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Vol. 72, No. 176 

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Title II Resource Advisory Committee 

Meeting Advisory 

AGENCY: Colville National Forest, 

USDA, Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Colville National Forest’s 

Resource Advisory Committee has 

scheduled a meeting to occur in 

Colville, Washington. The purpose of 

the meeting is to provide 

recommendations for Title II projects to 

be funded by the Secure Rural Schools 

and Community Self-Determination Act, 

more commonly known as Payments to 

Counties, in Fiscal Year 2008. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 26, 2007, from 9 

a.m. until 4 p.m. A public input session 

will be provided. Comments will be 

limited to three minutes per person. The 

Designated Federal Official may choose 

to cancel this meeting if appropriate. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Colville Campus of Community 

Colleges of Spokane—Colville Center, 

985 South Elm Street, Colville, WA 

99114. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Brazell, Forest Supervisory, the 

Designated Federal Official for the 

Colville National Forest Resource 

Advisory Committee. Colville National 

Forest, 765 South Main Street, Colville, 

WA 99114, 509–684–7000 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is open to the public. Project 

discussion will be limited to Resource 

Advisory Committee members and 

Forest Service personnel. However, a 

public input session will be provided on 

the agenda, and individuals will have 

the opportunity to address the 

committee at that time. 

Dated: September 6, 2007. 

Donald N. Gonzalez, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–4463 Filed 9–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

East Texas Electric Cooperative: 

Notice of Intent To Hold a Public 

Scoping Meeting and Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Hold a 

Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment. 

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, intends to hold a 

public scoping meeting and prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) related 

to possible financial assistance to East 

Texas Electric Cooperative (ETEC) of 

Nacogdoches, Texas, for the proposed 

construction of approximately 168 MW 

simple cycle combustion turbine 

generation station in San Jacinto 

County, Texas. ETEC is requesting 

USDA Rural Development to provide 

financial assistance for the proposal. 

DATES: USDA Rural Development will 

hold a scoping meeting in an open 

house format in order to provide 

information and solicit comments for 

the preparation of an EA. The meeting 

will be held on September 25, 2007, 

from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Shepherd ISD 

Administration Board Room, 1401 S. 

Byrd Avenue, Shepherd, Texas 77371. 

Submit questions and comments in 

writing by October 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: To send comments or for 

further information, contact: Dennis 

Rankin, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, USDA, Rural Development 

Utilities Programs, Engineering and 

Environmental Staff, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone 

(202) 720–1953, or e-mail: 

dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov. 

An Alternative Evaluation/Site 

Selection Study will be available for 

public review at USDA Rural 

Development offices at 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, and at the 

following Web site: http:// 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ETEC is 

constructing the Jacinto Peaking Power 

Facility (JPPF), a 168 MW simple cycle 

combustion turbine generation station, 

in San Jacinto County, Texas. The 

project is located approximately 5 miles 

south of Shepherd and 2 miles east of 

U.S. Highway 59. Construction on the 

project is expected to commence in June 

2008 with an expected completion date 

of May 2009. The generation facility 

will be constructed, owned, operated, 

and maintained by ETEC. 

The generation units at the JPPF will 

consist of two (2) natural gas fired 

combustion turbines that have a net 

output of 84 MW each. The project will 

require the construction of less than 500 

feet of transmission line to interconnect 

with Entergy’s existing 138 kV JacintoPoco transmission line that crosses the 

property where the JPPF will be located. 

The output of the JPPF will be used to 

meet ETEC’s power and energy 

requirements in east Texas, along with 

providing added reliability and stability 

to the region’s power and transmission 

system. 

Government agencies, private 

organizations, and the public are invited 

to participate in the planning and 

analysis of the proposal. Representatives 

from USDA Rural Development and 

ETEC will be available at the scoping 

meeting to discuss USDA Rural 

Development’s environmental review 

process, describe the project, the 

purpose and need for the proposal, and 

discuss the scope of environmental 

issues to be considered, answer 

questions, and accept oral and written 

comments. 

Comments received by the due date 

will be incorporated into the 

environmental analyses ETEC prepares 

and submits to USDA Rural 

Development for review. USDA Rural 

Development will use the 

environmental analyses to determine 

the significance of the impacts of the 

project and may adopt it as its EA of the 

project. USDA Rural Development’s EA 

of the proposal would be available for 

review and comment for 30 days. 

Should USDA Rural Development 

determine that the preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement is not 

necessary, it will prepare a Finding of 


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