Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 101 / Thursday, May 25, 1995 / Notices 27719

to Mr. Lawrence Wolfe at (202) 720–

1784.

Dated: May 22, 1995.

Adam M. Golodner,

Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.

[FR Doc. 95–12884 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–M

South Mississippi Electric Power

Association; Notice of Intent To Hold

Scoping Meeting and Prepare an

Environmental Assessment and/or

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to hold scoping

meeting and prepare an environmental

assessment and/or environmental

impact statement.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)

formerly the Rural Electrification

Administration, pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),

the Council on Environmental Quality

(CEQ) Regulations for Implementing

NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), and

RUS Environmental Policies and

Procedures (7 CFR Part 1794) may

prepare an Environmental Assessment

and/or an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for its Federal action

related to a proposal by South

Mississippi Electric Power Association

(SMEPA) to construct additional natural

gas-fired generating capacity. RUS will

provide project approval and may

provide financing assistance to SMEPA

for project construction costs.

DATES: RUS will conduct a scoping

meeting in an open house forum from 6

p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday June

28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

SMEPA’s Headquarters conference

center at 7037 U.S. Highway 49 in

Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence R. Wolfe, Chief,

Environmental Compliance Branch,

Rural Utilities Service, Room 1246

South Agriculture Building, Mail Code

1569, Washington, DC 20250, telephone

(202) 720–1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: South

Mississippi Electric Power Association

proposes to construct additional gasfired generating capacity at its Moselle

Station on Jones County. The Moselle

Station is located approximately 2 miles

west of Interstate 59 on Highway 589.

The proposed additions would consist

of a 100 megawatt (MW) simply cycle

combustion turbine and repowering an

existing 59 MW steam electric generator

with a 120 MW combined cycle

combustion turbine. Other facilities

include two 161 kilovolt bays that

would be added to the Moselle

Substation. The alternate site for the

simple cycle combustion turbine is

SMEPA’s Morrow Station in Lamar

County.

Alternatives to be considered by RUS

and SEPA include: (a) No action, (b)

demand-side reduction, (c) purchased

power from other utilities or

independent power producers and (d)

alternative sites.

To be presented at the public scoping

meeting will be the Combustion Turbine

Project Alternative Analysis and Siting

Study (Study) prepared by SMEPA. The

Study is available for public review at

RUS and SMEPA at the addresses

provided in this notice.

The Study can also be reviewed at the

Hattiesburg Public Library, Main Street,

Hattiesburg, the office of Dixie Electric

Power Association, Highway 84 East,

Laurel, and the office of Pearl River

Valley Electric Power Association,

Highway 13 North, Columbia.

Government agencies, private

organizations, and the public are invited

to participate in the planning and

analysis of the proposed project.

Representatives from RUS and SMEPA

will be available to discuss RUS’

environmental review process, describe

the project and alternatives under

consideration, discuss the scope of

environmental issues to be considered,

answer questions, and accept oral and

written comments. Written comments

will be accepted for at least 30 days after

the June 28 public scoping meeting.

Written comments should be sent to

RUS at the address provided in this

notice.

From information provided in the

Study, input from government agencies,

private organizations, and the public,

SMEPA will prepare an environmental

analysis to be submitted to RUS for

review. If significant effects are not

evident based on a review of the

environmental analysis and other

relevant information, RUS will prepare

an environmental assessment to

determine if the preparation of an EIS is

warranted.

Should RUS determine that the

preparation of an EIS is not warranted,

it will prepare a finding of no significant

impact (FONSI). The FONSI will be

made available for public review and

comment for 30 days. RUS will not take

its final action related to the project

prior to the expiration of the 30-day

period.

Any final action by RUS related to the

proposed project will be subject to, and

contingent upon, compliance with all

relevant Federal environmental laws

and regulations and completion of

environmental procedures as prescribed

by CEQ and RUS environmental policies

and procedures.

Dated: May 22, 1995.

Adam M. Golodner,

Deputy Administrator—Program Operations.

[FR Doc. 95–12855 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 24–95]

Foreign-Trade Zone 115, Beaumont,

TX; Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone;

Mobil Corporation (Oil Refinery

Complex), Jefferson/Liberty Counties,

Texas

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Foreign-Trade Zone of

Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of FTZ

115, requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the oil refinery complex of

Mobil Corporation, located in Jefferson/

Liberty Counties (Beaumont area),

Texas. The application was submitted

pursuant to the provisions of the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended

(19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations

of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was

formally filed on May 16, 1995.

The refinery complex (3,165 acres)

consists of 7 sites in Jefferson/Liberty

Counties, Texas: Site 1 (2,200 acres)—

main refinery and petrochemical

feedstock complex located along the

Neches River at End of Burt Road,

Jefferson County; Site 2 (51 acres)—

Mobil Colonial Tank Farm, located at

13300 West Port Arthur Road, Jefferson

County; Site 3 (24 acres)—Mobil Hull

underground storage facility, located

some 50 miles northwest of the refinery

at End of Mobil Road in the City of Hull

(Liberty County); Site 4 (188 acres)—

Daisetta underground petrochemical

storage facility, located some 50 miles

northwest of the refinery at End of

Bobcat Lane in the City of Daisetta

(Liberty County); Site 5 (625 acres)—

Mobil Magpetco Tank Farm, located at

State Highway 366, five miles south of

the refinery, Jefferson County; Site 6—

crude oil storage facility within the

Unocal Nederland tank farm, located at

State Highway 366, adjacent to Site 5,

Jefferson County; Site 7—crude oil

storage facility within the Sun Marine

Terminal, located at State Highway 347,

adjacent to Site 6, Jefferson County.

The refinery (330,000 barrels per day;

1,800 employees) is used to produce