2510 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 2009 / Notices 

SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM

Administrative Component of 2009 Reimbursement Rates 

Administrative 

rates in U.S. 

dollars, adjusted, up or 

down, to the 

nearest quarter-cent 

All States except Alaska and Hawaii Alaska Hawaii 

Rural or self-prep 

sites 

All other types of 

sites 

Rural or self-prep 

sites 

All other types of 

sites 

Rural or self-prep 

sites 

All other types of 

sites 

Breakfast ...... 0.1650 0.1300 0.2650 0.2100 0.1925 0.1525 

Lunch or 

Supper ...... 0.3025 0.2500 0.4875 0.4050 0.3525 0.2925 

Snack ........... 0.0825 0.0650 0.1325 0.1050 0.0950 0.0750 

Authority: Sections 9, 13, and 14, Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1758, 1761, and 1762a, 

respectively). 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

E. Enrique Gomez, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–787 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. 

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: 

http://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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