Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 106 / Friday, June 1, 2001 / Notices 29769

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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substantial number of small entities.

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The following services have been

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List for production by the nonprofit

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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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