29768 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 106 / Friday, June 1, 2001 / Notices

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Georgia Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Finding of No Significant

Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has

made a finding of no significant impact

(FONSI) with respect to possible

financing assistance to Georgia

Transmission Corporation for the

construction of a 500/230 kV Substation

in Mitchell County, Georgia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Quigel, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Engineering and

Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone

(202) 720–0468, e-mail at

bquigel@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

project is to be named the Raccoon

Creek Substation. It will provide for the

interconnection of the existing 500 kV

Farley to North Tipton and 230 kV

Mitchell to Thomasville transmission

lines. The site location for the

substation is at the intersection of

Jackson Dairy Road and Stagecoach

Road in northwest Mitchell County. The

size of the site is 110 acres. The fenced

area for the substation will be

approximately 25 acres. The land use at

the site is agricultural field.

Copies of the FONSI are available for

review at, or can be obtained from, RUS

at the address provided herein or from

Mr. John Lasseter, Georgia Transmission

Corporation, 2100 East Exchange Place,

Tucker, Georgia 30085–2088, telephone

(770) 270–7710. Mr. Lasseter’s e-mail

address is john.lasseter@gatrans.com.

Dated: May 21, 2001.

Sylvia M. Green,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric

Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Jackson County Lake Project

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is

issuing a Final Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for the Jackson County

Lake Project. The Final EIS was

prepared pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in

accordance with the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations for

implementing the procedural provisions

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508) and

RUS regulations (7 CFR part 1940–G).

RUS invites comments on the Final EIS.

The purpose of the EIS is to evaluate

the potential environmental impacts of

and alternatives to the Jackson County

Empowerment Zone (EZ) Community,

Incorporated and Jackson County Water

Association’s (JCWA) applications for

financial assistance to provide water

supply for the residents of Jackson

County and parts of surrounding

counties. A secondary purpose of the

proposal is to provide recreational

opportunities. The project, known as the

Jackson County Lake Project, proposes

to construct a roller-compacted concrete

dam to create a reservoir within Jackson

County, Kentucky, and to construct a

raw water transmission main from the

proposed reservoir to the JCWA

Treatment Plant. A 300-foot buffer zone

surrounding the reservoir horizontally

from the normal pool level has been

proposed to protect the water quality of

the reservoir by restricting development

and certain land uses in this area. Also

included in the proposal is the

construction of a water intake structure

and a pump house to pump water out

of the reservoir. Proposed recreational

development around the reservoir may

include a boat ramp, boat dock, public

beach, hiking trails, picnic areas, and a

primitive campground.

DATES: Written comments on this Final

EIS will be accepted on or before July

2, 2001.

ADDRESSES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

To send comments or for more

information, contact: Mark S. Plank,

Acting Director, USDA, Rural Utilities

Service, Engineering and Environmental

Staff, 1400 Independence Avenue, Mail

Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250,

telephone (202) 720–1649, fax (202)

720–0820, or e-mail:

mplank@rus.usda.gov. Further

information can also be obtained from:

Kenneth Slone, State Director, USDA,

Rural Development State Office, 771

Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Lexington,

KY 40503, telephone (606) 224–7300, or

fax (606) 224–7340.

A copy of the Final EIS can be

obtained or viewed online at http://

www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/feisjc.htm. The files are in a portable

document format (pdf); in order to

review or print the document, users

need to obtain a free copy of Acrobat

Reader. The Acrobat Reader can be

obtained from http://www.adobe.com/

prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.

Copies of the Final EIS will be

available for public review during

normal business hours at the following

locations:

Jackson County Public Library,

Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 160,

McKee, KY 40447, (606) 287–8113

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Highway 421 South, McKee, KY

40447, (606) 287–8311

Jackson County Extension Service 263

U.S. Highway 421, South, P.O. Box

188, McKee, KY 40447, (606) 287–

7693

Kentucky Highlands Investment

Corporation, 362 Old Whitley Road,

London, KY 40741, (606) 864–5175

Jackson County EZ Community,

Incorporated, McCammon Ridge

Road, P.O. Box 280, McKee, KY 4044,

(606) 287–8395

USDA Rural Development, 771

Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Lexington,

KY 40503, (606) 224–7300

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Subchapter C, Part I (Empowerment

Zones, Enterprise Communities and

Rural Development Investment Areas) of

Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1993, Jackson

County, Kentucky is located in an area

designated as an Empowerment Zone/

Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) (see 60

FR 6945, February 6, 1995). The

purpose of the EZ/EC initiative is to

empower rural communities and their

residents to create opportunities for

economic development as part of a

Federal-State-local and private sector

partnership. The proposed action is an

integral component of the EZ/EC

initiative as identified in the Kentucky

Highland Empowerment Zone’s

Strategic Plan. The proposed action will

improve the area’s water supply

necessary for promoting economic

development in the area.

