee under Section 205 

of the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self Determination Act of 

2000 (Pub. L. 106–393). 

SUMMARY: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Meeting notice is hereby given for the 

Southwest Mississippi Resource 

Advisory Committee pursuant to 

Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools 

and Community Self Determination Act 

of 2000, Public Law 106–393. Topics to 

be discussed include: general 

information, possible Title II projects, 

and next meeting dates and agendas. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

12, 2007, from 6 p.m. and end at 

approximately 9 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Franklin County Library, 106 First 

Street, Meadville, MS 39653. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Bell Lunsford, Committee 

Coordinator, USDA, Homochitto 

National Forest, 1200 Highway 184 East, 

Meadville, MS 39653 (601–384–5876 ex. 

154). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff, Committee 

members, and elected officials. 

However, persons who wish to bring 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. A public input session will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by July 6, 2007, will 

have the opportunity to address the 

committee at that session. Individuals 

wishing to speak or propose agenda 

items must send their names and 

proposals to Tim Reed, DFO, 

Homochitto National Forest, 1200 

Highway 184 East, Meadville, MS 

39653. 

Dated: June 14, 2007. 

Timothy O. Reed, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–3106 Filed 6–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–52–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

East Kentucky Power Cooperative: 

Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment for Public 

Review. 

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 Agency, has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) related to possible financial 

assistance to East Kentucky Power 

Cooperative (EKPC) for the construction 

of two new combustion turbine electric 

generating units (CTs) at its existing J.K. 

Smith Electric Generating Station in 

southern Clark County, Kentucky. The 

proposed new units would utilize 

natural gas as a fuel source and would 

each have a net electrical output of 

between 82 and 98 megawatts. The 

proposed new units are needed to 

provide additional electric generating 

capacity that would allow EKPC to meet 

its projected electrical peaking demand 

in the 2009–2011 period. EKPC is also 

proposing to construct two new electric 

switching stations, one at its existing 

J.K. Smith Generating Station and one in 

western Garrard County, Kentucky; and 

a 36 mile, 345 kilovolt electric 

transmission line that would extend 

through Clark, Madison, and Garrard 

Counties, Kentucky, between the 

proposed new switching stations. The 

proposed new transmission facilities are 

needed to provide an outlet for the 

additional electric power that would be 

generated at the J.K. Smith Station as a 

result of the installation of the proposed 

new CTs. EKPC is requesting USDA 

Rural Development to provide financial 

assistance for the proposed project. 

DATES: Written comments on this Notice 

must be received on or before July 26, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the EA, 

or for further information, contact: 

Stephanie Strength, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, USDA, Rural 

Development, Utilities Programs, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, phone 

(202) 720–0468 (e-mail 

stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov). A 

copy of the EA may be viewed online 

at the Agency’s Web site: http:// 

www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ea.htm 

and at EKPC’s headquarters office 

located at 4775 Lexington Road, 

Winchester, Kentucky 40391, or the 

following: 

Julie Maruskin, Director, Clark County 

Library, 370 South Burns Avenue, 

Winchester, Kentucky 40391, (859) 

744–5661. 

Sue Hays, Director, Madison County 

Library, 507 West Main Street, 

Richmond, Kentucky 40475, (859) 

623–6704. 

Joan Tussey, Director, Garrard County 

Public Library, 101 Lexington Street, 

Lancaster, Kentucky 40444, (859) 

792–3424. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally 

five CT units were considered in the EA. 

Due to the cancellation of Warren Rural 

Electric Cooperative Corporation’s 

(Warren) wholesale power contract with 

EKPC, the need for the additional 

peaking power has been partially 

delayed. Three of the originally 

proposed units have been removed from 

consideration in the EA, and removed 

from the current application for RUS 

financing, as the need for the units is 

not projected to occur until between 

2012 and 2014. Therefore, the federal 

action limited to this proposal is the two 

CT Units 9 & 10. The Smith to West 

Garrard 345 kV transmission line will be 

combined with the Smith CT Units 9 & 

10 in the EA. The purpose of the 

proposed action is to provide additional 

electric generating capacity to allow 

EKPC to meet projected peaking 

demand in the 2009–2011 period and to 

construct necessary transmission 

facilities to allow EKPC to deliver the 

additional electric power required 

during that period plus additional 

planned generation. 

The proposed CTs would be either 

model 7EA or model LMS100, both 

manufactured by GE Energy. Each 7EA 

would have a net electrical output of 

82.2 MW at 59°F. Each LMS100 would 

have a net electrical output of 97.8 MW 

at 30°F. The CTs would be operated on 

natural gas as a fuel source 

approximately 2,000 hours per year. 

Very short electric transmission 

connections consisting of approximately 

one span of overhead line would be 

constructed on-site to connect each of 

the proposed new CT units to the 

existing electric switching station 

servicing existing CT units currently 

located at the site. 

The proposed Smith to West Garrard 

Electric Transmission Line would be 

designed for 345 kilovolt (kV) operation 

and would be approximately 36 miles in 

length, involving roughly 12 miles of 

transmission line rebuild, 15 miles of 

co-location, and nine miles of new 

build. The new transmission line would 


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