The Jackson County EZ Community,

Inc. and the JCWA have applied for

financial assistance for the Jackson

County Lake Project from the following:

RUS; Appalachian Regional

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Commission; U.S. Department of

Commerce, Economic Development

Administration; Department of Housing

and Urban Development; Kentucky

Highlands Empowerment Zone; and

Kentucky Tobacco Settlement money. In

accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5, Lead

Agencies, the RUS is the lead Agency

for the EIS and the U.S. Forest Service

is the Cooperating Agency.

The Draft EIS was published May 26,

2000 for a 45-day comment period. In

addition, two public meetings were held

in McKee, Kentucky on June 27, 2000 to

solicit comments from the public and

other interested parties.

Comments received from agencies and

the public on the Draft EIS and revision

of the water needs analysis led to the

reassessment of various reservoir and

non-reservoir alternatives for meeting

Jackson County’s projected water needs.

As a result of this reassessment, two

types of alternatives are now considered

to be reasonable for meeting those

needs. The action proposed by the

Jackson County Empowerment Zone

Community, Incorporated (EZ), Jackson

County Fiscal Court, and the Jackson

County Water Association (JCWA)

consists of either the construction of a

roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam to

create a reservoir within Jackson

County, Kentucky, and the construction

of a raw water transmission main from

the proposed reservoir to the existing

JCWA Treatment Plant, or the

construction of a water transmission

pipeline from an existing surface water

resource in a neighboring county to

Jackson County for the purposes of

importing additional water. For the dam

and reservoir alternatives, a 300-foot

buffer zone surrounding the reservoir

horizontally from the normal pool level

has been proposed to protect the water

quality of the reservoir by restricting

development and certain land uses in

this area. Along with the dam, a water

intake structure and a pump house

would be constructed to pump water

out of the reservoir. Proposed

recreational development around the

reservoir may include a boat ramp, boat

dock, public beach, hiking trails, picnic

areas, and a primitive campground.

In the Draft EIS both the Rural

Utilities Service and the Jackson County

Empowerment Zone asserted that their

preferred alternative for meeting the

purpose and need of the proposed

action was the War Fork and Steer Fork

proposal. After comparing project costs,

user rates impacts, future growth

prospects of Jackson County and the

surrounding area, and evaluating other

relevant information with regard to the

reasonable alternatives considered in

the EIS, RUS has identified the War

Fork and Steer Fork, 3.5 MGD reservoir

as their preferred alternative. The

Jackson County Empowerment Zone

concurs.

The War Fork and Steer Fork dam site

is located about 0.5 miles southwest of

Turkey Foot in eastern Jackson County.

The dam would be situated on War

Fork, 0.75 miles north of the confluence

with Steer Fork. The dam would be

about 87 to 107 feet tall, 760 to 790 feet

long, and 102 to 122 feet wide, creating

a reservoir with an average yield of 3.5

mgd of raw water. At a normal pool

elevation of 980 feet above mean sea

level (MSL), the surface area of this

reservoir would be about 116 acres. At

a potential maximum flood elevation of

1,000 feet above MSL, the surface area

of the reservoir would be approximately

162 acres. The total acreage for a

reservoir at maximum flood level at this

site, with a 300-foot buffer extending

from normal pool level, would be about

337 acres of land. As much of this land

is currently part of the Daniel Boone

National Forest, land acquisition at this

site would require a land exchange with

the U.S. Forest Service. The War Fork

and Steer Fork reservoir site has been

identified as the Lead Agency’s

Preferred Alternative.

With this notice, RUS invites any

affected Federal, State, and local

Agencies and other interested persons to

comment on the Final EIS.

Dated: May 24, 2001.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed Additions to

Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing

to add to the Procurement List services

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: July 2, 2001.

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick T. Mooney (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the services listed below from

nonprofit agencies employing persons

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

services to the Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the services proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information.

The following services have been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agencies listed:

Services

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Bullville, Route

17K, Bullville, New York

NPA: Occupations, Inc., Middletown, New

York

Mailroom Operation

Department of Health and Human Services,

Program Support Center Headquarters,

Dallas, Texas

NPA: Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.,

Dallas, Texas

Louis R. Bartalot,

Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation.

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